using a smartphone as laptop modem - Re: [Hidden-tech] Re: unlocking cell phones - how's Sprint for 3G 'roundthese parts?

[andrew bellak]

Well my Sprint Instinct is all charged up and ready to get a signal from the
carrier (being switched over from ATT.)

When it does, I'll test it out and report back.

Can someone weigh in on if web surfing counts towards a 5GB data plan or is
it only if you upload/download files?

I'm actually hoping to use the phone tethered as a modem to my laptop to run
a financial trading program which I'm guessing is a data/ bandwith hog :-)
so it won't fly that way and my laptop would need a separate mobile phone #
and wireless USB device from carrier (Sprint.)

Happy New Year all!

Best,
Andrew

On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 6:35 PM, Christofer deHahn <cdehahn at gmail.com>wrote:

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>  It depends on your carrier and plan. Sprint limits unlimited data to 5GB
> only on their wireless modem and Phone As Modem (PAM) plans. If you have a
> Sprint cellphone plan with unlimited data, there is no limit. There are ways
> to tether undetected so that you will not need a PAM plan for your phone. I
> have a WiFi phone, and use a freeware application (WMWifiRouter) that turns
> my phone into a WiFi router. I just start the application on my phone and
> connect my laptop to it like an access point. Works great.
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> *From:* hidden-discuss-bounces at lists.hidden-tech.net [mailto:
> hidden-discuss-bounces at lists.hidden-tech.net] *On Behalf Of *andrew bellak
> *Sent:* Tuesday, December 30, 2008 6:52 AM
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> *Subject:* using a smartphone as laptop modem - Re: [Hidden-tech] Re:
> unlocking cell phones - how's Sprint for 3G 'roundthese parts?
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> What's the deal with limits on using a smartphone as a laptop modem?
> There's something about the amount a data limit for mobile data using a
> smartphone vs. a wireless adapter connector for 'regular' computer data
> transmission?
>
> Because if someone has an unlimited smartphone data plan, it'd be great to
> use it as a mobile laptop modem even for
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