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Skorkles

2007-01-10, 10:33 pm

I'm looking at upgrading my BB 7250 to one of these.
One of the very attractive points is the tethered modem feature.

A couple of questions:
Does it work?
In addition to my monthly phone cost and BB unlimited data plan, are there
any other costs connected to using the tethered modem on my laptop?

Thanks!


Dr. Van Nostrand

2007-01-10, 10:33 pm

Greetings Skorkles

There are not any other costs associated with the phone as modem with Sprint
Blackberry. If you had a Treo, yes, but not for Blackberry. You get an
unlimited broadband phone as modem for the same price.


"Skorkles" <martinb@myrealbox.com> wrote in message
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> I'm looking at upgrading my BB 7250 to one of these.
> One of the very attractive points is the tethered modem feature.
>
> A couple of questions:
> Does it work?
> In addition to my monthly phone cost and BB unlimited data plan, are there
> any other costs connected to using the tethered modem on my laptop?
>
> Thanks!
>



jjim

2007-01-10, 10:33 pm

On Thu, 11 Jan 2007 00:07:59 +0000, Dr. Van Nostrand wrote:
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> Greetings Skorkles
>
> There are not any other costs associated with the phone as modem with Sprint
> Blackberry. If you had a Treo, yes, but not for Blackberry. You get an
> unlimited broadband phone as modem for the same price.
>
>
> "Skorkles" <martinb@myrealbox.com> wrote in message
> news:12qar4bbgbrdic2
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what would be the extra costs on the Treo??

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Kel Varnsen

2007-01-12, 10:33 pm

i believe youd have to get a 2nd "phone as modem" package. cant recall the
cost.

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> On Thu, 11 Jan 2007 00:07:59 +0000, Dr. Van Nostrand wrote:
>
>
> what would be the extra costs on the Treo??
>
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Isaiah Beard

2007-01-13, 10:33 pm

Skorkles wrote:
> I'm looking at upgrading my BB 7250 to one of these.
> One of the very attractive points is the tethered modem feature.
>
> A couple of questions:
> Does it work?


Yes! You do need to download the SPrint Connection Manager and run that
on your computer when you want to connect, but tethering works quite
well on the 8703e. It kept me online for the two weeks that my home ISP
connection was down.

> In addition to my monthly phone cost and BB unlimited data plan, are there
> any other costs connected to using the tethered modem on my laptop?


No, tethering is included with the $39.99 unlimited Blackberry plan.
There is no extra charge.


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Isaiah Beard

2007-01-13, 10:33 pm

Kel Varnsen wrote:
> i believe youd have to get a 2nd "phone as modem" package. cant recall the
> cost.


$39.99/month

Another selling point for the Blackberry on Sprint: there is a code for
unlimited text messaging for $5 a month in Sprint's billing system, but
it ONLY works if you have a Blackberry data plan.


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Skorkles

2007-01-13, 10:33 pm

Thanks everyone!

"Isaiah Beard" < sacredpoet@sacredpoe
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> Kel Varnsen wrote:
>
> $39.99/month
>
> Another selling point for the Blackberry on Sprint: there is a code for
> unlimited text messaging for $5 a month in Sprint's billing system, but it
> ONLY works if you have a Blackberry data plan.
>
>
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