laptop to cell phone for internet connect?

[vinnyracer]

There are phone company out that are offering free unlimited weekend/night. This mean I can use it all I want for weekend/night.

I wanted to know if there is anyway to connect my 56k modem on my laptop to my cell phone for internet connection?

 

[Czar]

Yes, if your phone has infrared, you would just get 9600bps

 

[Dameon]

The are modems out there, from 3com/Megahertz/US robotics (whatever they are called now days) designed to use with true Cellular phones, but from my recollection, they had a very limited model list of phones that they worked correctly with.

For example, going to SprintPCS.com, I can get an adapter PC-connnectivity kit for my Samsung SCH-3500 phone for 99 bucks:

Sprint PCS Wireless Web Connection Card Kit
- Contains all hardware and software necessary to use your Sprint PCS Phone as a wireless modem connection to the socket and/or PC Card slot of your mobile computing device

Try www.igo.com, they are usually good with mobile stuff, or check with your cellphone vendor, and see if any are avail. I'd need a phone model to be any more exact...

 

[Ivar]

If you have a Nokia phone, then you can purchase Nokia Data suite. Data suite comes equipped with data cable etc. so you can connect your phone to a laptop and use it like a modem. More info on www.nokia.com

W/Best regards,
Ivar

 

[vinnyracer]

thanks, I have a nokia phone and I'll go check out nokia website about that.

 

[bacillus]

I understand that the internet connection speed will be slow using a mobile phone vs a regular line!
anyway, if it's a free connection who cares.