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Sep 4, 2006 | 3:10 pm

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roberto99

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Quote:

Originally Posted by cpx

I've been using my sprint phone as a dialup/broadband for years now.
Earlier it was a dialup, but since the Vision started, I can use my phone
as a DSL with a 144kbps connection. Its been great.

I had a software from sprint before, but all I use now is a generic driver
that came with my cable and use the system in-built utility to setup a
dialup. Very reliable.

Its been working great!

"As a DSL"? I don't think so. Your cell phone has NO DSL modem inside it.

TCP/IP is presented to the (laptop) PC from the cell phone (in tethered config) via GPRS or Edge.

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