Nokia CS-18 Rocket stick from Rogers

[Dave Cramer]

On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 12:03 AM, 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.
>


How well does it work in fringe areas ?

Dave
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