T-Mobile Web'n'Walk - use of phone as a modem

T-Mobile prohibits the use of a mobile having web'n'walk data connection as
a 'modem' in conjunction with a laptop/PC. This is fair enough in a way, but
the CD supplied by them with my Nokia N95 contract phone actually installs
software on the PC which permits use as a modem. If I hadn't read the small
print of the contract I would think use as a modem was quite OK - bearing in
mind that T-Mobile is actually providing the tools to set up the phone as a
modem!!

This is rather a 'mixed message' I think you will agree.

Has anybody any thoughts on the matter?

Could/would T-Mobile actually know that the phone was acting as a modem?

Regards,


Paul



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On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 22:32:49 +0100, "Paul" <nospam@nospam.net> wrote:

>T-Mobile prohibits the use of a mobile having web'n'walk data connection as
>a 'modem' in conjunction with a laptop/PC. This is fair enough in a way, but
>the CD supplied by them with my Nokia N95 contract phone actually installs
>software on the PC which permits use as a modem. If I hadn't read the small
>print of the contract I would think use as a modem was quite OK - bearing in
>mind that T-Mobile is actually providing the tools to set up the phone as a
>modem!!
>
>This is rather a 'mixed message' I think you will agree.
>
>Has anybody any thoughts on the matter?
>
>Could/would T-Mobile actually know that the phone was acting as a modem?

T-Mobile Web'n'Walk <- Tier 1
T-Mobile Web'n'Walk Plus <- Tier 2
T-Mobile Web'n'Walk Max <- Tier 3 - Use as a modem
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BGN wrote:
> On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 22:32:49 +0100, "Paul" <nospam@nospam.net> wrote:
>
>> T-Mobile prohibits the use of a mobile having web'n'walk data connection as
>> a 'modem' in conjunction with a laptop/PC. This is fair enough in a way, but
>> the CD supplied by them with my Nokia N95 contract phone actually installs
>> software on the PC which permits use as a modem. If I hadn't read the small
>> print of the contract I would think use as a modem was quite OK - bearing in
>> mind that T-Mobile is actually providing the tools to set up the phone as a
>> modem!!
>>
>> This is rather a 'mixed message' I think you will agree.
>>
>> Has anybody any thoughts on the matter?
>>
>> Could/would T-Mobile actually know that the phone was acting as a modem?
>
> T-Mobile Web'n'Walk <- Tier 1
> T-Mobile Web'n'Walk Plus <- Tier 2
> T-Mobile Web'n'Walk Max <- Tier 3 - Use as a modem

Tier 2 = use as a modem
Tier 3 = use of VoIP as well

In theory they could check Tier 1 being used as Tier 2 but they appear
not to. VoIP would be easier for them to detect but I've not tried it.

Regards,

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Surrey
England
(bruce at scorecrow dot com)

On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 23:50:06 +0100, Bruce Horrocks
<07.013@scorecrow.com> wrote:

>>> T-Mobile prohibits the use of a mobile having web'n'walk data connection as
>>> a 'modem' in conjunction with a laptop/PC. This is fair enough in a way, but
>>> the CD supplied by them with my Nokia N95 contract phone actually installs
>>> software on the PC which permits use as a modem. If I hadn't read the small
>>> print of the contract I would think use as a modem was quite OK - bearing in
>>> mind that T-Mobile is actually providing the tools to set up the phone as a
>>> modem!!
>>>
>>> This is rather a 'mixed message' I think you will agree.
>>>
>>> Has anybody any thoughts on the matter?
>>>
>>> Could/would T-Mobile actually know that the phone was acting as a modem?
>>
>> T-Mobile Web'n'Walk <- Tier 1
>> T-Mobile Web'n'Walk Plus <- Tier 2
>> T-Mobile Web'n'Walk Max <- Tier 3 - Use as a modem
>
>Tier 2 = use as a modem
>Tier 3 = use of VoIP as well
>
>In theory they could check Tier 1 being used as Tier 2 but they appear
>not to. VoIP would be easier for them to detect but I've not tried it.

I did consider swapping to Tier 2 so that I could use MSN. They
appear to firewall it on Tier 1, which is what my n95 lives on.
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>
>>>> T-Mobile prohibits the use of a mobile having web'n'walk data
>>>> connection as
>>>> a 'modem' in conjunction with a laptop/PC. This is fair enough in a
>>>> way, but
>>>> the CD supplied by them with my Nokia N95 contract phone actually
>>>> installs
>>>> software on the PC which permits use as a modem. If I hadn't read the
>>>> small
>>>> print of the contract I would think use as a modem was quite OK -
>>>> bearing in
>>>> mind that T-Mobile is actually providing the tools to set up the phone
>>>> as a
>>>> modem!!
>>>>
>>>> This is rather a 'mixed message' I think you will agree.
>>>>
>>>> Has anybody any thoughts on the matter?
>>>>
>>>> Could/would T-Mobile actually know that the phone was acting as a
>>>> modem?
>>>
>>> T-Mobile Web'n'Walk <- Tier 1
>>> T-Mobile Web'n'Walk Plus <- Tier 2
>>> T-Mobile Web'n'Walk Max <- Tier 3 - Use as a modem
>>
>>Tier 2 = use as a modem
>>Tier 3 = use of VoIP as well
>>
>>In theory they could check Tier 1 being used as Tier 2 but they appear
>>not to. VoIP would be easier for them to detect but I've not tried it.
>
> I did consider swapping to Tier 2 so that I could use MSN. They
> appear to firewall it on Tier 1, which is what my n95 lives on.
> --

Have you tried the wap site
http://mob.ebuddy.com
for your msn

On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 09:49:23 +0100, "Stephen Hammond"
<Stephen@haclothesmmond.st> wrote:

>> I did consider swapping to Tier 2 so that I could use MSN. They
>> appear to firewall it on Tier 1, which is what my n95 lives on.
>
>Have you tried the wap site
>http://mob.ebuddy.com
>for your msn

I just downloaded their Java client and it appears to work perfectly.

Getting to mob.ebuddy.com was a problem as the T-mobile "content
blocker" rated the site as 18+. Had to get the block disabled by
customer services but now it works perfectly.
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