"Sam" <sam@toomuch.spam> wrote in message
news:nb1h2499tb3fdcnf41dcledq4at3dse7b3@4ax.com...
> On Mon, 12 May 2008 07:46:51 -0700 (PDT), Darren
> <googlegroups@dazzas.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>Hi
>>
>>I have a simonly deal with o2 online, (the £25 per month deal)
>>
>>I have their "unlimited" web bolton and use it for internet on my
>>Nokia N95 using its own browser.
>>
>>I understany using it to connect to a laptop and use the phones 3G
>>might be against the rules?
>>
>>Can anybody confirm this?
>>
>>If it is against the rules, how they they actually know you're doing
>>it?
>>
>>Surely the phone acts as a modem no matter what you access and how?
>>
>>thanks
>
> When you access the net using an external device via bluetooth or
> cable, the APN on the bill shows up as mobile.o2.co.uk and when you
> access the net from the handset browser it shows up as wap.o2.co.uk.
>
> I have this bolt on enabled on one of my Simplicity SIM's (high
> street/store version) and haven't had any issues with connecting an
> external device as yet.
>
> Sam.

that depends on the APN you use on your handset, I always use the
mobile.o2.co.uk APN on my handset.

IanM