Larry <noone@home.com> wrote:

>Bill T <wctom1@pacbell.net> wrote in news:47ca1727$0$19527
>$9a6e19ea@news.newshosting.com:
>
>> Scott in SoCal wrote:
>>>
>>> Hmm... I wonder how something like a Sierra Wireless AirCard looks to
>>> the system? If it looks like a phone, perhaps they left a loophole
>>> like Cingular did a few years back with their $19.95/month Media Works
>>> plan...
>>
>> Sprint charges $60 for unlimited WWAN access (e.g. with an Aircard), so
>> there is no reason to pay $100 for it. Since the unlimited plan is
>> locked to one cellphone number, it's not possible to game the system by
>> using the Card and a phone on the same plan.
>>
>> Bill
>>
>>
>
>Wow...That's kinda high! I'm paying Verizon $25/mo for EVDO to my Nokia
>N800 from the ROKR Z6m as a BT modem. $60 is over DOUBLE!

Unlimited PAM on a phone or Palm is $39.95. Remember too - on Sprint,
if you already have PowerVision, the PowerVision charge goes away if
you order unlimited PAM (the unlimited data charge covers PAM AND what
the phone itself uses).
>
>The trouble with Aircards is you have to buy another phone number you can't
>use for anything plus pay for broadband. It's a scam.

WRONG!!!!! The $59.95 (plus the taxes and the other normal crap) is
all you pay for service with an AirCard. Only additional is if you
have insurance on the card ($7.00/month).
>
>Plug your sellphone into your laptop or bluetooth it....much cheaper! Just
>buy unlimited data service, which I think Sprint also sells for around
>$25/mo more than the sellphone bill.

AirCards do have advantages. As of this point none of the phones do
EVDO Rev A, so the throughput on the AirCard is higher. Comparing PAM
with my Palm 755P VS my boss's AirCard 595U on the same laptop and the
same area the AirCard max. data rate is about 2X the Palm.
>
>You can also use it for the crappy stuff on the phone, if you like.

Nothing crappy about the web browser on the newer Palms or
Blackberrys. The other stuff such as IM works well too (the real
limitation is user interaction because of the limited keyboards VS a
regular Computer.

Regards,
Bill Bowen
Sacramento, CA