how fast is an edge connection ? On 9/25/10, Thomas Vazhappilly <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear all, > > Some days ago, after an unofficial meeting at ILUG Cochin, one of its senior > members Mr. Jay shared some info about an inexpensive way to access internet > using EDGE/GPRS technology in mobile phones. There are many service > providers who give GPRS (packat data) based internet. DOCOMO, one of the new > gen mobile service provider provides a good internet plan based on > EDGE/GPRS. Just read the following facts. > This service is very useful especially for laptops. > > 1. DOCOMO's EDGE/GPRS plan is cheap. Rs. 48/- (prepaid!) for 2 GB > download (There are other tariffs also ) > 2. Almost all towers of DOCOMO is EDGE enabled. > 3. If your mobile handset is EDGE compatible, you will get a not-bad > speed. > 4. Even your handset has only GPRS (with no EDGE), DOCOMO is > comparatively good. > 5. One of the best handset which has EDGE > Samsung C-5212 which costs > Rs. 4.6 K. C-5212 supports dual SIM standby. > 6. You can simply configure it using wvdial in Gnu/Linux systems. > 7. The wvdial.conf file settings as follows > > [Dialer Defaults] > Init1 = ATZ > Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 > # If there is any troubles uncomment the following line > #Init3 = AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","TATA.DOCOMO.INTERNET" > Modem Type = USB Modem > Baud = 460800 > # Sometimes the above speed may make trouble. Try a lower speed as follows > #Baud = 57600 > New PPPD = yes > Modem = /dev/ttyACM0 > ISDN = 0 > # Phone = <Target Phone Number> > # Password = <Your Password> > # Username = <Your Login Name> > # Phone = *99# for normal phones | *99***1# for Nokia phones > # Password and Username can be any according to your interest > Phone = *99***1# > Password = internetz > Username = internetz > > Note :- > To configure your wvdial, use the following command: wvdialconf > /etc/wvdial.conf >
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