MODEM Connection help

[Guest Cromagnet]

Hello everyone! I bought the original Audiovox SMT5600 way back in Nov/04

Back then with ATT we set up the phone easily to surf the web with IE browser and get email etc. Setting up the phone to us as a MODEM was a bit hard but we got that done too.

Now that ATT is Cingular I upgraded my phone to the Cingular 2125 and was expecting to get the same features only better. Yes I can surf on the phone using IE browser and yes I can send and receive mym POP3 emails but using the phone as a MODEM is another matter.

I just got off the phone with a Cingular tech who told me I need to have a different plan. Currently I have the Media Net unlimited MB download for $19.95 per month but they said in order to use the phone as a MODEM to connect to my laptop I need to download their DataConnect software AND to change plans to their Data Connect plan which is $19.95 but for only 5MB of download!!! Unlimited is a lot more!!! ;)

Since I already have a full internet connection on the EDGE system I should be able to use that connection. I don't think it's right for them to have to charge an EXTRA $40 per month just to be able to use the phone as a moden for my laptop. What do you all think??

With the ATT System what I did was set up the modem as a dial up connection which would dial *99# to make the connection as a MODEM.

My main question is... Can we get an internet MODEM connection with the new 2125 Smartphone without using the Data Connect software?

Anyone familiar with this please respond.

[Guest Cromagnet]

I got connected! I also posted on howard forums and they gave me step by step to get connected ;)

works great!! :P