Telstra CDMA 1x Internet Connection
Submitted: Thursday, Jan 20, 2005 at 18:10
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Member - Russell B (SA)
Finally sorted out what I'm gunna use for internet connection whilst on the road.
Connected to Telstra CDMA network with 1x facilities, connected to laptop with cable
which operates at speeds upto 144kbs.
Cost for one month is $29 with 10 hours included and the 2.5 per 15mins after that.
Join one month and cancel at end of month. Thats pretty good comms whilst on the road.
Regards
Russell
Reply By: Member - Bob K (QLD) - Thursday, Jan 20, 2005 at 21:22
Thursday, Jan 20, 2005 at 21:22
Yes I use it all the time with my laptop. Didn't have to buy a phone just the card. Where ever you have CDMA reception you have internet access.
You also have to purchase a plan and there are several to choose from. Some are time based and some are data based.
Mine is time based and costs $99.00 per month which includes the cost of the card ($500.00) and 50 hours of internet access.
As we are constantly on the road and this has proven to be great for us. Can do all that we want; emails, photos, forums, business and banking etc.
Hope this helps,
regards
bob
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Follow Up By: Member - Craig M (NSW) - Thursday, Jan 20, 2005 at 21:43
Thursday, Jan 20, 2005 at 21:43
Hi Bob,
Just wondering isnt it possible to just hook a CDMA phone up to your laptop and just dial into a local number for internet access? Because I have a dialup account which uses the same number australia wide, and I was under the impression I could just hook a mobile into the laptop and just dial in from that.
Cheers
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Follow Up By: Member - Russell B (SA) - Thursday, Jan 20, 2005 at 22:06
Thursday, Jan 20, 2005 at 22:06
My understanding that you can't simple dial up your ISP.
RR
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Follow Up By: Magnus - Thursday, Jan 20, 2005 at 23:37
Thursday, Jan 20, 2005 at 23:37
Craig,
It is the phone that acts as the modem for dialing up your ISP. I used
mine for 8 weeks in 2003 from
Brisbane to
Geraldton and back dialing into
Brisbane every day with no problems, sending and receiving emails.
Only used it for email, because although it is a CDMA x1 unit, I had no need for the other
services. It is a Nokia 6385 phone and the plan it is on means I get 5 minutes off peak for 18 cents plus flag fall of 25 cents.
Cheers
Magnus
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Follow Up By: Member - Craig M (NSW) - Thursday, Jan 20, 2005 at 23:52
Thursday, Jan 20, 2005 at 23:52
Hi Magnus,
Why cant you use the mobile just like an ordinary phone to access a isp. Your laptop has a modem built in. I am sure I saw it mentioned somwhere on a telstra site. Will go and have a prowl.
Cheers
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Follow Up By: Member - Bob K (QLD) - Friday, Jan 21, 2005 at 09:04
Friday, Jan 21, 2005 at 09:04
Hi Craig,
We didn't have any ISP before so no dial up account or for that matter no computer either.
We spent some time researching what was on offer to suit our requirements from telstra, optus and people like primus etc.
Based on the information we were given we think that what we ended up with best suits our needs. We have certainly been very happy with the set up so far.
As you can tell computers and associated products are not my strong point.
Regards,
bobk
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Follow Up By: Magnus - Friday, Jan 21, 2005 at 10:36
Friday, Jan 21, 2005 at 10:36
Hi Craig,
Don't know why you just can't use the modem in the laptop. I had to re-install all the software etc for the phone just early this week and actually tried to use the laptop modem to connect vis the Nokia. Just to see if it would work. No go. Didn't even look like the modem wanted to talk to the phone.
Which, thinking back, is why we swapped my perfectly good Hyundai Gulliver CDMA phone for the Nokia with the built in modem about 18 months ago.
When my contract runs out we will be switching to the pre paid time option for Internet use offered by Telstra and just buy a month at a time when needed. For a normal emergency mobile, we will get one of the prepaid packages and a basic $100 phone. We will still be some hundreds of $ ahead on an annual basis.
This only works for us because we have no need for a mobile, never have it switched on, do not give out the number and always keep it fully charged. Like a
first aid kit. There when you need it.
PS The downside is we have to carry the instruction book with us so we can use the advanced options like querying the answering machine etc as we use it so infrequently we can't remember how to operate it.!!
Magnus
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Follow Up By: Member - Craig M (NSW) - Friday, Jan 21, 2005 at 10:46
Friday, Jan 21, 2005 at 10:46
Hi Magnus,
We seem to be getting conflicting info concerning this subject.
Just wondering if you specified on your computer when you tried your mobile which com port it was using?
As I am pretty sure you would have to.
Where abouts did you connect the phone to?
Eg USB port or serial .
I guess I will have to wait till I get my CDMA mobile and associated cables etc and try it out.
Cheers
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Follow Up By: Magnus - Friday, Jan 21, 2005 at 10:54
Friday, Jan 21, 2005 at 10:54
Craig,
I am sure I did. But will post this and go try it all again and then will report back in bout 15 mins or so
Magnus
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Follow Up By: Magnus - Friday, Jan 21, 2005 at 11:16
Friday, Jan 21, 2005 at 11:16
Craig,
Nope. Wont work primarily because the Nokia is on Com 1 (serial Port) and the modem is a soft modem on com 3 and looks for a land line connection which of course isn't there. If I was using an external modem (Of which I have about 3 spare) it would still need to use the serial port where the phone is. Later Nokia's I understand use a USB connection, this model uses a serial connection.
