That's a bad deal. My Sprint phone operates at 115K baud at a flat rate of
$9.95.

"Matt O'Toole" wrote in message
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Gogarty wrote:

Looks like we may be spending a month on the boat in September. No
problem with that except we can't just cut the cords and sail away.
Business still has to be attended to and business is highly dependent
on computers and communications.

Is it possible or feasible to link a computer to a cell phone so that
one can access the Internet and, more important, send and receive
data that can only be managed through a dial-up connection? The
server we deal with is very unforgiving. One has to send data over a
28K dial-up line or it just won't accept it.

Any thoughts or experience? It's a 37-foot sloop so we are not talking
Marsat.

Normal digital cell phone data links are 14.4k. I use this for email and
it's
fine. It works wherever there's a digital network -- not analog. In some
areas -- mostly major metropolitan areas but others too -- you can get
broadband
access through your cell phone. Verizon's version of this service is
about $80
a month. I've tried a demo and it works very well. Check with your
provider to
see if it's being offered in your area.

If you're in a marina...

Many marinas offer WiFi, as do cafes and restaurants around them, often
for
free. Also, if your marina offers cable TV, chances are you can get
broadband
internet pretty easily. DSL might be harder, but if phone service is
offered
there's a good chance it's fast enough (28.8k).

Matt O.

Did you sign up recently, or is that from a few years ago? I believe
their current deals are nowhere near that generous.

Also, they may preclude "tethered" mode (feeding a computer), but they
don't have any easy way to determine if that's what you're doing.
However, if they figure it out, you could be in for a big surprise at
billing time. Cingular has an unlimited deal for $19 - half of their
sales people say its non-tethered only, the other half (probably those
on commission) say you have no problem using it tethered.


Doug Dotson wrote:
That's a bad deal. My Sprint phone operates at 115K baud at a flat rate of
$9.95.

"Matt O'Toole" wrote in message
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Yeah, that was my situation. You weren't allowed to use it as a modem
without going through their tethering system. Not sure how they would know,
but....

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"Jeff" wrote in message
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Did you sign up recently, or is that from a few years ago? I believe
their current deals are nowhere near that generous.

Also, they may preclude "tethered" mode (feeding a computer), but they
don't have any easy way to determine if that's what you're doing. However,
if they figure it out, you could be in for a big surprise at billing time.
Cingular has an unlimited deal for $19 - half of their sales people say
its non-tethered only, the other half (probably those on commission) say
you have no problem using it tethered.


Doug Dotson wrote:
That's a bad deal. My Sprint phone operates at 115K baud at a flat rate
of
$9.95.

"Matt O'Toole" wrote in message
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So far, no response from T Mobile.