Does PDA Connect Plan work for tethering?

I'm still unable to get my MediaNet plan to work with tethering. My
question, I know there's a $59.99 data connect plan. It mentions that
you need a laptop with a pc card. I will be using this plan to tether
my phone to my pocketpc and laptop. Will it work this way?
As well, I see a PDA Connect plan for $44.99. Will this plan do
tethering?
What puzzles me is if I read right their Broadband Connect plan is
$59.99. Well I would be shocked that it's the same price as their
Data Connect plan. Is this right? I would hope the standard data
plan goes down in price and obviously would be shocked if it goes up
to the regular price of $79.99.

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MarkW wrote:
> I'm still unable to get my MediaNet plan to work with tethering. My
> question, I know there's a $59.99 data connect plan. It mentions that
> you need a laptop with a pc card. I will be using this plan to tether
> my phone to my pocketpc and laptop. Will it work this way?
> As well, I see a PDA Connect plan for $44.99. Will this plan do
> tethering?

Ask John Navis, everything works for HIM.

Ok, seriously...don't expect the PDA plan to work for cellphone
tethering. It might or might not work, but CS will not support any
issues you call about. John says it worked for him, but we couldn't get
it to work.

Go with the $59/mo data plan while its still on sale (normally $79). You
can tether your laptop to your cellphone for unlimited data connection
usage. You do NOT have to buy a data connection card for that plan.


> What puzzles me is if I read right their Broadband Connect plan is
> $59.99. Well I would be shocked that it's the same price as their
> Data Connect plan. Is this right? I would hope the standard data
> plan goes down in price and obviously would be shocked if it goes up
> to the regular price of $79.99.

The regular price for the unlimited data plan is $79, but if they start
offering the Broadband for that price, its likely they will just keep
the data plan at $59.

MarkW Wrote:
> I'm still unable to get my MediaNet plan to work with tethering. My
> question, I know there's a $59.99 data connect plan. It mentions that
> you need a laptop with a pc card. I will be using this plan to tether
> my phone to my pocketpc and laptop. Will it work this way?
> As well, I see a PDA Connect plan for $44.99. Will this plan do
> tethering?
> What puzzles me is if I read right their Broadband Connect plan is
> $59.99. Well I would be shocked that it's the same price as their
> Data Connect plan. Is this right? I would hope the standard data
> plan goes down in price and obviously would be shocked if it goes up
> to the regular price of $79.99.

I had a similar problem. It was working with pay per use using MPT. I
started a MediaNet plan and it didnt work. The reason was MPT defaulted
to ISP.CINGULAR.COM for pay per use and laptop connect. But when using
MediaNet it is WAP.CINGULAR.COM. It worked when I changed it from ISP
to WAP.


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wpbear

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In <[email protected]> on Thu, 16 Feb 2006 22:56:41 +0000,
wpbear <[email protected]> wrote:

>MarkW Wrote:
>> I'm still unable to get my MediaNet plan to work with tethering. My
>> question, I know there's a $59.99 data connect plan. It mentions that
>> you need a laptop with a pc card. I will be using this plan to tether
>> my phone to my pocketpc and laptop. Will it work this way?
>> As well, I see a PDA Connect plan for $44.99. Will this plan do
>> tethering?
>> What puzzles me is if I read right their Broadband Connect plan is
>> $59.99. Well I would be shocked that it's the same price as their
>> Data Connect plan. Is this right? I would hope the standard data
>> plan goes down in price and obviously would be shocked if it goes up
>> to the regular price of $79.99.
>
>I had a similar problem. It was working with pay per use using MPT. I
>started a MediaNet plan and it didnt work. The reason was MPT defaulted
>to ISP.CINGULAR.COM for pay per use and laptop connect. But when using
>MediaNet it is WAP.CINGULAR.COM. It worked when I changed it from ISP
>to WAP.

The problem is that Cingular Connection Manager presumes Data Connect.
To use MEdia Net instead, follow the procedure in
"Cingular Wireless MEdia Configuration"
<http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cingular_Wireless_MEdia_Configuration>
(companion document to the Cingular Wireless FAQ, link below).

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

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In <[email protected]> on Thu, 16 Feb 2006 11:53:17
-0700, MarkW <[email protected]> wrote:

>I'm still unable to get my MediaNet plan to work with tethering. My
>question, I know there's a $59.99 data connect plan. It mentions that
>you need a laptop with a pc card. I will be using this plan to tether
>my phone to my pocketpc and laptop. Will it work this way?

Yes.

>As well, I see a PDA Connect plan for $44.99. Will this plan do
>tethering?

Yes (although you're not supposed to).

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

John Navas wrote:
>> As well, I see a PDA Connect plan for $44.99. Will this plan do
>> tethering?
>
> Yes (although you're not supposed to).

Sorry John...I have seen credible evidence as of last Saturday morning
it will not work in MY SPECIFIC MARKET.

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In <[email protected]> on Fri, 17 Feb 2006
12:09:24 GMT, DecaturTxCowboy <[email protected]> wrote:

>John Navas wrote:
> >> As well, I see a PDA Connect plan for $44.99. Will this plan do
>>> tethering?
>>
>> Yes (although you're not supposed to).
>
>Sorry John...I have seen credible evidence as of last Saturday morning
>it will not work in MY SPECIFIC MARKET.

My guess is that you didn't have it configured properly. If would be very
difficult for Cingular to stop it, since a tethered connection is essentially
indistinguishable from a direct connection from the standpoint of the network.

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

John Navas wrote:

> My guess

Your answer says it all....