[SATLUG] [OT] Cell phone rant / open source idea

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Another consideration is your notebook/laptop, is it a Fast Buss or regular
PCI buss for the card... the fast buss will not allow you to plug in the
regular Sprint/ATT/Verizon cards...   you have to purchase a special card
for them...




On 7/17/07, Thomas King <kingttx at tomslinux.homelinux.org> wrote:
>
> > My fiance (sp?) and I have cell phone service through
> > Verizon and I swear, if its not one thing its
> > another.. that bill is $153, $200, etc.. never the
> > original $80 that we're expecting.  First it was my
> > data plan (expected) so I got rid of it and downgraded
> > to a cheap phone, but somehow I was still getting
> > charged.  I later found out that it was because we
> > text message too much, so I add a text message plan
> > yet there is still a data charge.  Chaps my hide.
> >
> > So I was thinking....(uh oh).
> >
> > What if I get Verizon's wireless plan (the PCMCIA card
> > if they offer it like Sprint does), get Skype In/Out
> > and just power up my laptop to check messages etc.
> > Skype works on linux so it should be good to go.  I'd
> > have a one time bill from skype and a montly $50
> > internet fee from Verizon.
> >
> > -Alex
>
> I had the same problem with Cingular because the phone I had (Sony
> Ericsson -
> yuck!) had the Internet button right on the front panel and would
> constantly get
> pushed when the phone was in my pocket and I'd forget to lock the keys. We
> eventually had Cingular block any data access and that dropped our phone
> bill
> tremendously. We've since switched to another carrier, another story...
>
> Do you know if Verizon's card works with Linux? Is their promised
> throughput
> enough to support Skype? Since this will require data coverage wherever
> you want
> to use it, will there be enough coverage wherever you want to use it in
> lieu of
> your cell phone?
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