[BTM] Palm Tungsten T and T68i - dialup connection (OT?)

[Christopher Pavicich]

I use the GPRS quite a bit through AT&T. Their data rates seem fairly 
reasonable. I think that it probably more
advantageous than dial-up, since you pay by the KB xfer'd rather than 
by the minute.

--CMP

On Thursday, Jun 5, 2003, at 21:51 US/Eastern, Terry Cheah wrote:

> Which is cheaper the GPRS or the normal dial up vis HSCD?
>
> Terry
> On 6/6/03 3:51 AM, "PowerMac" <powermac at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
>> I finally talked to someone at AT&T who seemed to know what they were
>> doing, and he told me that AT&T does not support using the T68i via
>> infrared or bluetooth as a dial-up modem - you can only connect to the
>> internet using their GPRS system (mMode).
>>
>> Jason
>> On Thursday, June 5, 2003, at 02:48  PM, Benjamin Ing wrote:
>>
>>> You need to make sure that your cellular provider supports the old
>>> dialup method of internet connection (it may be known as HSCD for 
>>> High
>>> Speed Cellular Data). My provider here in LA, Cingular definitely
>>> provides it (since I use it), but I am not sure that AT&T has
>>> implemented the equipment to allow access with this method. It is
>>> quite possible that since they jumped on the GSM bandwagon late, they
>>> may have simply bypassed that other method and just support GPRS.
>>>
>>> Ben
>>> On Tuesday, June 3, 2003, at 06:39 AM, PowerMac wrote:
>>>
>>>> I just joined the list hoping to get some help.  I recently 
>>>> purchased
>>>> a Palm Tungsten T and I would love to be able to use it along with 
>>>> my
>>>> T68i to connect to a dial-up connection rather than using the AT&T
>>>> GPRS network (mMode can get expensive if I surf too much).  I've
>>>> tried using the PhoneLink App to setup my Palm to connect to the 
>>>> T68i
>>>> and dial my Yahoo dialup # (and I've tried several different #'s in
>>>> the area for Yahoo dialup), but the Palm just shows "Connecting" and
>>>> eventually times out.
>>>
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