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Mobile to Laptop Connection....

Hi All,

I want to connect my siemens C45 to a sony vaio laptop in order to send email. I'ce tried a USB cable but it didn't work so have now ordered a Serial one.

What i need to know is if i get charged for the calls made (e.g to a 0845 number) - or will these be included in my free data calls - I'm on BT Genie ?

Cheers

dj1uk
 
You'll be charged for the calls.

And to be honest, you'll only get a connection speed of 9,600bps.. very slow!
 
Cheers for the info.

Thought i would get charged but I'll only be using it very occasionally when i can't get to a phone line to pick up emails.

DJ1UK
 
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I use a serial data lead with a seimens C35i no bother. I don't know about your setup but I have a cellnet contract with free minutes and have never been charged.
 
Hi All,

Yes i've been connecting my laptop to my siemens C45 throuh a serial connection for the last month and a bit.

Connection is slow - but ok for checking emails whilst away froma phone line.

So far i haven't been charged by 02 (thing the calls come under my free data calls - old genie tarif).

Thought I'd just let you all know !

DJ1UK
 
Personally I think Bluetooth is the best way to go about doing it, provided you have the technology. This was partly explained in our recent article.

The other important thing is to make sure that your ISP supports server side compression, such as MPPC. That will dramatically speed up the loading of websites.

Clara.net's 0845 dialup is very fast for GSM ISP connections.
 
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