Nokia CS-18 Rocket stick from Rogers

[Eliot Frost]

If you happen to be located in downtown Toronto, Mobilicty and Wind both
offer unlimited plans. Mobilicty's all you can eat data is $40/month, but
with their spotty coverage I'm not sure if it's worth it over your current
provider. I have cell service with them, and I have to set my phone on the
windowsill to get a decent signal in my room. YMMV, of course.

Eliot

On 29 September 2010 00:03, ted leslie <tleslie-RBVUpeUoHUc at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> yes i have it.
> it works in my ubuntu. i think my ubuntu on portable is 9.10 (may be 10.4).
> nokia provides software for ubuntu i believe on the key. (if i remember
> correctly).
> I think there was a known glitch mounting it, but once mounted , hats off
> to nokia, it works well, as well
> as with windows, and they support linux directly.
>
> they use standard sim card, but the plan is different then blackberry,
> iphone, etc.
> I am actually going to try and tie a phone to it soon, but i fear it will
> be expensive.
> With stricly a data plan, i am on the 35$/mon flex, for 500mb, and 5$ /
> 500mb additional.,
> they said i can use it as a phone, i even have a ph# for it, but never
> tried, and they
> said it would be pricey if i used it as a phone.
>
> I tried putting the sim into my nokia 9300i, but i didn't get a signal. I
> should try it on my
> b-berry. I think it should work on a smart phone in general, but maybe not
> on iphone, or b-berry.
> i use the same simm in my benq linux MID S9, but i only get edge connect
> with it, but that is
> fault of the benq. with air time being so expensive, it actually a blessing
> to have edge speeds
> limiting it. I need to find away to turn 3g off on the rocket stick and
> force it to edge, just to
> know i will not get killed with a bill, then up it to 3g only when i know i
> need it, and will
> then change it back.
>
>
> I get insane speeds off it , like 7MB/s. If you leave this thing on by
> accident, and its chugging through
> bandwidth, you can end up having to sell your house to pay the bill at end
> of month.
> get a good connection and you'll use your 500mb in 8 minutes, and then each
> 8 minutes, another 5$ :(
> their outside of NA data rates, i.e. in mexico, i think i calculated it
> would be about 300k$ CND a month
> if you used it a decent amount. First carrier that gives unlimited (all be
> it with fine print), and
> I am off to them (hopefully Rogers will do it first anyways). However,
> since unlimited is drying up
> in the US, maybe it will never happen.
>
> but I am very pleased with it, just not pleased with rogers data rates.
> Iphone and ipad users get
> 5gb for 25-35$ (my dad has one and has this plan), its a total scam they
> run giving WAY better
> data rates to apple product owners.
>
> tl
>
>
>
> On Tue, 28 Sep 2010 23:15:52 -0400
> Andrew Malcolmson <andmalc-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> > I see this device has Linux support advertised but I'm not seeing any
> > reports on the Web of people getting (or even trying for that matter)
> > this to work
> >
> > Anyone here tried?  Do these devices use standard phone SIM cards?
> >
> > Also, anyone tried connecting a Rocket stick with a SmartPhone data plan?
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