phone as modem

>If Sprint offers a plan that includes tethering, how can they not support it?

What is there for them to support?

You hook it up and dial #777.

If you have a data connection, then you are on. If you don't, then
check to see if there is vision on the phone. If there is vision on
the phone, then you have a problem with the cable or driver, which the
driver vendor should support.

If the phone cannot connect to vision, the Sprint will certainly
support that. The only thing that Sprint has any control over is
Vision from the tower to the handset. Everything after that is 3rd
party .... so how could Sprint possibly support those things since they
have not manufactured or prgrammed any of them?

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FWIW wrote:
>
> >If Sprint offers a plan that includes tethering, how can they not support it?
>
> What is there for them to support?
>
> You hook it up and dial #777.
>
> If you have a data connection, then you are on. If you don't, then
> check to see if there is vision on the phone. If there is vision on
> the phone, then you have a problem with the cable or driver, which the
> driver vendor should support.
>
> If the phone cannot connect to vision, the Sprint will certainly
> support that. The only thing that Sprint has any control over is
> Vision from the tower to the handset. Everything after that is 3rd
> party .... so how could Sprint possibly support those things since they
> have not manufactured or prgrammed any of them?

If Sprint sold a tethered plan, I'd also expect them to make drivers
and cables available.

Notan

Notan wrote:
> FWIW wrote:
>>
>>> If Sprint offers a plan that includes tethering, how can they not
>>> support it?
>>
>> What is there for them to support?
>>
>> You hook it up and dial #777.
>>
>> If you have a data connection, then you are on. If you don't, then
>> check to see if there is vision on the phone. If there is vision on
>> the phone, then you have a problem with the cable or driver, which
>> the
>> driver vendor should support.
>>
>> If the phone cannot connect to vision, the Sprint will certainly
>> support that. The only thing that Sprint has any control over is
>> Vision from the tower to the handset. Everything after that is 3rd
>> party .... so how could Sprint possibly support those things since
>> they
>> have not manufactured or prgrammed any of them?
>
> If Sprint sold a tethered plan, I'd also expect them to make drivers
> and cables available.

As they have in the past ("Connection Kits"), which their selective
memory apparently has forgotten all about.

Further, the need for support is evidenced by the people posting here,
and at similar forums. People who couldn't set up a DUN connection to
save their lives, let alone understand #777 really is the number to
"dial" and that you really, REALLY, don't need to enter a username and
password. And do be sure that BPS isn't set at 19,200 and that you have
chosen the proper modem for the connection.

Tell those people, paying $40+ per month for the "privilege" of
tethering that they get zero support to help them get started (and this
is the kind of support that is generally needed once--just to get them
going). Go ahead and tell them that SPCS won't supply a cable for this
pricey service and that the vendors who sold them a one-time purchase of
$20 for it are responsible for carrier-specific support (above and
beyond a simple FAQ). Perhaps they might just chalk up the $20 as a
lesson learned and tell SPCS to forget about that extra $500 per-year in
revenue.

Not everyone is interested in all the nuances that modern technology
literally requires one to understand nowadays. In fact, if one wanted to
keep 100% up-to-date on every piece of technology in their lives it
would probably be the equivalent of a full-time job. How ironic.


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Mike

>Tell those people, paying $40+ per month for the "privilege" of
>tethering that they get zero support to help them get started

Seriously, whether they "support" it or not, do you think you are going
to get actual "support"?

For crying out loud when I had trouble with an issue on my Treo 600,
Tier 1 "tech support" advised me to remove my battery. When I asked
him which screwdriver I should use sine the batter is non-removable, he
said "Oh, i'll have to have someone call you back". Nobody ever did.

I finally founfd a solution online.

Anyone who is going to DEPEND on Sprint for tech support might as well
go to the zoo and solicit help from a rhesus monkey. People who are
tethering phones to laptops are generally tech savvy and/or know where
to look for the information when they need help.

If you are going to depend on Sprint for the technical support, you
probably should not be considering whatever it is you are looking to
buy.

Unless it is extremely simple (and even then it is a crapshoot), in all
practical terms, you are going to have to "support" it yourself, or
find some good folks online that have already discovered the solution.

>From my experience, Sprint's "support" stops at the tower, and "remove
the battery" is the extent of all hardware support.

Someone here, like Mike, will turn out to be the support you will come
to depend on.

"mikeyhsd" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> sanyo rl4920

Futuredial's site says your phone is supported. Go to
http://futuredial.com/support/download/USB_Drivers.htm, scroll down to the
sanyo driver download link, download it and install it. Plug in your phone
into the laptop, point it to the newly downloaded driver and set up your
DUN.

Bob

In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] says...
> If Sprint offers a plan that includes tethering, how can they not supportit?
>

As long as they are explicit about not supporting it, they can do that.

It's their way of saying, "OK, you really, really want to do this, we're
not going to penalize you any longer, but we're aso not going to help
you do it."

Last I heard, that was the basic idea. Yeah, you can do it now, and
here's something to cover it, but you're still on your own getting it to
work.

