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magicianstalk wrote:


> Pretty cool, eh? Of course, this is with the unlimited vision
> package. One more question for you guys -- this connction to my
> laptop doesn't use the minutes, right? I can't remember if he said
> that -- i would assume it doesnt use your minutes.

Under Vision, no, it won't use your minutes.

> Also, what is considered "abuse" anyone have any experience with this?

Generally, the people who have been contacted for abuse have transferred
HUGE amounts of data, we're talking over a couple gigabytes a month.
While that's not huge if you're using, say a cable modem or DSL
connection, it is on a wireless network. So, keep your wireless modem
connections to just web surfing and e-mail, and you should be fine.

> How much have some of you used over your phone/laptop connection --
> downloading files, demos, etc? Your feedback is appreciated -- anyone
> had their phone shut off because of this?
>
> I hear that the phone will connect your laptop at 200k+ in some cases
> -- which is nice.

I wouldn't say it's that fast, but I have hit close to the 144kbps limit
a few times. Sometimes I get as high as 136kbps.



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Donkey Agony wrote:


> Then in another thread, someone claims that all NEW Vision phones from
> now on will be limited to 14.4kbps, and that you have to get a card (and
> pay the corresponding bucks) if you want the higher speeds. Is *this*
> true? Is, for example, the RL2500 only able to connect a laptop to the
> net at 14.4kbps?


I've seen an RL2500 data connection go WAY faster than 14.4k bps. And
whoever told you this obviously doesn't realize that high speed data is
pretty much a requirement for ReadyLink; you simply can't do it with all
the overhead required at a measley 14.4k.

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Donkey Agony wrote:

> Isaiah Beard wrote:
>
>
>>>Then in another thread, someone claims that all NEW Vision phones
>>>from now on will be limited to 14.4kbps, and that you have to get a
>>>card (and pay the corresponding bucks) if you want the higher
>>>speeds. Is *this* true? Is, for example, the RL2500 only able to
>>>connect a laptop to the net at 14.4kbps?
>
>
>>I've seen an RL2500 data connection go WAY faster than 14.4k bps. And
>>whoever told you this obviously doesn't realize that high speed data
>>is pretty much a requirement for ReadyLink; you simply can't do it
>>with all the overhead required at a measley 14.4k.
>
>
> What they were saying is that it was restricted to 14.4k when connected
> to a *laptop*!

And *I'm* saying that I've seen the connection go faster than 14.4k
while connected to a *laptop*. In fact I witnessed a DSLreports.com
speed test just tonight with a Sanyo VM4500 connected to a laptop.
Download was 60kbps, upload was 130Kbps.


> While this does *appear* to be misinformation from one rep, it would be
> nice to hear it from the horse's mouth that there are no brakes on any
> new or upcoming phones when a laptop connection is made.


Then it looks like the only way you're going to convince yourself is to
plug a phone into your laptop and try for yourself. I'll gladly tell
you that the new phones are not hobbled in any way, but I'm clearly not
the "horse's mouth" you seek. Which is fine, that's just more bandwidth
for me.


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Donkey Agony wrote:


> Is the VB4500 the blue camera phone sort of version of the RL2500?

Yup. Aside from the blue color, the camera and a few modified menus
here and there, it's otherwise the same as the RL2500. Incidentally, I
did connect briefly with an RL2500 to see what speed I would get, and it
was also just as fast.

There is one interesting thing to note though: the old Sanyo USB drivers
will report your connection speed as "28.8kbps." However, the speed
tests and the results you get just doing a few file transfers back and
forth clearly show this to be untrue. I'm chalking up the incorrect
connection speed info to a glitch in the driver.

>>Then it looks like the only way you're going to convince yourself is
>>to plug a phone into your laptop and try for yourself. I'll gladly
>>tell you that the new phones are not hobbled in any way, but I'm
>>clearly not the "horse's mouth" you seek. Which is fine, that's just
>>more bandwidth for me.
>

> No, I was being a "horse's ass".

No prob. Long as you're not the "Weekend Sunshine" I've been
killfiling, it's all good.


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Donkey Agony wrote:

> a) Vibrate mode is much weaker
> b) To increase your reception, you evidently *should* extend the
> antenna. With the 4900, the antenna was for analog only (at least from
> everything I've heard).

Yeah, looks like Sanyo went with a different antenna design with the
newer phones. Doesn't bother me much though, since I've been extending
my antenna out of habit ever since my days with an analog teleTAC.



> Well, I downloaded the new drivers from Futuredial and they seem to work
> just fine. Although I can't believe Sanyo (or Futuredial) still hasn't
> figured out how to sign the damn things for XP and Win2k. What's it
> been, a year?

Yeah, I imagine there's some cost involved to getting drivers digitally
signed, which they're too cheap to invest in.

Question for you: Do you have ReadyLink enabled? And if so, do you find
you have to disable it before getting a data connection over the cable
to work?




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