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

[Kurt Mahan]

I'm curious to know what you mean by "blocking".  Are you seeing failures
in the PPP script negotation?  Is PPP not assigning an IP address?  Or
are packets just disappearing into a blackhole?  You should be able to 
get some stats to see where the process is failing.

In a previous life I suffered through writing a PPP stack for routing IP 
over cell modules. 

Kurt

On Mon, Mar 19, 2007 at 12:32:37PM -0600, M. Alton jensen wrote:
> Hi all,
> 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)
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> -Alt
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