On Wed, 16 Jan 2008, Chuck Cole wrote: > Why not use the entirely free loophole on Sprint 3G and some other > phones? If just for camping trips, why pay the extra fees for no > additional benefit? > > I was extremely annoyed that Sprint's service for the card I have would > cost $40/mo more for no better data connection and any use of the voice > capability my card has would cost $0.40/min even though I'm a subscriber > with better and sometimes free voice rates. If you use your wireless card on a regular basis, having it separate from your phone can be very, very handy. I'd say for the regular camping trip the tethered route should be fine, but for my case (where you use it to support servers, etc), having it separated is much more convenient, especially since it's integrated into my laptop. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | nate carlson | natecars at natecarlson.com | http://www.natecarlson.com | | depriving some poor village of its idiot since 1981 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------