CELL PHONE INTERNET ACCESS
CELL PHONE INTERNET ACCESS This is designed to explain the basic approach to using your cell phone with your computer to connect to the internet. It is not intended to be an in depth coverage of t...
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Well, honestly, I have done a lot of reading in this thread and a couple others about internet connections while on the road but I am still lacking in some basic understanding. So, I guess I will show my ignorance here.
I want the simplest cheapest thing. I think I only need to check email, pay some bills through the bank and probably a relative small amount of Web surfing. So I take it from these threads that means a cell phone, which I have with Verizon, and a data plan I can turn on and off as needed. I learned all that here and it seems simple enough. So I went to the local Verizon Wireless store to try and set up a data plan. A nice, pretty young lady there told me I only have to call customer service and ask them to turn it on and yes, the Motorola cell phone I have will work even though it is a couple of years old. She asked if I had a USB cable and I said I had one for my camera and she said that would do. So I left as they were a little busy and I thought I had it made, but I'm still ignorant.
So my questions, she seemed to imply I just connect my laptop to the cell phone and I would be online. Really?
Do I need a dial up service to connect with my cell phone? If not who becomes my ISP? I do have Verizon DSL at home, can I use them?
Does my computer know how to make the connection or do I need some software for this?
Please excuse my ignorance, and thanks for any help.
I want the simplest cheapest thing. I think I only need to check email, pay some bills through the bank and probably a relative small amount of Web surfing. So I take it from these threads that means a cell phone, which I have with Verizon, and a data plan I can turn on and off as needed. I learned all that here and it seems simple enough. So I went to the local Verizon Wireless store to try and set up a data plan. A nice, pretty young lady there told me I only have to call customer service and ask them to turn it on and yes, the Motorola cell phone I have will work even though it is a couple of years old. She asked if I had a USB cable and I said I had one for my camera and she said that would do. So I left as they were a little busy and I thought I had it made, but I'm still ignorant.
So my questions, she seemed to imply I just connect my laptop to the cell phone and I would be online. Really?
Do I need a dial up service to connect with my cell phone? If not who becomes my ISP? I do have Verizon DSL at home, can I use them?
Does my computer know how to make the connection or do I need some software for this?
Please excuse my ignorance, and thanks for any help.
