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

[Louis Zirkel]

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Brad Midgley wrote:

> (hi Lou! :)

Howdy!

> I was signed up for the $20 plan with my new account w/ new razr v3xx,
> but long downloads would consistently fail at about 5MB (using
> wap.cingular ap). isp.cingular would not connect until I called and
> switched to the $60/mo. Now isp.cingular will work and long downloads
> can finish.
> 
> So it's exactly the same price as verizon to get the same service, so
> for me the switch only has the advantage that I could put the sim card
> in an openmoko or in a new laptop with umts built in.

hrmmm, I'd never run into that but then I don't normally download large
files through it.  My usage is limited mostly to low traffic things like
email and whatnot.  I'll have to keep that in mind.

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Louis Zirkel / lzirkel at cendev.com
Systems Engineer
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