Terrapin

I am considering getting a laptop connected with SPRINT for the car. These threads are really valuable to me in learning about this.

I understand that surfing doesn't count as download time. But what about connecting to a click on "Listen Live" radio station such as BBC Radio 1? This usually gets Real Player or Windows Media Player activated.

Has anyone tried this with SPRINT VISION and a laptop? How was the audio? Any packet loss? Any charges?

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GizmoQ

Because of my slow processor and harddrive, I increased my buffer to max but it really depend on what else I have running. With just the front end and winamp radio I can listen to all stations no problem (dropped packets are rare and I attribute them to switching cell towers). When I have other things running I have to drop the 128k or above feeds, the 96 and 44s work well. Anything below 44 is probably mono and I tend to stay away from them unless its talk radio.

I keep creating playlists cause every time I turn around winamp is adding new radio features - they added XM and AOL Radio last month. So I have 128K and above playlists for several genres and then I have the 22-96K playlists. Audio is CD quality on 128k feeds and radio quality elsewhere.

My card was grandfathered because I've had it a while and it only costs me an additional $10 a month with no data limit, no extra charges and it works minimally with phonecontrol - best of all worlds.

Be careful about that "surfing and counting as dowload time." until Sprint and I worked out all the bugs, I was being charged per MB for surfing and it didn't count against my airtime minutes. Right now if you get the unlimited Visions package, it doesn't count against your airtime minutes and there is no charge per MB, but its a little expensive. Probably better to go with an unlimited EVDO card (more expensive still, but fast as hell).

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Terrapin

Thanks for you comments. Apparently listening to radio stations on my mobile laptop will tally up the MB's. I am now thinking seriously about getting unlimited EVDO. I need a faster laptop first. Probably, its best to wait for the January sales.

Dylan98R/T

Got verizon but considering 2nd phone for internet if sprint is 100% all the time (verizon uses minutes under modem call). What's up with this line from the website:?

"Unless a Sprint PCS Vision Pack is selected, customers with a Sprint PCS Vision Phone will be charged 2¢ per kilobyte for Sprint PCS Vision usage."

NeoMatrixJR

Ok, I'm going to be dumb here, but I did a quick search and it didn't LOOK like it came up with much for Bluetooth, but I'm looking at getting Sprint and an A900 in a few months and I wondered if anyone tried to use Bluetooth to connect their car pc to the internet via Sprint (either #777 or PCS or whatever).

Thanks!

Dylan98R/T

Anyone know if certain Vision plans are limited to no data access? The Sprint SERO plan for $30 includes unlimited web access but it's contentious as to whether this includes free data access by pc?

SurgResDocMD

can someone explain how to connect to sprint using #777 to me? I want to use phone as bt modem

djchicago

ok here is the link to connect the treo 650 to sprint pcs I sure that u can make there setting work for any of the other vision BT phones used. One thing you don't need to call the company to reset your password all these thing can be done from the site, also if you call them they my not know what you are talking about anyway.

http://vocaro.com/trevor/treo-dun/

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ODYSSEY

Alltel Users

Dial: #777
Username: 10-digit-number@alltel.net
Password: alltel

You may or may not need to subscribed to an Axcess service.

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SurgResDocMD

I thought this thread was for sprintPCS

ODYSSEY

There is some Verzion talk in this thread too. Just putting the info out.

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GizmoQ

Since my phone card is currently on loan, I just finished setting things up for my PPC6600. Works a treat. I keep it holstered and the bluetooth makes the connection, dials the phone, and Winamp connects to streaming audio, buffers and plays. Its not as difficult as I thought. Much easier than trying to connect PhoCo to a Sprint phone. And I never have to touch the phone at all.

Step by step (sorta, at least as much as I can remember):
1. Enable DUN Server on phone's bluetooth settings.
2. Pair devices.
3. Create DUN connection on PC for bluetooth to phone.(#777, no username , no password)
4. Set bluetooth DUN connection as default Dialup Connection.

Whenever, computer needs internet it checks for WiFi, then AirCard, then initiates bluetooth DUN connection over bluetooth. The only problem I have right now is sometimes it connects automatically and sometimes it pops up the dial-up window awaiting user confirmation which half the time gets hidden by RR. Still trying to figure that out. Best bet for me now is to check weather first which always auto-connects and just leave the connection live.

I'm concerned that this will autoconnect one day on a long road trip and drain the phones battery. Ordered a backup sync cable yesterday, just in case. I know bluetooth is convenient, but for roadtrips, it would probably be better to connect phone to USB which provides data link and charges phone.


This depends a lot on whether the phone has the ability to connect to a PC, if so, as long as you don't abuse it , they'll let you cause they really can't tell. But if your tranfer rate gets too high they'll call you. If they really want to get ugly they could just bill you (happened to me twice, I just called customer service and kept asking for supervisors till they took it off my bill)

That's their way of notifying users that data will cost you more than the visions pack. For the last few years, internet ready Sprint phones weren't charged per kB (just minutes and if you waited for night and weekend, voila) and many of us abused the service. Now they want to close the loophole. I have heard as recently as Nov that it still works, but don't hold me to that.

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jfk

The only place on my computer I can setup the phone connection on windows 2000 after downloading the drivers is under the "network and dial-up connection". So when I connect the phone dials the #777. Is that still considered a modem or a network connection. And I'm unsure where to type in the "ping" command. It disconnects every 5 seconds and then re-dials.

BIzFlawless

Hey whats up, I have the Sprint Samsung A900 phone and was using for internet access for my laptop for about 3 weeks, when all of the sudden I got a lilttle text from sprint saying that I need to purchase a modem play to use my phone as a modem or something like that, I called sprint asked them about that and they said that It was probably just letting me know that I have the capabilities of using my phone as a modem but that I would need to purchase a plan for 40 dollars to use it....I say ok (thinking screw that) i already have the $25 unlimited sprint vision power plan and had no prob b4 but ever since i recieved that text from sprint, It dosent let me connect using my phone anymore, It says invalid user name or password, but the name and password fields are blank!....anyone know why this might be? or how to fix this?

BIzFlawless

Oh yea and also how would i set it up for a stable connection, Mine always does what jfk was saying...but I dont know how to set up the ping to google or yahoo every 3 secs

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