[Ti] Titanium/Cell Phone/Internet Service
Tarik Bilgin
tarik at opalblue.com
Thu Apr 17 01:28:09 PDT 2003
On Thursday, April 17, 2003, at 08:15 am, Steve Wozniak wrote:
>
> Most carriers (Cingular, AT&T Wireless, T-Mobile) allow you to use the
> higher speed GPRS (about 45Kbaud transfer rate). But you pay per
> megabyte, and if you plan a lot of usage, it costs a lot. You may have
> to get GPRS modem scripts for the phone - I'm not sure if the built-in
> scripts cover this usage. Again, you use Apple's standard PPP dialing
> programs, but the name/password and phone number to dial vary by
> carrier and can be hard to determine, even with the carriers'
> [usually] worthless customer, sales and technical support.
I'm using a GPRS (in the UK) plan with my T68i over bluetooth for when
I travel. I pay 4 pounds (about 6 USD) per month for 1 megabyte of
transfers.
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Tarik Bilgin
Opalblue
tarik at opalblue.com
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