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

[Terry Cheah]

Thks Chris!
On 6/6/03 12:23 PM, "Christopher Pavicich" <pavicich at mac.com> wrote:

> 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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