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Old 01-25-2010, 07:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Dr. Evil
One of the engineers where I work did this a few years ago. Ran up a $900+ phone bill in a month
I was thinking the same thing. ****, even our email is regulated for download Gb's up here. Go over and it's $30/Gb! That's one plus about living in civilization, cheap communications.
 
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Old 01-25-2010, 07:49 PM
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I dunno.. my speeds are comparable to low end dsl. I usually get around 1.5mbps down 500kbps up i've done a few speed tests and ended up a hair above 2mbps which is pretty close to the 3.6mbps that network is rated for. cant wait for the 7.2 upgrades!

it's a plus too using it as a modem and still being able to take calls, when I had sprint it was always either or.
 
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I want a iPhone..... DAMN YOU APPLE!!!!
 
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Old 01-25-2010, 08:05 PM
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i did this with the sliver when it came out, next bill was 1100.00, thought i was good to go till then, glad i have family working at att got it down to 400.00, then smashed phone !!!!
 
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Old 01-25-2010, 08:30 PM
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Originally Posted by lukesdiesel
I want a iPhone..... DAMN YOU APPLE!!!!
they are nice and responsive, seem to "just work" and as tempting as it is i dunno how i would do texting, or typing this on my Q9H right here on a full touch screen phone. got my daughter an ipod touch and man it's fun to play with!

iphone= congested data networks... I would hate to see what would happen to another carrier if they got iphones too
 
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Old 01-25-2010, 08:50 PM
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I have unlimited data already, and i really dont want to pay an extra 50 dollars a month for a card when i can just run this app for free
 
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Old 01-25-2010, 11:59 PM
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thanks 2500 I just bought the wireless card last week and was thinking of how to return it 3 days and my bill was $165.00. i had it on my blackberry but got the new samsung moment. and was looking for the app the other night
 
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Old 01-27-2010, 09:48 AM
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Does this work with the blackberrys? I was thinking of getting a wireless card for my laptop for work but if I can upgrade to a blackberry and beable to link through the blackberry then I will just get one of them? I am a little bit technically challenged when it comes to computers but am learning more everyday . Any advice on what to do for my work laptop to be able to acess my office network outside of the office would be great be it a wireless card or by the blackberry. I would really like to upgrade to the blackberry if that would get me what i need.
 
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Originally Posted by Dr. Evil
One of the engineers where I work did this a few years ago. Ran up a $900+ phone bill in a month
Originally Posted by blkjack
Does this work with the blackberrys? I was thinking of getting a wireless card for my laptop for work but if I can upgrade to a blackberry and beable to link through the blackberry then I will just get one of them? I am a little bit technically challenged when it comes to computers but am learning more everyday . Any advice on what to do for my work laptop to be able to acess my office network outside of the office would be great be it a wireless card or by the blackberry. I would really like to upgrade to the blackberry if that would get me what i need.



BE CAREFUL!!

I read this post the other night, downloaded it and gave it a shot. Works awesome, easy to figure out, and pretty damn fast. Paid my bill Monday, so i was a bit frustrated when i tried to make a call this morning and found out my service was cut off. After a half hour on the phone, found out that tethering is NOT included with a data plan, as i have unlimited data.


$8 / MEGABYTE!
I managed to rack up $300 with it in about 15 minutes, carrier would only take it down to $100.

Blackberry 8330 on Telus network, which i thought was the Canadian Version of Verizon.

Corey
 

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Old 01-27-2010, 07:11 PM
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Yikes...thanks Danny,....


Wow, I would have been in the same boat as you Corey. Procrastination finally pays off.
 



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