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Re: Off Topic: android or iphone
By:Kurt Maurer
Date: 8/27/2011, 7:31 pm
In Response To: Re: Off Topic: android or iphone (yellowbelly)

Interesting discussion, I've been giving this very thing a lot of thought lately.

I don't need any more phone service than my antique Nokia provides, and feel zero need for app's. What I'm interested in is internet service for road trips. As it is now, I tote a laptop when I travel, which is often, and visit public libraries and dine in restaurants that provide a signal. At home I use a desktop PC, and a cable ISP. I have the cell phone, but no land line or cable TV, speaking of frugality. So what I'm wondering is.....

Can I get a smart phone that also acts as an ISP? I have been told that I could run a cable from it to my home computer, and/or my laptop, to get internet access wherever and whenever I please. Then I could discontinue my ISP and cell service. Sounds a little too good to be true to me?

This is one of the very few times I wish I had a kid or two..........

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Bill Hamm -- 8/27/2011, 5:18 am
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Mike Savage -- 8/27/2011, 8:43 am
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peterchech -- 8/27/2011, 9:16 am
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john faas -- 8/27/2011, 11:29 am
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Peter Lord -- 8/27/2011, 3:02 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 8/28/2011, 1:28 am
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Bill Hamm -- 8/28/2011, 1:29 am
My android works perfectly.
Kudzu/Jeff Horton -- 8/28/2011, 9:20 am
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Stephen Troy -- 8/27/2011, 11:35 am
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Kirk Briggs -- 8/27/2011, 2:01 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 8/28/2011, 1:34 am
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Kirk Briggs -- 8/28/2011, 2:59 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 8/29/2011, 1:52 am
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Bill Hamm -- 8/28/2011, 1:31 am
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yellowbelly -- 8/27/2011, 3:25 pm
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Kurt Maurer -- 8/27/2011, 7:31 pm
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Noel Bennett -- 8/27/2011, 8:57 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 8/28/2011, 1:40 am
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yellowbelly -- 8/29/2011, 9:29 am
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Al Edie -- 8/29/2011, 11:40 am
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Bill Hamm -- 8/30/2011, 3:30 am
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Bill Hamm -- 8/28/2011, 1:38 am
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frankp -- 8/31/2011, 11:23 am
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Kurt Maurer -- 8/31/2011, 11:36 am
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StephenHJ -- 8/31/2011, 1:37 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 8/31/2011, 4:23 pm
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StephenHJ -- 8/31/2011, 6:31 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 8/31/2011, 4:19 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 8/28/2011, 1:36 am
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Kevin m -- 8/28/2011, 12:52 am
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Bill Hamm -- 8/28/2011, 1:45 am
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StephenHJ -- 8/29/2011, 1:35 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 8/30/2011, 3:33 am
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Bill Hamm -- 8/30/2011, 3:36 am
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StephenHJ -- 8/30/2011, 2:22 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 8/30/2011, 2:47 pm
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Thomas Duncan -- 8/30/2011, 7:31 am
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Bill Hamm -- 8/30/2011, 1:02 pm
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Sodbuster------WebKitFormBoundary6pLaVD9X7Zfw4+Pi- -- 8/31/2011, 1:37 am
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Bill Hamm -- 8/31/2011, 9:30 am
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frankp -- 8/31/2011, 11:14 am
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Wayne -- 8/31/2011, 11:52 am