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Dimpled Chad <dimpledc@hotmail.com> wrote in
news:Xns944B5C4438508cahDfncah555NO@216.146.78.166: 

> On Mon, 08 Dec 2003 14:37:34 GMT, sheila miguez herndon opined:

>> any suggestions for home access?
>> 
> 
> I have no idea, but have you looked into cellular access? Do you have
> a cell phone? Maybe they provide access too?
> 

Yep, I looked up T-Mobiles policies and asked about them on an internal 
newsgroup here at work, and didn't like the answers I got.

here is my post
sheila miguez herndon wrote:
> 
> Does anyone use this service? I've found inconsistent descriptions for
> billing.
> 
> http://www.t-mobile.com/products/overview.asp?phoneid=166841&class=data
> 
> Here it states that there is a charge for bandwidth, and it doesn't list
> the charge.
> http://www.t-mobile.com/help/services/tz/rateinfo.asp
> 
> Here it states a 20cent/minute fee, with unlimited data transfer.
> http://www.t-mobile.com/plans/default.asp?tab=internet
> 
> The monthly fee is 29.99,the wireless card is 249.99 with a rebate. If
> the technology of the card is not obsolete for at least a year, then the
> cost is the same for a cable modem. If the technology is not obsolete for
> longer, then the cost is less than a cable modem, and it has the
> advantage of being mobile. But this is only true if there is no per
> minute charge and the bandwidth is unlimited.

Someone followed up, opined that it would not be obsolete for a while, but 
that they had a friend using this service who is having a lot of trouble 
with the system dropping connection during long transfers and at random. 
Troubleshooting seemed to indicate that it was a T-mobile problem.

I submitted my question about billing and dropped calls to T-mobile's 
support email, and got a response that the service is not billed 
per/minute. I did not get a response about the dropped connections. It 
sounds like a cool technology, but I will probably wait until it is more 
mature to use it, if at all.

-- 
sheila