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T-Mobile CSD dedicated dial-up number?
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| I usually connect to the Internet with my T-Mobile phone via GPRS (I don't
yet have an EDGE-enabled phone, probably will get on in upcoming months).
Same with my laptop using the phone as modem (when I don't have another
Internet connection), usually GPRS.
However, occasionally I have had problems connecting via GPRS, and then I
connect via CSD. (Slower, and comes from your minutes.) The way I usually
connect via CSD is to use the phone as a modem to dial up my ISP. (As I have
free long distance, I don't even have to worry about finding a local access
number for where I am, I just use the one from home.)
I recall though, that T-Mobile used to have its own dedicated phone number
for dialing-up CSD. Does that number still work? (Last time I tried the one
I had, it didn't. I don't know if there is a new number, or whether they
might have eliminated this, or whether something might have been wrong with
my settings.) If anyone has any info on this, if there is a current working
number, please post it, along with any other settings-username and password
to use, IP address and DNS if one needs to set them manually, etc.
The reason I'm asking--I have just signed up to have DSL service for my
home. I'll probably keep my dial-up service for a while (different ISP),
until I'm sure the DSL is working well, etc. But then, if I cancel it, I
would also lose the possibility of dialing up to that account via my
T-Mobile phone, if GPRS is not working. Therefore, I'm wondering if
T-Mobile's own CSD dial-up number still works.
Thanks for your input.
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| John Richards 2005-10-23, 2:48 am |
| "MS" <ms@nospam.com> wrote in message news:GqCdnRPFkfUDP8f
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> The reason I'm asking--I have just signed up to have DSL service for my
> home. I'll probably keep my dial-up service for a while (different ISP),
> until I'm sure the DSL is working well, etc. But then, if I cancel it, I
> would also lose the possibility of dialing up to that account via my
> T-Mobile phone, if GPRS is not working.
Some DSL providers (SBC for one) give you dialup numbers to use while
traveling or when DSL is down.
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John Richards
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| Alex Tchernev 2005-10-23, 5:48 pm |
| John Richards wrote:
> "MS" <ms@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> Some DSL providers (SBC for one) give you dialup numbers to use while
> traveling or when DSL is down.
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Or, you could try the free (if you use for < 10 hrs a month) dialup service
from netzero. I have been occasionally using it via bluetooth and my T68i for about
several months now, and so far it is OK.
--Alex Tchernev
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"John Richards" <jr70@blackhole.invalid> wrote in message
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> Some DSL providers (SBC for one) give you dialup numbers to use while
> traveling or when DSL is down.
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> --
> John Richards
Too bad we can't choose our local phone company. I have Verizon, and they
charge $8.99 per month extra to add dial-up to the DSL service. Probably few
people do so, as it would be very little used.
It really should be provided free. DSL users would rarely use the dial-up,
but it's good to have available if DSL isn't working, and for traveling, if
no wi-fi is available.
So, does the T-Mobile dedicated CSV number not exist any more? Is this a
statement from T-Mo that GPRS always works, so no need for CSV as a backup?
(Of course those with dial-up service can use that number to dial-up CSV,
but many people these days don't have dial-up service.)
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"Alex Tchernev" <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote in message
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> Or, you could try the free (if you use for < 10 hrs a month) dialup
service
> from netzero. I have been occasionally using it via bluetooth and my T68i
for about
> several months now, and so far it is OK.
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> --Alex Tchernev
I didn't know NetZero had free dial-up any more, as they advertise dial-up
service for $9.95, which many ISPS offer these days. (Like my current one,
Znet, Netscape, and others.)
When Netzero used to have a free service, it put ads on your computer. Does
the current free service also involve adware?
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| LAman 2005-10-23, 11:48 pm |
| MS wrote:
> "John Richards" <jr70@blackhole.invalid> wrote in message
> news:A8F6f.1184$jV2.919@newssvr17.news.prodigy.com...
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> Too bad we can't choose our local phone company. I have Verizon, and
> they charge $8.99 per month extra to add dial-up to the DSL service.
> Probably few people do so, as it would be very little used.
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> It really should be provided free. DSL users would rarely use the
> dial-up, but it's good to have available if DSL isn't working, and
> for traveling, if no wi-fi is available.
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> So, does the T-Mobile dedicated CSV number not exist any more? Is
> this a statement from T-Mo that GPRS always works, so no need for CSV
> as a backup? (Of course those with dial-up service can use that
> number to dial-up CSV, but many people these days don't have dial-up
> service.)
There is a number that can be used for CSD WAP browsing, but it'll most
certainly not work for general TCP/IP connectivity.
That number is 913-244-0821, leave username/password blank.
Use WAP gateway 10.168.200.50, port 9201.
Make sure you set the type of call to ISDN or digital instead of analog.
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Sincerely,
LAman
alex ** at ** orthodox ** com
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| Alex Tchernev 2005-10-25, 11:48 pm |
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MS wrote:
> "Alex Tchernev" <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote in message
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> I didn't know NetZero had free dial-up any more, as they advertise dial-up
> service for $9.95, which many ISPS offer these days. (Like my current one,
> Znet, Netscape, and others.)
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> When Netzero used to have a free service, it put ads on your computer. Does
> the current free service also involve adware?
Well, the version I use puts up a banner on top of my desktop with promos for netzero,
but the contents of this banner have never changed while I have been online. I can't
be 100% certain that there is no adware as I never use it for more than an hour or two
per month, but I have not encountered ads yet, and, I have to say,
I am picky about that sort of thing, and like to run a crisp and clean OS
environment :-).
--Alex
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"LAman" <a@b.org.gov> wrote in message
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> There is a number that can be used for CSD WAP browsing, but it'll most
> certainly not work for general TCP/IP connectivity.
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> That number is 913-244-0821, leave username/password blank.
> Use WAP gateway 10.168.200.50, port 9201.
> Make sure you set the type of call to ISDN or digital instead of analog.
Thanks for the info.
Do you enter the gateway and port numbers under "Proxy Server" in Connection
Settings?
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| Do you need to install their software to get the connection to work?
Couldn't you just set it up through Windows Networking, if you know the
number to dial-up, as well as your user name and password?
"Alex Tchernev" <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote in message
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> MS wrote:
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> Well, the version I use puts up a banner on top of my desktop with promos
for netzero,
> but the contents of this banner have never changed while I have been
online. I can't
> be 100% certain that there is no adware as I never use it for more than an
hour or two
> per month, but I have not encountered ads yet, and, I have to say,
> I am picky about that sort of thing, and like to run a crisp and clean OS
> environment :-).
> --Alex
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| Alex Tchernev 2005-10-27, 5:48 am |
| MS wrote:
> Do you need to install their software to get the connection to work?
> Couldn't you just set it up through Windows Networking, if you know the
> number to dial-up, as well as your user name and password?
It doesn't work without their software, at least not for me, and I have
tried numerous times, and with several different access phone numbers.
--Alex
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