Got a phone with cingular but don't feel like paying so much for the data plan, is it possible to find another isp to connect through for a monthly/yearly rate?

10/14/2007 7:51:27 PM

no

10/14/2007 7:54:08 PM

no, you're using cingular's network.

10/14/2007 8:20:17 PM

Just pay $20/month for Media Max 200 and tether your phone with a data cable.

10/14/2007 9:03:29 PM

^ that's what i do

[Edited on October 14, 2007 at 9:47 PM. Reason : or bluetooth if you don't have a usb cable]

10/14/2007 9:47:17 PM

nah i mean so i can use the inet when i'm not at home. i don't need inet for the phone if i'm on my computer...

and the reason i asked is that i heard of a place that you pay i think 15 a year and he gives you the ip addys and login info to connect through a diff satellite for free

[Edited on October 14, 2007 at 11:25 PM. Reason : jank]

10/14/2007 11:20:25 PM

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"he gives you the ip addys and login info to connect through a diff satellite for free"

okay, there are many things wrong with this statement, haha

a) cellphones do not use satellites for anything besides maybe GPS, unless they are also sat phones.

b) you CANNOT (i repeat CANNOT) use another ISP for data service on your phone. you're going over cingular's network. data has to be sent a certain way. even if you had the ip of some guy's radius server, you still would have to connect to cingular's network first. the closest you could come is doing something through CSD (carrier-switched detection) which basically makes your phone like a dialup modem and uses your plan minutes.

any questions, plz ask me. i used to do some contract work for cingular.

10/15/2007 12:05:50 AM

word, ppreciate the info!

10/15/2007 12:21:35 AM

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cingular_Wireless_FAQ/Data_Connect_Configuration

Tethering is what you want to do-^here's the instructions

[Edited on October 15, 2007 at 8:42 AM. Reason : Using Windows XP Dial-Up Networking]

10/15/2007 8:40:50 AM

no, tethering is not what he wants to do

this is for the data service on his phone that, if he wanted to do so, would ALLOW him to tether.

10/15/2007 12:34:40 PM

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"if he wanted to do so, would ALLOW him to tether."

Um yeah tethering is what he wants to do.

10/15/2007 10:39:55 PM

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"Got a phone with cingular but don't feel like paying so much for the data plan"

no, it is not at all what he wants to do

tethering is connecting your phone to your computer so you can use your phone's data plan through dial up networking on your computer

[Edited on October 16, 2007 at 12:57 AM. Reason : carl face ]

10/16/2007 12:57:07 AM