Unable to tether-Anything change?

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In <[email protected]> on Wed, 15 Feb 2006
06:10:56 GMT, DecaturTxCowboy <[email protected]> wrote:

>[SNIP juvenile remark]
>Perhaps I should have used the phrase "phone/SIM combo". Would that have
>made you happy. In the CONTEXT of what *I* said, I was correct.

As I explained, what you said was incorrect, much like many of your other
posts here. Do yourself a favor -- bookmark and carefully read "Overview of
the Global System for Mobile Communications" by John Scourias, University of
Waterloo <http://ccnga.uwaterloo.ca/~jscouria/GSM/gsmreport.html>. And try
acting like an adult.

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John Navas wrote:
> As I explained, what you said was incorrect, much like many of your other
> posts here.

Stop it...yer killing me HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA

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In <[email protected]> on Wed, 15 Feb 2006
13:59:33 GMT, DecaturTxCowboy <[email protected]> wrote:

>John Navas wrote:

>> As I explained, what you said was incorrect, much like many of your other
>> posts here.
>
>Stop it...yer killing me HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA

Why make yourself look like you're 8 years old?

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Cingular taught John this at salesmanship training 101

John Navas wrote:
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>
> In <[email protected]> on Wed, 15 Feb 2006
> 03:38:38 GMT, DecaturTxCowboy <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> John Navas wrote:
>
>>> Actual authentication is by SIM, not the phone. You can move the SIM from
>>> phone to phone, and the data package goes with it.
>> OK, wanna git picky, cowboy? The phone does the authentication based on
>> the profile (data, information, etc.) contained in the SIM, ergo...the
>> phone does the....oh, nevermind.
>
> Network registration is based on the identity stored in the SIM, called the
> International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI). The phone is irrelevant.
>
> Data service authentication is likewise based on the SIM. Information
> configured into the phone (userid, password, APN) is the same for all
> subscribers.
>
> All the phones does is transmit that information to the network.
>

can you still use MediaNet on your handset?


<[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I have been using my cingular service for about a year with both my
> laptop and pocketpc. I am using the unlimited $20/MO. medianet plan.
> It has worked fine except for a few instances for the last year but now
> the last week it hasn't worked. Has cingular changed anything so that
> this can no longer be done? If not, what are my other options for
> tethering (standard EDGE speed, not the new faster speeds?)
>

John Navas wrote:
> Why make yourself look like you're 8 years old

Owwwwwww...how I wanna say soemthing, but since I'm not an 8 year old, I
won't.

I've tried it today and still can't get it to work. I thought maybe
it was my stand alone pocket pc, that something got changed in the
settings, but it's not working on my laptop either. I also rebooted
the pda, laptop, as well as phone with no luck.
I did change the sim card to another phone since my phone went bad a
couple weeks ago and it happened about that time. I thought it may be
that but as said the data should go with the sim card.
Also, I noticed this problem about a week ago while on a business trip
to Albuquerque, NM and thought it was a problem in that area but I'm
now back home in Denver, CO with the same problems so I'm not sure if
there's a outage problem either.
If I do have to change, would the $44.95 pda plan work or do I have to
go to the $59 data connect plan?
As well, I know Cingular is rolling out high speed internet. What
does the unlimited plan cost for that?

On Wed, 15 Feb 2006 11:34:05 -0500, "jay" <[email protected]> wrote:

>can you still use MediaNet on your handset?
>
>
Yes, there have been times my tethering didn't work but as well it
didn't work on my handset so it seemed to be an outage but this time
it does work on my handset.

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In <[email protected]> on Wed, 15 Feb 2006 16:18:35
-0700, MarkW <[email protected]> wrote:

>I've tried it today and still can't get it to work. I thought maybe
>it was my stand alone pocket pc, that something got changed in the
>settings, but it's not working on my laptop either.

What exactly is the problem?

>I also rebooted
>the pda, laptop, as well as phone with no luck.
>I did change the sim card to another phone since my phone went bad a
>couple weeks ago and it happened about that time. I thought it may be
>that but as said the data should go with the sim card.

The phone configuration matters! And it might not be correct. Or you might
be dialing the wrong profile. See the companion document to the FAQ (link
below) on configuring MEdia Net.

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