[ale] is there a mobile service that can connect it's phone to a laptop with "good" download speed ?

[johnmills at speakeasy.net (John Mills)]

Hi Brian, ALErs -

NewbieQ:

How does your phone get internet access through T-mobile? Reason I ask is, 
I have pay-as-you-talk T-mobile and could get some type net access 
(MyFaves??) for about $6/mo. Since I _don't_ have this service , I can't 
even open the sites that T-mo would use to sell me stuff!

Running my low-end Nokia 6030 through gnokii might give me a useful 
connection. I can send text, set some phone params, etc, but I never 
tried it as data link. (Naturally I may not even have the basic concepts 
right on this!)

Thanks for any comments.

  - Mills

On Wed, 25 Jun 2008, Brian Stanaland wrote:

> I won't go so far as to put down numbers but I use T-Mobile tethered
> all the time. i wouldn't try to download a distro over it but I can
> log in to both my employers' VPNs and work fairly well. I have a Pearl
> and a Dash. Actually, my Pearl is exclusively for internet access. It
> ended up being 50 bucks whereas the internet access card costs $150.
> My service is around $140 per month with 2 phones, 800 min, MyFaves,
> and truly unlimited data on both phones.Verizon and AT&T both have a 5
> GB per month limit. I think. Don't quote me.

> Also, I have had nothing but good experiences with T-mobile support.
> The first line personnel will get you to data support right away.

> Brian