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More info?)
If you change one or both of your phones to a Vision phone, you
would likely want to add a Vision Pack to your plan. Which would make
your #80 plan a $95 plan. Otherwise you would be charged $.01 per KB.
Herve L. Guerette wrote:
> Thanks for information. Just visited local SPRINT store and want to
> share what they had to say.
>
> My Sansung A460 is a 3G talk but only 2G data. Said could connect but
> would be slow and result in extra charges.
>
> Suggested that I purchase a 3G phone like the Samsung A620/VGA1000.
> While costs $260, I'm entitled to a $150 credit in June when I'll have
> had present phone for 18 months. So, I could upgrade for about $110.
>
> Then, I could buy data cable and software from Radio Shack or
> elsewhere. Since my plan provides for unlimited Vision (2000 anytime
> minutes/mo which I share with my wife's phone = $80/mo), said I'm
> entitled to unlimited web connection at no additional costs. And,
> service is faster than dial-up!!!
>
> Sounds fantastic. Let me know if sounds right to you. Othersise, June
> 1st I'll swap phones with my wife, upgrade mine to the VGA1000 and
> solve my problem.
>
> What do you think???
>
> On Fri, 16 Apr 2004 12:10:50 GMT, "Bob Smith"
> <usirsclt_No_Spam_@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>
>>"Herve L. Guerette" <xguerette@cox.net> wrote in message
>>news:4j8u70hhvpfd74vl12gh8pmgs0e20u8vhg@4ax.com...
>>
>>>Once again, I thank you for your help.
>>>
>>>Doing a bit of research and looks promissing. My wife and I use
>>>Samsung A460 and 8500 phones. Looking at the manuals, both discuss
>>>using phones to connect laptop to web. Just what I'm looking to do.
>>
>>Ok ... What plan are you on now, how many minutes, do you have N & W, and do
>>you even possibly have WW as an option your account as well?
>>
>>
>>>Are the phones we have 2G compliant or do we still need something like
>>>the Sanyo 4700?
>>
>>As John mentioned, the 8500 is a 2G phone, not sure whether the A460 is. So
>>to answer your question, no .. you won't need to get a 4700.
>>
>>>I'll now need to research costs of adding Sprint web access and where
>>>to buy cable and any sofware we might need to work with our laptop.
>>>
>>
>>The Wireless web option, if I recall correctly, is $10/mo. Might even be
>>$5/mo. The tough thing to find will be the cable, as the 8500 has been
>>discontinued for awhile. You can check with Radio Shack, eBay, or just do a
>>google search for the cable.
>>
>>No need for any software, per the instruction John Navas has on his web page
>>(the link that John Richards provided)
>>
>>
>>>Both our permanent and new vacation homes do have Sprint coverage.
>>
>>That's good to hear.
>>
>>>Any thoughts or suggestions on helping to move this along would be
>>>most appreciated.
>>>
>>
>>Yes, as mentioned, WW is slow ... 14k speed, so if you are using most of
>>your plan minutes talking, then you might go over your bucket of minutes
>>accessing the web. If you have plenty of minutes left on your plan at the
>>end of the month, it shouldn't be a problem.
>>
>>Good luck in finding a cable.
>>
>>Bob
>>
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