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Originally Posted by abarry
1. By dialing this way (*99#) am I going through mMode or using data minutes that I will be charged for?
2. Is there a way to set up the connection so I connect my laptop to the net via SMT5600 using mMode if the *99# does not go through mMode?
3. I tried to connect to my ISP (BellSouth) putting their phone number, my username and password, but I get the message: Connection Failed. Any thoughts on what am I doing wrong?
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I'm not a previous AT&T customer, so I'm not sure about mMode, but here goes anyway:
1. Typically any kind of data connection that you buy to use via GPRS is completely independant from your "talking" minutes. That's why many plans are available for 5MB a month, unlimited, etc. Because they don't have any correlation to your monthly minutes.
2. If dialing *99# doesn't go through mMode (which I would bet a large sum of $$ that it does), you could conceivably connect via your ISP as you mentioned in question 3, but in that case it would be using your phone's minutes as if you were talking (since it's acting as a traditional modem)
3. I've never connected via ISP like this, so I've got no advice to add! If you are planning on using your ISP though, I'd cancel the $$/month you pay for the data connection... you're losing money there!
Hopefully this helps, and hopefully it's accurate! Someone else can freely correct me.