Hi Dilwyn,
well, I am using data with my laptop via Bluetooth and my mobile phone
for many years now.
First of all, you have to check if your provider has a reasonably priced
flat or pseudo-flat-rate. In Germany, you currently pay 25 EUR for
a GPRS/UMTS flat. Which is not much, and gives you flexibility.
If you have to pay by the minute or per megabyte, it can become expensive.
Next, you should check if you have UMTS (G3) at home, because if you
only have GPRS, better forget about it. THEORETICALLY, GPRS and analogue
landline have the same speed, but they don't. And the ping times are
much worse. For example, you can forget about using Ebay via GPRS,
it loads too many small things - websites never finish loading.
If you have DSL at home, you need at least UMTS or HSDPA to "replace" it
without getting the impression that you downgraded yourself considerably.
Once you sorted this out and you have a data tariff, then the next step
is to create a dialup for the phone.
With Nokia phones and, for example, the Widcomm Bluetooth software, it
is quite easy. Search for the services of your phone in the Bluetooth
software. There is a DUN (dial up network) service in the services of
the phone. Double-click it. All you need to specify now is the "Phone
number", which is *99# for GPRS/UMTS connections in all the networks I
know of.
Then you have a GPRS or UMTS connection - that's it, you are ready to surf.
The "Phone number" is more complex on some other phones, like
SonyEricsson, but the manual should tell you.
It is not difficult, and it is very handy to have. But, no replacement
for DSL if you don't have 3.5G or at least 3G.
Cheers Jochen
Dilwyn Jones wrote:
> My son recently got a mobile phone with bluetooth, and he says he's
> been sharing music etc with his mates at school using this between
> phones. He's asked me for a bluetooth dongle for his PC which only
> costs a couple of pounds. He reckons he should be able to use it to
> connect his PC to his mobile phone to access the web, since his mother
> doesn't have a landline.
>
> This gives me an interesting option - I make very little use of my
> landline for voice calls - my main use of it is to maintain my QL
> website, general web access and email. In other words, the bulk of the
> cost is landline rental.
>
> How feasible is to set up a web connection via such a setup - cheap
> bluetooth dongle on the PC with a bluetooth equipped phone, and how
> does one go about it? It would also allow me to work on my website etc
> while away from home.
>
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