Regardless, just make sure the CDMA phone you buy can access the internet to get your emails etc.
Not all CDMA phones have modems. Only a few do.
Magnus
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Follow Up By: Utemad - Friday, Jan 21, 2005 at 12:09
Friday, Jan 21, 2005 at 12:09
Just wondering if anyone has tried this. I have a Nokia 3200 and it does not have an internal modem so I cannot use it for dialing into internet on the road (have tried it and no go). However I have a full Nokia car kit for it and the little black box that controls the car kit has two extra RJ45 plugs on it. One is for a handset and the other is for a computer. So in theory you can plug your laptop into the handsfree and use your internal modem while using the phone just for the phone line. Therefore no modem in your mobile is required. I haven't tried it yet but I will shortly.
I also have the Telstra free hour and have a work dial up account so it will be free all round.
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Follow Up By: Magnus - Friday, Jan 21, 2005 at 12:25
Friday, Jan 21, 2005 at 12:25
Hi Utemad,
Yep. That will be interesting. Wait with bated breath to see how it goes.
Very Interesting indeed.
Cheers
Magnus
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Follow Up By: Utemad - Saturday, Jan 22, 2005 at 22:23
Saturday, Jan 22, 2005 at 22:23
I tried the car kit idea and it didn't work. On my new car kit for my Nokia 3200 it has only got an RJ12 connection for a handset not for data. I am positive my Nokia 5110 had both. I have since installed the 5110 kit in my Dad's ute so I can't check it for a while.
Perhaps it will or perhaps it won't. I'll check next I see him.
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Reply By: Member - Willie , Epping .Syd. - Thursday, Jan 20, 2005 at 21:38
Thursday, Jan 20, 2005 at 21:38
Hi Russell ,
I am an optusnet cable user at home , but I have just purchased this week , a Nokia 6225 CDMA and a cable to connect it to my laptop - I want to keep in touch with the sharemarket while I am
on the road .
QUESTION
My supplier at home is a cable service with no dial up modem .
My new device is a dial up system .
How do I access my email and go to a website ??
( Yes , I am a computer idiot !)
Thanks ,
Willie .
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Follow Up By: Member - Russell B (SA) - Thursday, Jan 20, 2005 at 22:12
Thursday, Jan 20, 2005 at 22:12
After you set up the CDMA as a modem and configure a dialup connection to your ISP then your PC/laptop will behave as normal, using your current e-mail client and web browser.
You can normally access your e-mail by using web-mail that usually is associated with most ISPs
Standard CDMA dialup connections are at 14.4k whilst 1x is upto 144.k and the new EVO is upto 300k.
I dont know what your phone is capable of or what Optus offers.
RR
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Follow Up By: David Au - Saturday, Jan 22, 2005 at 21:38
Saturday, Jan 22, 2005 at 21:38
Russell B CDMA dial-up is 19.2kbps
EVO can be up to 1.5Mbps
Willie it depends if your Nokia has an inbuilt modem. Unfortunately Nokia CDMA phones are absolute poor quality crap that give nothing but problems getting to connect to the Internet. Nokia are proprietary non-standard CDMA garbage with poor range and a general pain in the little toe. For trouble free connection you need a Korean CDMA phone with built in modem and with all the proper CDMA standard features. Also make sure the phone accepts a TRUE proper coax external aerial.
You can dial up any ISP with a Korean mobile phone just as if it was on your phone at home. I have been connecting to the Internet by mobile phone since the days of the analogue brick phones and had GSM fax for donkeys years until recently.
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Reply By: ianmc - Saturday, Jan 22, 2005 at 17:49
Saturday, Jan 22, 2005 at 17:49
Is all this purposely designed to confuse to make $$$$ for the phone co's or is it just a transitional period thru which we shall have to work our way till it consolidates??
Whichever it must be making heaps for the telcos but it seems some subscribers are doing much better deals than others.
As for 000 emergency calls U dont need a current account with your mobile.
I have one here which hasnt been connected for 3 years or more & of course, from what I hear, Telstra cancel your number after a short time if U dont keep using it, however that old phone will still call 000. If U have one try it & explain to operator that U were just testing the phone which is OK by them, so mine can be an emergency device in boat or truck if I wish at NO cost to me.
Also have an
epirb for outback etc.,$200 once off & good for up to 10 years.
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Follow Up By: David Au - Saturday, Jan 22, 2005 at 21:52
Saturday, Jan 22, 2005 at 21:52
IanMc Telstra only cancel your number if you stop paying the account.
It is not confusing at all. All you need to do is read the information and work out which options suit you best.
Any phone will phone up on 112/000 for emergency calls on any network available - not necessarily the users network.
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Reply By: ianmc - Sunday, Jan 23, 2005 at 21:26
Sunday, Jan 23, 2005 at 21:26
David Au, still stand by my comments which were directed to the general marketing thrust of mobiles which can be deceptive.
ALSO, I have a pre paid moblie which has had the number cancelled thru lack of use.
An elderly was given a new pre paid mobile for emergency use mainly & due to lack of use after some months, not years, the service was lost & no amount of protest would change things. It stinks!
Sell him a new phone? Yes. Reconnect him? NO!
Maybe there is a glitch here somewhere but thats the current position.
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