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Old Sep 4, 2006 | 3:13 pm
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cpx
 
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Originally Posted by roberto99
"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.
Its not exactly a DSL, but from the computer the cell phone looks
like a modem. But works much faster. (144kbps) while you are
online.. you can still continue to get text messages on ur phone.
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