Nokia CS-18 Rocket stick from Rogers

[Dave Cramer]

On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 8:44 AM, Andrew Malcolmson <andmalc-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> 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.
>
> Thanks Ted and other posters.
>
> This sounds promising but it would be good to know if the same data
> plan can be used for both.
>
> I'm planning on pre-ordering the Galaxy S for availability later this
> Fall, but I want to grab the 6G/$30 plan before its unavailable after
> Thursday.  So my idea is to get the plan on my Rogers cell phone
> account, buy a CS-18 off the Internet somewhere, and use the stick
> with the plan until I get the Galaxy.
> --

Did everyone read the fine print ?

$0.50 per MB for the first 60MB after the 6G then 3 cents a MB so that
first 60MB after the 6G will be an extra 30 bucks.

Not sure what I think about that.

Dave
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