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Re: [PLUG] Through cell phone to Internet - perpetual mobile contract
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On Tuesday 02 July 2002 19H:12, Michael D. Barlow wrote:
> Sorry, I was just answering to the first post. I scanned the other thirty,
> and probably just got lost in the information. I have been with verizon
My bad. That possibility occurred to me, but only after my response.
> for about 6 years now.The only contract I have is when I buy a new
> phone. I generally wind up getting a new phone about every year to year
> and a half. I usually drop it off a ladder a few times and it gets
> destroyed I am happy with them.
> All the phones I ever bought were all the 29 dollar specials.
> The motorola startac was 50. My wifes kyocera 2035 was 39 and it supports
> wireless data.
> My point is that the nokia that you see for 29 generally does not support
> data.
> Additionally, if you want data, upgrade your phone. There are other
> providers out there. Even nextel has data cables. Their access speed is
> only 9600 but it works.
> This was not attack. I was just trying to get the give out the information
> about wireless data.
>
> peace
>
No problem. This topic just gets lots of heated air from me. Sorry if it
seamed directed at you.
Cheers,
Jason
> At 11:43 AM 7/2/02 -0400, you wrote:
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> >On Monday 01 July 2002 19H:08, Michael D. Barlow wrote:
> > > At the risk of beating the dead horse. You definitely need to upgrade
> > > the phone. go for a cdm 9100 or above or any of the motorola ones. LG
> > > also
> >
> >Why do you think I need to upgrade my phone? It definitely wasn't cheap
> >when I
> >got it and I actually like it a lot. Maybe I wasn't very clear on that.
> >
> >I just wish the U.S. didn't start three incompatible digital networks
> > (TDMA, CDMA, GSM) when digital was introduced. I prefer GSM, because I'm
> > not just looking at which tower is in my backyard. Most of the time, GSM
> > coverage is pretty good in this country. I've had mixed experiences on a
> > couple of trips, particularly in US territories in the Carribean (Virgin
> > Islands, etc.).
> >
> >The problem is, for ultimate compatibility, you need like a 5-mode phone:
> >Analog, CDMA, TDMA, USA/GSM, "Rest of the World"/GSM. And, that's just
> > silly. I don't think any phones like that exist, or ever will exist. My
> > "World Phone" does USA/GSM and "Rest of the World"/GSM. I just find it
> > strange that the US has three different types of networks and even our
> > GSM is a little different than the rest of the world. Think about this:
> > It costs our country 3 times as much money to provide complete digital
> > coverage to everyone in this country. Clearly, that's not cost efficient.
> >
> >Again, this is not a problem with MY phone.
> >
> >My rant is more with the way that all of the mobile/cellular companies
> > focus almost solely on "new subscribers", most of which already had a
> > previous account with another provider. So all of these "new subscribers"
> > are just switching around and around. Customer service is usually lacking
> > or spottier than the coverage at best.
> >
> > > supports data. Do not get any of the nokia cheapies. None of them are
> > > data capable. Through verizon, These will get you about
> >
> >This makes me think you didn't read my post at all. The first thing I
> > wrote about was that I had an extremely negative experience with Verizon
> > Wireless and don't think that I would ever want to become a "customer" of
> > theirs again.
> >
> > > 14.4. The cables are about 60 dollars. If you decide to go that
> > > route, www.teledaptusa.com sells a myriad of
> > > cables. www.markspace.com also sells a few. Essentially the phone
> > > becomes a serial wireless modem. Hit the plug for more info if it is
> > > worth it to you with a new phone. There is quite a bit of info out
> > > there. I browsed most of it when I was looking for handspring visor
> > > connectivity.
> >
> >As I mentioned in my original message, my Ericsson phone works perfectly
> > well as a serial modem, through the IRDA port. I've been using it that
> > way for almost two years, from a WinCE handheld, Win98, and more recently
> > Linux. It just doesn't play well with Win2K. And, that isn't really a
> > problem for me anymore. Heck, I had a 14.4 PCMCIA modem that connected
> > through a cable to my old Analog phone. If all I wanted was 14.4, I could
> > go back to my Analog phone.
> >
> >My wife got a new phone because she didn't like her old phone. I'm happy
> > with my phone, it's the majority of the US providers that I'm not very
> > impressed with. And, it's not that they aren't trying to improve
> > coverage, etc. Omnipoint/Voicestream has been very good in that respect.
> > I was extremely impressed with coverage in remote locations of Missouri
> > and Illinois on a recent trip.
> >
> >I hope Verizon treats you better than they treated me,
> >Jason Nocks
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