For those who are wondering, I have found a friend who used to have a verizon phone (also EVDO) and he says that, yes, there is a string of text, like the AP Name on a GPRS network, that you have to give to connect to an EVDO network. So, now if we can find out what the string is that is used by a Kindle, then yes, we could access EVDO data for free, anywhere.
I should just mention that doing this would be a violation of the Kindle Terms of Service, but as I don't have a Kindle (and thus cannot agree to any such ToS in the first place) from my point of view I don't see any legal liability for this if it can be done. If anyone else on the boards has an EVDO card in their system but does NOT have a Kindle, would you let me know and maybe you can help us all out? On Sep 7, 2:39 pm, Tack Furlo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > After the big failure of my other laptop I'm seriously considering > buying a new laptop, most likely an HP tx2500z. It's a 12.1" Tablet > PC, and as such I would use it as a highly mobile system, carrying it > around with me everywhere and using it for just a few minutes at a > time. > > My question is as follows. I have, for a long time, used my cell > phone and bluetooth to connect to the net when not near wifi. I live > in a large city in Alabama (90,000+ people) but every weekend I go out > to our lake house, where wifi is most often pronounced "wiffy?" by the > locals with a puzzled look on their face. I'm considering getting an > internal MiniPCI EVDO data card and trying to configure it connect to > Kindle's "Whispernet" system which, if it works, would give me free > internet access basically anywhere on Sprint's network. > > I have always used T-Mobile, which is EDGE/GPRS/GSM and as such I have > only a mediocre understanding of how EVDO works. I know that, with > GPRS data, the modem (phone) connects to any available tower and then > uses an "AP" (in my case, wap.voicestream.com) to send data. Since > both Sprint and Verizon, and now the Kindle all use EVDO, my question > is whether there is some kind of configuration setting, such as an AP, > that I could point an internal EVDO card to and in doing so basically > "spoof" my laptop being a Kindle, thus getting free internet access. > If not, I know there's a linux daemon I can run that will actually run > a private GRPS/GSM gateway so I may just set that up on a server at > home and use an internal EDGE/GRPS card instead, but I figured if the > Kindle can be spoofed I'd save myself the trouble. > > Thanks, > > Tack --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Computer Tech Support" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/computer-tech-support?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
