Using my phone as a modem for my laptop...

I signed up with Verizon 3 months ago. At the time they told me there were
two internet accesses available for using the cell phone as a modem on my
laptop. One was very fast but was only in cities; the other was slower but
was available wherever there was a really strong telephone signal. The
second one wasn't all that expensive. I bought a somewhat more expensive
phone because I would need it for the service. Unfortunately I was pressed
for time and figured I would get more information when I actually wanted it.

I went in today to sign up for the second service. The guy told me they
only had one service for $60/month. That is rather more than I wanted to
pay. Is there a second cheaper service, or was I hallucinating.
Can someone please fill me in on this?

Suanne Lippman wrote:

> I signed up with Verizon 3 months ago. At the time they told me there were
> two internet accesses available for using the cell phone as a modem on my
> laptop. One was very fast but was only in cities; the other was slower but
> was available wherever there was a really strong telephone signal. The
> second one wasn't all that expensive. I bought a somewhat more expensive
> phone because I would need it for the service. Unfortunately I was pressed
> for time and figured I would get more information when I actually wanted it.
>
> I went in today to sign up for the second service. The guy told me they
> only had one service for $60/month. That is rather more than I wanted to
> pay. Is there a second cheaper service, or was I hallucinating.
> Can someone please fill me in on this?
>
>
>
Depending on your phone, I had several of the LG-6000, and LG-9800
phones which I purchase the usb data cables and software for enabling me
to configure my dialup ISP to access the internet thru those phones -
check Ebay for USB data/charging cables for your phone.
I had to configure the phone to use my ISP since it wants to use
Verizon as the dialup (default) and it was quite a nice hack once I
actually got it to work thru trial and error, and sorting thru hayes
modem configuration codes.
I actually posted it on a cellular website a while back and may have
a copy of the posting somewhere.
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