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

[Terry Cheah]

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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