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  1. #1
    NoBody
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    Has anyone officially had their Unlimited MediaNet Service terminated for
    tethering their WAP\EDGE enabled cellphone (Like a RAZR V3) to laptop, or
    does Cingular just ignore it?



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  2. #2
    John Navas
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    Re: Unlimited MediaNet Usage

    [POSTED TO alt.cellular.cingular - REPLY ON USENET PLEASE]

    In <[email protected]> on Thu, 02 Feb 2006 14:30:50
    -0500, NoBody <[email protected]> wrote:

    >Has anyone officially had their Unlimited MediaNet Service terminated for
    >tethering their WAP\EDGE enabled cellphone (Like a RAZR V3) to laptop, or
    >does Cingular just ignore it?


    I haven't heard of any such case. That said, I don't think it would be
    terribly smart to max it out; e.g., by running a public server.

    --
    Best regards, SEE THE FAQ FOR CINGULAR WIRELESS AT
    John Navas <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cingular_Wireless_FAQ>



  3. #3
    Phil Nelson
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    Re: Unlimited MediaNet Usage

    John Navas wrote:
    > [POSTED TO alt.cellular.cingular - REPLY ON USENET PLEASE]
    >
    > In <[email protected]> on Thu, 02 Feb 2006 14:30:50
    > -0500, NoBody <[email protected]> wrote:
    >
    >
    >>Has anyone officially had their Unlimited MediaNet Service terminated for
    >>tethering their WAP\EDGE enabled cellphone (Like a RAZR V3) to laptop, or
    >>does Cingular just ignore it?

    >
    >
    > I haven't heard of any such case. That said, I don't think it would be
    > terribly smart to max it out; e.g., by running a public server.
    >


    I just tried to connect a Windows XP laptop tethered to my V180 using
    Cingular Communication Manager. I have the MediaNet 1MB plan.

    Didn't work: "Error 734: The PPP link control protocol was terminated."

    It took about 1.5 hours for Cingular tech support to tell me that it
    wouldn't work because I had MediaNet instead of DataConnect. They were
    gracious enough to allow me to test that by temporarily enabling
    DataConnect (it started connecting), then disabling it again while I
    decide whether I want to burn $20 / mo. (the minimum, for 5MB / mo.
    data transfer) instead of $5 / mo.

    BTW, I tried the Communications Manager after I was unable to connect
    to my ISP using the drivers from:

    http://www.bvrp.com/Customers/Motorola/DriverTool.zip

    Seems like I ought to be able to at least dial my ISP without having
    to pay @20 / mo. extra, but it wasn't obvious how to do it.

    --
    Phil Nelson



  4. #4
    John Navas
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    Re: Unlimited MediaNet Usage

    [POSTED TO alt.cellular.cingular - REPLY ON USENET PLEASE]

    In <[email protected]> on Fri, 17 Feb 2006 12:31:54
    -0800, Phil Nelson <pCUT_THiS_TEXTdn@soAND_THiS_TEXTnic.net> wrote:

    >John Navas wrote:
    >>
    >> In <[email protected]> on Thu, 02 Feb 2006 14:30:50
    >> -0500, NoBody <[email protected]> wrote:
    >>
    >>>Has anyone officially had their Unlimited MediaNet Service terminated for
    >>>tethering their WAP\EDGE enabled cellphone (Like a RAZR V3) to laptop, or
    >>>does Cingular just ignore it?

    >>
    >> I haven't heard of any such case. That said, I don't think it would be
    >> terribly smart to max it out; e.g., by running a public server.

    >
    >I just tried to connect a Windows XP laptop tethered to my V180 using
    >Cingular Communication Manager. I have the MediaNet 1MB plan.
    >
    >Didn't work: "Error 734: The PPP link control protocol was terminated."


    That's probably because you didn't reconfigure it for MEdia Net, as described
    in the MEdia configuration companion I wrote for the FAQ below. (CCM is
    configured for Data Connect by default.)

    --
    Best regards, SEE THE FAQ FOR CINGULAR WIRELESS AT
    John Navas <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cingular_Wireless_FAQ>



  5. #5

    Re: Unlimited MediaNet Usage

    Phil Nelson <pCUT_THiS_TEXTdn@soand_this_textnic.net> wrote:
    > It took about 1.5 hours for Cingular tech support to tell me that it
    > wouldn't work because I had MediaNet instead of DataConnect. They were
    > gracious enough to allow me to test that by temporarily enabling
    > DataConnect (it started connecting), then disabling it again while I
    > decide whether I want to burn $20 / mo. (the minimum, for 5MB / mo.
    > data transfer) instead of $5 / mo.


    The dialer profiles from the Cingular Connection Manager are for the fully
    featured "Laptop Connect" packages, and don't work for the minimalist WAP
    "Media Net" account. Adjust the phone number to *99#, set the Username to
    [email protected], and the password to CINGULAR1.

    You're still faced with spending $20 per month for the Unlimited MediaNet
    account. The MediaBasic or MediaWorks bundles both have small data amounts
    included and then go to $0.01 per KB, which can add up quickly, but you
    really need to judge your own data needs. Maybe $9.95 per month for a
    while, with overage charges once every six months, would work out better
    than $19.95 per month that you don't use.

    That $0.01 per KB is such a high number, though. I was misbilled $107.00
    in one month, and that was only a partial month, when my unlimited plan was
    dropped by them. They credited the amount, but it was a nice wake up call.

    --
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    Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley (Lake County) CA USA 38.8,-122.5



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