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Originally Posted by cjhinpa
This response able looks promising. Is the BT connection of the phone to a laptop the fastest throughput way to use a Pearl as a modem? What is the average data rate achieved? Is a USB connection faster? Is the set-up using an off the shelf Cingular 8100, does Cingular permit this or do they block this feature forcing us to use hacks and work-arounds?
Would really appreciate more detail on users who have succeeded to use the Standar Cingular Pearl as a modem.
Thanks!
Chris
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I have a mac so I'm not sure how to otherwise enable tethering besides BT. Thus I have done no quantitative speed tests a) because there is no alternative for me, b) I'm scared of tethering rates being charged to my bill, and c) I haven't had a need for tethering yet (e.g. no travel).
From what I recall, the speed was good enough to say check emails, google calendar or fantasy team, but not enough to manage a source code repository, watch videos or other mid to high bandwidth applications.