Registered: Apr 2001
Location:
Posts: 22

AT&T wireless service & Prism?

My 1 year contract is up with AT&T wireless so I go into their retail store to see what phone I could trade to be able to use to connect to the internet. Well apparently from what the guy told me you cant without omnisky modem???? I dont want to spend that kind of money and service for something I am only going to use once in awhile, I thought if I bought Palm Internet mobile kit with a compatible phone that would be good enough.

....to make a long story short. Has anybody been able to make a internet connection through AT&T?

Registered: Jun 2001
Location: Sanford, Florida
Posts: 16

Nope. As was explained in another thread (which I cannot find right now), AT&T uses TDMA and is not data-capable; and CDPD, which is data-capable ... but few phones can connect your Visor to that, and if you do, AT&T charges by the kilobyte.

That's why, when my contract with AT&T was up, I switched to Verizon.

Registered: Sep 1999
Location: San Francisco, CA
Posts: 431

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Originally posted by ifallis
Nope. As was explained in another thread (which I cannot find right now), AT&T uses TDMA and is not data-capable; and CDPD, which is data-capable ... but few phones can connect your Visor to that, and if you do, AT&T charges by the kilobyte. ...

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Registered: Apr 2001
Location:
Posts: 22

Thanks for the thread info.
My ideal connection setup is to be able to use the IR port to be able to utilize my keyboard and module. Im not a heavy PDA user and at most just to be able to check & send email. Visor Phone doesnt appeal to me b/c I dont carry my Prism everywhere.
Being that AT&T is out, anyone have any suggestions to a good provider and phone to use?

Registered: May 2001
Location: NY metro area
Posts: 219

I have had very good experiences using Verizon and a Startac phone w/ data cable connected to my VPR. I can log in to my regular ISP (AT&T Worldnet) and do anything that I can do from my home computer.

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Registered: Apr 2001
Location:
Posts: 22

After work I will be heading down to look around Verizon outlet today and see whats available, thank you.
One other thing, I use AT&T broadband service and only get one hour of regular dial up service a month for free, after that I forget what the charge is per hour. Do you encounter this problem?

Registered: May 2001
Location: NY metro area
Posts: 219

No, I'm strictly dial-up at home and through my VPR. I get (basically) unlimited time for $20/month and have never had any extra charge and I've been with Worldnet since they first started around '94-'95.

With the plan I have with Verizon, my time dialing in through my cell phone & VPR goes against my plan minutes and I have enough of those that I never even come close to using them all.

Good Luck.

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