From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LjYzb-0002S5-On for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:06:04 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BCD63E02E6; Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:05:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp1.execulink.net (smtp1.execulink.net [69.63.44.82]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E98BE02E6 for ; Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:05:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ziggy.execulink.net (ziggy.execulink.net [209.239.13.226]) by smtp1.execulink.net (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id n2HD5tZw027347 for ; Tue, 17 Mar 2009 09:05:55 -0400 From: Daniel Benoy To: gentoo-embedded@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-embedded] Testing openmoko Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 09:05:54 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.9 References: <200903131443.19064.daniel@benoy.name> <49BBDF55.9030702@tampabay.rr.com> <3ea34a000903161420w697425adj8235079c83d320f8@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <3ea34a000903161420w697425adj8235079c83d320f8@mail.gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-embedded@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-embedded@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200903170905.55144.daniel@benoy.name> X-Archives-Salt: 8fe0b1e9-b06b-4d16-b549-ef777ad77f7f X-Archives-Hash: 72f831ecc6725c19bc463364675f5ab5 I have Fido here in Ontario, and since the iPhone came around their data plans have gotten very reasonable. My entire bill is about $50 and I can go up to 500 megs without overage charges, and up to 5 gigs before the charges start getting punitive. ($15 plan plus 'flexible data rate' option) Seemed too good to be true so for the first month I used like 100k and then read my bill carefully :p No problem though. Apparently if I go near enough to the border to be internationally roaming, though, I'll be in for some serious charges... so I'll have to remember to turn GPRS off when I go to Niagra Falls. On Monday 16 March 2009 17:20:11 you wrote: > On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 5:46 PM, wireless wrote: > > Another point. Will I be able to hook the OpenMoko phone > > to a laptop for wireless internet access for the laptop too? > > (hopefully via usb connector) > > Yes - whether or not your mobile plan comes with a data package is > another story. In Canada, at least, 'tethering' ones phone via USB is > very, very expensive. > > Most providers also differentiate whether or not the data is being > requested via mobile web browser, through a proxy for email, or via > gprs, etc, as is the case when tethering. > > Before you commit to a data plan, make sure that you determine whether > or not 'tethering' is included in that data plan - it likely is not > and you will be encounter a ginormous bill at the end of the month if > you're not safe. > > -- Daniel Benoy http://daniel.benoy.name