Mobile Phone as Data Modem
I currently use a Nokia 6280 as a data modem via Bluetooth with my notebook to access the Internet when out and about and all other means of connection are unavailable. Yes, it's unbelievably slow but for checking emails and the odd cached site it works. I always have loads of contract mins spare, so it's just time intensive as I can't justify the expense of a data card. I use my old tiscali dial-up account phone number which normally works fine. However last week it refused connection and terminated the call after 20 secs. I re-tried in more than one location but no joy. What I did notice was the signal display on the phone showed the words 3g rather than the usual T symbol. Once back to the normal signal it worked. Was it just a busy network, do I need to change my settings or is it really time to get with the real world and buy a 3g data card and pay for my usage.
Any suggestions or comments would be appreciated as I know very little about mobile phones.
Thanks
Shelley