Internet Connection via Phone from Laptop. How?

Steve Vai <not@here.com> wrote in message news:<tgpfrv4bb6hm3bsclg608hvkhgmbg7dpeh@4ax.com>...

> interesting, allcock appears to be saying u cant do it but you appear
> to have, i dunno...

No, Allcock simply said you have to have a data plan- not that you
have to PAY for one. As I stated, when I was with Cingular, the CSD
option (what Cingular calls "Wireless Internet"- not "Wireless
Internet Express") was free to any customer with a data-compatible
handset. But until I called and requested the data plan, the "modem"
in my phone didn't work.

Now I was with Cingular in Kansas City, which was TDMA at the time.
Perhaps Cingular automatically turns data on for GSM? (T-Mobile does-
all customers get the CSD option turned on by default- you don't have
to request it.)

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On 16 Nov 2003 21:36:47 -0800, elecconnec@aol.com (Todd Allcock)
wrote:

>Steve Vai <not@here.com> wrote in message news:<tgpfrv4bb6hm3bsclg608hvkhgmbg7dpeh@4ax.com>...
>
>> interesting, allcock appears to be saying u cant do it but you appear
>> to have, i dunno...
>
>No, Allcock simply said you have to have a data plan- not that you
>have to PAY for one. As I stated, when I was with Cingular, the CSD
>option (what Cingular calls "Wireless Internet"- not "Wireless
>Internet Express") was free to any customer with a data-compatible
>handset. But until I called and requested the data plan, the "modem"
>in my phone didn't work.
>
>Now I was with Cingular in Kansas City, which was TDMA at the time.
>Perhaps Cingular automatically turns data on for GSM? (T-Mobile does-
>all customers get the CSD option turned on by default- you don't have
>to request it.)

i see....

elecconnec@aol.com (Todd Allcock) wrote in
news:de37a2e0.0311162136.55a74621@posting.google.com:

> Steve Vai <not@here.com> wrote in message
> news:<tgpfrv4bb6hm3bsclg608hvkhgmbg7dpeh@4ax.com>...
>
>> interesting, allcock appears to be saying u cant do it but you appear
>> to have, i dunno...
>
> No, Allcock simply said you have to have a data plan- not that you
> have to PAY for one. As I stated, when I was with Cingular, the CSD
> option (what Cingular calls "Wireless Internet"- not "Wireless
> Internet Express") was free to any customer with a data-compatible
> handset. But until I called and requested the data plan, the "modem"
> in my phone didn't work.
>
> Now I was with Cingular in Kansas City, which was TDMA at the time.
> Perhaps Cingular automatically turns data on for GSM? (T-Mobile does-
> all customers get the CSD option turned on by default- you don't have
> to request it.)

Cingular (after having me on hold for a long time) just told me there is no
CSD option for the GSM phones, just GPRS. I think they just offered me
wrong info. Is this true?

Scott