BUT, "last I heard" right pretty close to the time these plans launched
back in (I think) July. Maybe it's changed. I haven't heard so if it
has.


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O/Siris
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A thing moderately good
is not so good as it ought to be.
Moderation in temper is always a virtue,
but moderation in principle is always a vice.
+Thomas Paine, "The Rights of Man", 1792+

In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected]lid says...
> From what I hear, you're absolutely correct. Cables and driver CD's
> --for selected handsets-- will be in stores shortly, with official
> Sprint support for tethering these handsets.
>

Interesting. I hadn't heard that.

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O/Siris
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A thing moderately good
is not so good as it ought to be.
Moderation in temper is always a virtue,
but moderation in principle is always a vice.
+Thomas Paine, "The Rights of Man", 1792+

In article <[email protected]>, [email protected]
says...
> Go ahead and tell them that SPCS won't supply a cable for this
> pricey service and that the vendors who sold them a one-time purchase of
> $20 for it are responsible for carrier-specific support (above and
> beyond a simple FAQ).
>

Now hold on, "we won't support it" is NOT saying the 3rd party OEM has
an obligation to support it.

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RØß
O/Siris
-+-
A thing moderately good
is not so good as it ought to be.
Moderation in temper is always a virtue,
but moderation in principle is always a vice.
+Thomas Paine, "The Rights of Man", 1792+

O/Siris wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>, [email protected]
> says...
>> Go ahead and tell them that SPCS won't supply a cable for this
>> pricey service and that the vendors who sold them a one-time
>> purchase of $20 for it are responsible for carrier-specific support
>> (above and beyond a simple FAQ).
>>
>
> Now hold on, "we won't support it" is NOT saying the 3rd party OEM has
> an obligation to support it.

I didn't mean to imply that was the case; just sarcasm. It's moot now
anyway, if the post from Paul was correct.


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Mike

I have Fiuture Dial as said earlier.
they do not support 64 bit os and advised no plans to.
so am looking for another alternative.


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"Bob Smith" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "mikeyhsd" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> sanyo rl4920
>
> Futuredial's site says your phone is supported. Go to
> http://futuredial.com/support/download/USB_Drivers.htm, scroll down to the
> sanyo driver download link, download it and install it. Plug in your phone
> into the laptop, point it to the newly downloaded driver and set up your
> DUN.
>
> Bob
>

mikeyhsd wrote:
>
> I have Fiuture Dial as said earlier.
> they do not support 64 bit os and advised no plans to.
> so am looking for another alternative.

Have you tried using your existing drivers?

Notan

Well, don't know what you define as "support", but Sprint offers a phone as
modem plan, think its $25/month for 40 mb. Its new, so USB cables are not
available for lots of phones through Sprint, but have certainly been
available elsewhere. And new phones , especially Power Vision phones, will
have cables available in stores.


"O/Siris" <rØbjvargas@comcâst.nêt> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
In article <mibcf.4656$AF6.2580@trndny08>, [email protected] says...
> Beg to differ. Sprint offers plans for phones as modem.
>

Offering plans to cover the usage does *not* mean Sprint will provide
support for it. As of the last update I had, Sprint does not support
this.

*Support*. As has already been stated, that is not the same as "allow".

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O/Siris
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A thing moderately good
is not so good as it ought to be.
Moderation in temper is always a virtue,
but moderation in principle is always a vice.
+Thomas Paine, "The Rights of Man", 1792+

In article <Tfzcf.3692$Y97.3470@trndny05>, [email protected] says...
> Well, don't know what you define as "support", but Sprint offers a phone as
> modem plan, think its $25/month for 40 mb. Its new, so USB cables are not
> available for lots of phones through Sprint, but have certainly been
> available elsewhere. And new phones , especially Power Vision phones, will
> have cables available in stores.
>

If Sprint sells the hardware, then they'd better support it. If all
they do is provide allowances for it (i.e. phone as modem plan packs),
then lack of support would still be understandable. Bad idea, IMO, but
understandable.

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O/Siris
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A thing moderately good
is not so good as it ought to be.
Moderation in temper is always a virtue,
but moderation in principle is always a vice.
+Thomas Paine, "The Rights of Man", 1792+

>If Sprint sells the hardware, then they'd better support it.

Or what?

They told me to remove the battery from my Treo 600 for crying out
loud.

If they don't support it, you will have to go online and find support
for it. Sprint really doesn't really HAVE to do anything, although it
would be nice if someone over there knew that the Treo 600 has a
non-removable battery.

"Sprint Support" = "Remove, then replace the battery"

There I just provided everyone here with a year's worth of Sprint
hardware support.

Email me and I'll tell you where to send the check.

again
they do not work in 64 bit os.

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"Notan" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> mikeyhsd wrote:
>>
>> I have Fiuture Dial as said earlier.
>> they do not support 64 bit os and advised no plans to.
>> so am looking for another alternative.
>
> Have you tried using your existing drivers?
>
> Notan