using a smartphone as laptop modem - Re: [Hidden-tech]
Re:unlocking cell phones - how's Sprint for 3G 'roundthese parts?
Jeff Mackler
jeff at mrwconnected.com
Thu Jan 1 12:56:21 EST 2009
Hi all,
I'm currently in Puerto Rico using my AT&T Blackberry as a tethered modem (via bluetooth) with my Mac laptop. I have been doing this about 3 times a year from here and at least 10 times a year from other places. It can be really slow at times, but I can report that I've never paid any extra charge at all. I have a standard unlimited data plan and haven't heard a peep from the carrier.
-jeff
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From: "Jason Turcotte" <jason at turcottedata.com>
Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 09:45:12
To: 'Marcia Yudkin'<yudkinyudkin at yahoo.com>; <Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net>
Subject: RE: using a smartphone as laptop modem - Re: [Hidden-tech] Re:
unlocking cell phones - how's Sprint for 3G 'roundthese parts?
** Be sure to fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area.
** If you did, we all thank you.
While most cellular companies offer an "unlimited data" plan, there have
been many instances where they will say you are using too much data and
terminate that ability.
Matt is right, most carriers mean unlimited data for the phone. If you use
it with a laptop or other computer, they may assess a "tethering charge". I
would definitely check with your carrier to ensure you don't get surprised
by a huge bill.
Jason Turcotte
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[mailto:hidden-discuss-bounces at lists.hidden-tech.net] On Behalf Of Marcia
Yudkin
Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 5:20 PM
To: Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net
Subject: Re: using a smartphone as laptop modem - Re: [Hidden-tech] Re:
unlocking cell phones - how's Sprint for 3G 'roundthese parts?
** Be sure to fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area.
** If you did, we all thank you.
Matt,
I have an AT&T 8525 Smartphone and they have instructions
for using it as a modem for a laptop, so I'm pretty sure
that that is included in the unlimited data plan.
Marcia Yudkin
--- "Matthew S. Crocker" <matthew at corp.crocker.com> wrote:
> ** Be sure to fill out the survey/skills inventory in
> the member's area.
> ** If you did, we all thank you.
>
>
> >
> >From my understanding the 'unlimited' data plan on cell
> phones is to cover data from the cell phone itself. Data
> through the cell phone to a laptop is not part of the
> plan and will be billed additional charges.
>
> -Matt
>
> ----- "andrew bellak" wrote:
> > From: "andrew bellak" <andrew at stakeholderscapital.com>
> > To: Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 6:51:38 AM GMT -05:00
> US/Canada Eastern
> > Subject: using a smartphone as laptop modem - Re:
> [Hidden-tech] Re: unlocking cell phones - how's Sprint
> for 3G 'roundthese parts?
> >
> > ** Be sure to fill out the survey/skills inventory in
> the member's area. ** If you did, we all thank you.
> > 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 limited use.
> >
> >
> On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 12:07 PM, Jeff Hobbs <
> jeffehobbs at gmail.com > wrote:
> >
>
>
>
>
> ** Be sure to fill out the survey/skills inventory in the
> member's area.
> > ** If you did, we all thank you.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > If you're just in it for the Google phone, you may want
> to consider getting a contract-free developer version
> that you could use on whatever network you choose:
> >
> >
>
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081207-google-introduces-developer-g1
-phones.html
>
> >
> > (Not that you asked but: At this point, Android as a
> mobile platform has a lot of promise but it's still
> pretty rough -- I'd take a hard look at an iPhone as a
> mobile option as well.)
> >
> > ~Jeff
> >
> >
> On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 12:00 PM, <
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> > 1. To keep records or not to keep... | CLARIFICATION |
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> 'round these
> > parts? (Arlen Collins)
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> > Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 13:30:39 -0500
> > From: "DAVID F. FARKAS" < david at farkas.com >
> > Subject: [Hidden-tech] To keep records or not to
> keep... |
> > CLARIFICATION |
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> > Hi folks...
> >
> > Thanx for all the ideas for HOW to keep records
> electronically rather
> > than on paper. Some of the ideas on work flow and
> storage were great!
> > I think I need to move to cloud computing for my CRM
> and apps so I
> > can streamline a lot of my report / record keeping
> process.
> >
> > BUT... my real dilemma is whether to keep most of the
> notes at all. I
> > ask clients for some photos and I use GoogleEarth pix
> for maps. But,
> > other than contact info and a summary of findings
> before and after
> > the work, I'm not sure why I need to keep all the
> scribbles from the
> > process. They would need to be scanned to be included
> in electronic records.
> >
> > UNLESS... there are legal, marketing or other reasons
> I'm not considering?
> >
> > Since my work is unusual, it is to my advantage to have
> not records.
> > Then nobody can challenge the process... which is
> esoteric and
> > confusing to most people. As a child of the McCarthy
> era and of our
> > litigious era, I'm wondering what advantage /
> disadvantages there are
> > in keeping fewer notes. I can't claim clinician,
> fiduciary, or legal
> > confidentiality either.
> >
> > Healers in indigenous cultures have clinics where they
> go from
> > patient to patient doing their work and take no notes
> at all. They
> > are not in the western world running a business... so
> I'm looking for
> > a balance.
> >
> > If any of this makes sense and/or illuminates flashes
> of insight...
> > please pass them along. If it does not... well, you see
> the problem, eh?
> >
> > Merry Everything and Happy Always!
> > David
> >
> >
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