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post #21 of 38
8/29/05 at 2:35am
nice pic^
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post #22 of 38
8/29/05 at 11:48am
http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/P...=&refurbished=

That is one expensive PC Card!
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post #23 of 38
8/29/05 at 6:43pm
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Originally Posted by somms

The funny part is, it's about 50 bucks direct from Verizon.
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post #24 of 38
8/30/05 at 2:03am
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Originally Posted by Richard Carver
Not really, it's a separate system for data (internet) and the physical wireless modem is a PCMCIA card. Hopefully, this Dell deal will push for an internal mini card likw wifi. You can see the PC card on the lower left...
Well, it's through Verizon, so do you pay the bills through the cell phone company?
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post #25 of 38
8/30/05 at 2:16am
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Originally Posted by FearNo1
Thats too expensive, over twice the amount I pay for broadband and its slow. Hopefully the city offers free wifi access in another year or 2.
well yeah but ur limited to ur own location on broadband.

you'd think this service would cost the same? hehe
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post #26 of 38
8/30/05 at 4:00am
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Originally Posted by Richard Carver
Voice and data are separate plans and accessing data through your phone will result in a per minute charge of about .69. One guy got a 1500 bill for one month. Obviously, he was abusing the system and I've also heard of guy doing it for a couple of minutes with out charges.
Is this hearsay or from personal experience? I've read similar claims from Verizon VCAST users in various forums saying that they never got billed. Although I will admit that those claims are nothing but hearsay as well. However, I can personally testify that I have extensively used (mostly checking email and VPNing to work to perform "on-call" duties and it happens that we're outdoors) my wife's Sanyo PCS phone as a wireless modem to go online using Sprint's PCS network without ever getting billed extra for it. And I have been doing this since late 2003. All we have is a PCS voiceplan plus "vision" which is a $10 option. Granted, it's not exactly "broadband" as I only average about 80kbps but it's still a little faster than a typical dial up connection on a landline phone. But then again, maybe Verizon is more strict than SprintPCS.
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post #27 of 38
8/30/05 at 4:47am
An internal wireless broadband/WiFi combo card in the MiniPCI formfactor would be great!
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post #28 of 38
8/30/05 at 2:41pm
And think about this, a legitimate but heavy VCAST user will actually use more bandwidth due to all the multimedia (audio/video) streaming as opposed to a VCAST subscriber who uses VCAST to leech unto EV-DO occasionally to check their email, browse news websites, look up directions, VPN to work, etc. Short of leeches who abuse their VCAST service by hosting a website, Verizon should allow these paying VCAST subscribers to occasionally use EV-DO.
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post #29 of 38
8/30/05 at 4:14pm
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Originally Posted by YinYang
Well, it's through Verizon, so do you pay the bills through the cell phone company?
Yes, I pay my cell phone and EVDO bill to Verizon.
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post #30 of 38
8/30/05 at 4:18pm
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Originally Posted by Schembfs
Is this hearsay or from personal experience? I've read similar claims from Verizon VCAST users in various forums saying that they never got billed. Although I will admit that those claims are nothing but hearsay as well. However, I can personally testify that I have extensively used (mostly checking email and VPNing to work to perform "on-call" duties and it happens that we're outdoors) my wife's Sanyo PCS phone as a wireless modem to go online using Sprint's PCS network without ever getting billed extra for it. And I have been doing this since late 2003. All we have is a PCS voiceplan plus "vision" which is a $10 option. Granted, it's not exactly "broadband" as I only average about 80kbps but it's still a little faster than a typical dial up connection on a landline phone. But then again, maybe Verizon is more strict than SprintPCS.

I have no idea about Sprint but the Verizon contract specifically states you can't use an EVDO capable cell phone to "tether" to a laptop for data usage. I dunno, maybe 5, 10 minutes a month to check email, etc is doable but I wouldn't use much more than that in case they decided to bill you for it.
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post #31 of 38
8/30/05 at 4:52pm
I hope that Verizon will someday officially allow their customers(for a nominal fee) to use their notebooks to use EV-DO services via bluetooth connection to EV-DO-capable cellphones because I personally find it very inconvenient to have to use a PCMCIA card with it's huge antenna and have it sticking out of the side of my notebook like a sore thumb.
I also like MitchellO's (see his post above) idea of an EV-DO card in miniPCI form factor.
Verizon? and Sprint? Are you listening???
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post #32 of 38
8/30/05 at 5:00pm
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WhooHooo! dsamply was right! I just got off the phone with Verizon and they lowered the price to 59.95 for unlimited! You have to sign up for two years but I had done that anyway. ha, that pays for my Netflix.
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post #33 of 38
8/31/05 at 2:01am
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Originally Posted by Richard Carver
Yes, I pay my cell phone and EVDO bill to Verizon.
Cool. What other companies have this option?
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post #34 of 38
8/31/05 at 1:46pm
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Originally Posted by YinYang
Cool. What other companies have this option?
Sprint/Nextel is launching a competing EVDO service now, that's probably why Verizon lowered the price, to kick sand in their face. Verizon has better coverage for now but Sprint is coming on fast.
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post #35 of 38
8/31/05 at 2:41pm
The major hotels have enough money to buy the advanced wireless equipment that has automated controlled access. The cheaper hotels don't have that kind of money so they throw in cheaper equipment and give away access for free. Funny how that works, isn't it? Driving through St. Louis last week, I got to read the Drury Inn's rather humorous billboards advertising their free wifi service.

It won't be too many more years before you'll have free wifi everywhere. 50 years ago, not everyone had a land phone. 20 years ago, not everyone had a cellphone. It won't be long before just about everyone with a wifi card will be able to hook onto their city's network. Philadelphia has decided to provide 95% coverage within city limits and has contracted people to get the job done. Other communities are following suit, even some that aren't all that large. It won't be too many more years before you'll only need it in rural areas. It's just the natural progression of things.
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post #36 of 38
8/31/05 at 3:59pm
i'll buy this in 2 years.
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post #37 of 38
8/31/05 at 10:58pm
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Originally Posted by Richard Carver
The funny part is, it's about 50 bucks direct from Verizon.
Dell Accessory Outlet, Verizon PCMCIA offer

A year ago, the $50 offer from Verizon was with a three year commitment ($2,880) for the service, my sis paid $150 with a one year contract. She uses it in a Motion Tablet as well as a Dell Inspirion Portable.

She just loves it, Hi-Speed in her 'home' city and eliminated a phone-line in her 'week-end' home and still has faster than dial-up service in this 'out-of-area' location.

The 25% cut for the unlimited service plan sounds great!

For my travel needs; Hilton, Hampton, Best Western and all other hotels and most airports that I use have free hi-speed access.
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post #38 of 38
9/1/05 at 3:22am
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Originally Posted by Richard Carver
Sprint/Nextel is launching a competing EVDO service now, that's probably why Verizon lowered the price, to kick sand in their face. Verizon has better coverage for now but Sprint is coming on fast.
Cool! Thank you!
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