Oleg
Bellsouth Fastaccess
Premium
join:2003-12-08
Birmingham, AL
4 edits | Re: $54,000 Cell Phone Bill
WOW another Dial-Up user 
He must be out in the woods,but still he could of just gone with ISDN i never ever even would think about using my cellphone as Dial-Up modem unless it's real emergency. |
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hurleyp
join:2000-06-20
Ottawa, ON | Sheesh!  I wonder how long it will take for someone to break the $100K barrier?
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"I reject your reality and substitute my own." |
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JoelC707
join:2002-07-09
Tucson, AZ
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When you have absolutely nothing else to turn to it can be useful. For example Nextel offers the same ability but instead of having a usage cap it just utilizes your cell minutes (you pay $15 a month for the data plan that has this option though). I used it many times in 2004 to 2006 but haven't used it recently. In every case I used it, it was because I was unable to connect via any other means (or those methods were more expensive).
In 04 I used it in Texas and even though we had a landline I never could find any local numbers for Bellsouth or Mindspring/Earthlink so I used my cell then. In Florida after Hurricane Wilma I was down there with my dad and neighbors helping clean up and we were living out of our trucks in a Walmart parking lot due to all the hotels were full, I used my cell then to keep in touch. I've also used it while on the road (another person driving) and needed to check on something or I was bored and wanted to find something to entertain myself with (and the driver and other passengers as well, hey as long as it isn't something the other driver has to see it is fine).
I'll admit the speeds were less than stellar though. I saw speeds on par with a 28.8 or 33.6 modem on average though in theory it could go up to 64K I think. I've since switched over to the Sprint side of the house. I now have a better phone that supports EVDO and can download at broadband like speeds. I've never been able to do a speed test but it loads web pages just as fast as my 8 meg Comcast connection so it's good enough for me. Plus the new phone supports bluetooth and USB so I can more easily use it as a modem tho I don't have that feature enabled yet. |
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patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
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said by Oleg  :WOW another Dial-Up user He must be out in the woods,but still he could of just gone with ISDN i never ever even would think about using my cellphone as Dial-Up modem unless it's real emergency. ISDN has been discontinued/grandfathered and detariffed in alot of areas. The detariffing means the state/govt doesn't see it as a service anymore, and can not regulate it, also it means it is not universally avaible/provider of last resort as POTS is anymore. |
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zahir06
join:2007-09-28
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said by hurleyp :Sheesh! I wonder how long it will take for someone to break the $100K barrier? Err...lets just wait...maybe next week  |
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entropy1
Premium
join:2002-09-25 | reply to JoelC707
Nextel is part of Sprint now and Sprint has an unlimited PAM plan that's reasonable. |
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UKER
@globix.net | reply to Oleg
ISDN is no longer available in the UK for residential customers and possibly business customers as well. |
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