BTW, on the plan I had, it was a flat $5 per month, and all modem usage w=
as=20
just taken off as part of my regular minutes (such as free on nights and=20
weekends).

Cheers,
-Neil.


On Tuesday 19 August 2003 22:04, Picdude scribbled:
> I've used Sprint's service for this, but not really with the RJ11 part,
> since the modem is built into the cellphone.  You need a data cable tha=
t
> connects the phone to the laptop's serial port, then use a dial-up app =
that
> Sprint provides.  Works decently, but is slow (~9600bps).  It's been a =
live
> saver though, when I've needed to get something on a long trip.  One
> example was rupturing a tire in the middle of nowhere and had been plan=
ning
> to change tire brand/model, so I dialed-up from the side of the highway=
 and
> emailed some friends and my local Audi club.  About an hour later I dia=
led
> up again, and had recommendations and info on tire-stores along my path=
 who
> had that tire in stock.  Technology, baby!
>
> However, Sprint's service and signal quality has declined to practicall=
y
> nil in the past year, even after changing phones as per their
> recommendation, and phone tests by them.  So I dumped them.  I now use
> T-mobile who has much better signal quality, but haven't tried their mo=
dem
> system yet.
>
> Cheers,
> -Neil.
>
> On Tuesday 19 August 2003 21:17, rad0 scribbled:
> > I want to get a cell phone that my laptop will
> > be able to use its modem with the same as a
> > land line, using the rj11 and autodial and so on.
> >
> > Is this possible? I'm going to check sprint first,
> > anyone have any experience with a specific phone?
> >
> > Thanks

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