[sllug-members]: Cingular now blocking tethered devices?

[Mac Newbold]

Today at 1:28pm, Doran L. Barton said:

> Not long ago, M. Alton jensen proclaimed...
>> I've been an at&t/cingular customer for a long time and just last
>> weekend, it seems like they started blocking internet access for
>> tethered devices.  I sometimes connect my palm & laptop through my phone
>> (using bluetooth) but it isn't working now (as of Saturday.)  I can
>> still use my phone's built-in browser to access the internet.
>>
>> I have two questions:
>> 1) Is anyone else seeing a similar problem w/Cingular?
>> 2) I'm considering switching to sprint and would love to hear everyone's
>> feedback on the different carriers available - with a focus on
>> affordable internet access.  (It doesn't have to be fast, just inexpensive)
>
> If your chief consideration is affordability, then Sprint is the way to go.
> I'd rather have Verizon service and coverage, but Sprint has them beat
> hands down on price. T-Mobile, from what I hear, is deplorable along the
> Wasatch Front. Cingular/ATT is getting back on its feet, but they seem to
> have a standard policy against anything unlimited, period.

I occasionally connect to the internet with my laptop via my Verizon 
phone, and for my situation it has been extremely economical. I don't pay 
for any extra internet access services or anything, and the only cost of 
using the internet that way is the minutes of airtime. Which means that it 
is unlimited at the same times voice call minutes are unlimited, namely 
evenings and weekends. Being online costs me no more than a phone call of 
the same duration. In the interests of full disclosure, I did have to buy 
the right cable to connect to my phone, but it's a one-time (per phone 
model) $10-50 investment. With bluetooth, you may not even have that cost.

Mac

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