Re: [PLUG] [OT?] Do functional cell phones exist? - T-Mobile digression

On 12/24/2015 1:40 AM, Chuck Hast wrote: > That is good. Looks like their data offering is good. > I recently moved off dial-up, choosing connectivity via cell network. Initially I looked for a USB dongle which would loosely be a "cell modem [I required physical tethering to my laptop.] Until

Re: [PLUG] [OT?] Do functional cell phones exist? - T-Mobile digression

I used to do coverage studies for utilities back when they were all moving from paper to anything from a regular laptop (all but the thinkpads lasted months in a utility service truck, the thinkpads would last perhaps 2 years) to hardened devices some of which were precursors to today's tablets.

Re: [PLUG] [OT?] Do functional cell phones exist? - T-Mobile digression

On Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 07:38:47PM -0800, Chuck Hast wrote: > I also had to use T-Mobile in the past, their international roaming was the > pits > and very expensive, also they (not sure now) started billing you as soon as > you hit the call button on your phone. Between then and a year or more

Re: [PLUG] [OT?] Do functional cell phones exist? - T-Mobile digression

That is good. Looks like their data offering is good. On Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 8:01 PM, Michael Rasmussen wrote: > On Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 07:38:47PM -0800, Chuck Hast wrote: > > I also had to use T-Mobile in the past, their international roaming was > the > > pits > > and