[ale] temp mobile broadband option?

[Greg Clifton]

My bad, I didn't check the Gzone, but should have known, I have a daughter
who has one (talked on the phone for an hour one time while in the shower,
took pics in the ocean and lots of fun stuff, pretty cool).

Metro PCS has a $50/mo (supposedly) unlimited plan that includes voice, text
and data. Not sure what the deal is on roaming with that, however. I think
Boost does too. Afik, Metro uses Sprint CDMA and Boost uses Sprint/Nextel
IDEN radios. Speaking of radios, if you are into ham, there are ways of
tethering via a ham set.

On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 12:38 PM, Preston Boyington <preston.lists at gmail.com
> wrote:

> Greg Clifton wrote:
> > Wait, you have an android phone with Verizon with no data plan?
>
> I don't have an android phone.  that was a tethering suggestion by
> Richard or Derek which was fleshed out by William.  I have one of those
> "military spec" ones because I wanted a tough phone that was water
> proof.  that way I don't have to worry about it when I am riding in the
> rain or it drops going down the road.
>
> honestly, I haven't upgraded because I thought the data plans were not
> reasonable.  I usually just use local Wi-Fi hotspots (Krystal, random
> coffee shop, hotel) for my netbook.
>
> unfortunately that's not the case this time.
>
> I _have_ found scant info about using Dial-up Networking via bluetooth
> with my phone, but don't know if I want to go that route.  might do a
> test for piece of mind though.
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