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From: R. Mark Clayton on 21 Jan 2010 09:18

"Riddles" <railhome_hampton(a)privacy.net> wrote in message
news:hj7fuj$4ls$1(a)news.eternal-september.org...
>I get conflicting opinions as to whether I can plug my Nokia 6700 into my
>laptop and use it as a dongle for websurfing and emails. I would appreciate
>replies from anyone who has actually done it rather than just opinions, but
>all information would be gratefully received.
>
> The phone is on a �10 per month contract.

How much data have you got on your �10per month contract?

An unlimited web bolt on is only about �7.50p per month, but this excludes
telephony or using the phone tethered (as a modem) for that you have to pay
about �30.

If they catch you expect either to be cut off or retrospectively billed.



Dear O2 Customer

Thanks for emailing us about adding unlimited data Bolt On to your account.

I've checked your account and found that you are currently on the SNIP.
According to your tariff, you can add only O2 Web Bolt On and O2 Web Max
Bolt On. This is because only these Bolt On are compatible with your tariff.
I've listed below the charges for both the Bolt On:

O2 Web Bolt On - �7.50
O2 Web Max Bolt On - �29.38


From: Dennis Ferguson on 22 Jan 2010 10:51
On 2010-01-21, Riddles <railhome_hampton(a)privacy.net> wrote:
>
>
> "Jon" <jonboyp1976(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:MPG.25c16fbf4374cdf0989689(a)news.eternal-september.org...
>> In article <hj7fuj$4ls$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>,
>> railhome_hampton(a)privacy.net says...
>>> I get conflicting opinions as to whether I can plug my Nokia 6700 into my
>>> laptop and use it as a dongle for websurfing and emails. I would
>>> appreciate
>>> replies from anyone who has actually done it rather than just opinions,
>>> but
>>> all information would be gratefully received.
>>>
>>> The phone is on a £10 per month contract.
>>
>> The handset is certainly capable of doing it, however your contract and
>> what you are/are not allowed to do with it is probably going to be the
>> limiting factor.
>
> Thank you for that. Looks like I need to contact O2 for their ruling. Has
> anyone else used the 6700 as a dongle?

I've used one.

There's a couple of different issues here. The first is a
non-technical issue, that if you have handset data service
there is probably text in the Terms of Service which says
you aren't supposed to do what you're trying to do. If you
phone O2 they'll likely tell you you can't do it for this
reason.

As for the second, technical issue, the handset is certainly
capable of it, in fact it makes a rather excellent modem. I've
used mine tethered to my Mac with Three, with PCCW in Hong Kong
and with AT&T in the USA without any problems. I actually have
the Nokia USB cable with the extra charger plug since the vendor
I bought the phone from threw it in when I asked for a discount
(in Hong Kong), but I think a normal USB cable with a micro
connector for the phone would be fine as well. I've not tried
to use the Bluetooth for tethering so I'm not sure about that part,
but USB works really well.

For what it's worth, the headset that came with the 6700 works
fine with my laptop since I got an adapter to convert micro
to full-size USB so I could plug it in. I use it for Skype and
the SIP softphone on the laptop when I'm travelling, it doesn't
take up much room in the bag.

Dennis Ferguson
From: .newman on 22 Jan 2010 12:42
Dennis Ferguson wrote:
>
> On 2010-01-21, Riddles <railhome_hampton(a)privacy.net> wrote:
> >
> >
> > "Jon" <jonboyp1976(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message
> > news:MPG.25c16fbf4374cdf0989689(a)news.eternal-september.org...
> >> In article <hj7fuj$4ls$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>,
> >> railhome_hampton(a)privacy.net says...
> >>> I get conflicting opinions as to whether I can plug my Nokia 6700 into my
> >>> laptop and use it as a dongle for websurfing and emails. I would
> >>> appreciate
> >>> replies from anyone who has actually done it rather than just opinions,
> >>> but
> >>> all information would be gratefully received.
> >>>
> >>> The phone is on a £10 per month contract.
> >>
> >> The handset is certainly capable of doing it, however your contract and
> >> what you are/are not allowed to do with it is probably going to be the
> >> limiting factor.
> >
> > Thank you for that. Looks like I need to contact O2 for their ruling. Has
> > anyone else used the 6700 as a dongle?
>
> I've used one.
>
> There's a couple of different issues here. The first is a
> non-technical issue, that if you have handset data service
> there is probably text in the Terms of Service which says
> you aren't supposed to do what you're trying to do. If you
> phone O2 they'll likely tell you you can't do it for this
> reason.
>
> As for the second, technical issue, the handset is certainly
> capable of it, in fact it makes a rather excellent modem. I've
> used mine tethered to my Mac with Three, with PCCW in Hong Kong
> and with AT&T in the USA without any problems. I actually have
> the Nokia USB cable with the extra charger plug since the vendor
> I bought the phone from threw it in when I asked for a discount
> (in Hong Kong), but I think a normal USB cable with a micro
> connector for the phone would be fine as well. I've not tried
> to use the Bluetooth for tethering so I'm not sure about that part,
> but USB works really well.
>
> For what it's worth, the headset that came with the 6700 works
> fine with my laptop since I got an adapter to convert micro
> to full-size USB so I could plug it in. I use it for Skype and
> the SIP softphone on the laptop when I'm travelling, it doesn't
> take up much room in the bag.
>
> Dennis Ferguson

Can you please explain what software and set-up required as I wish to
try this with my Nokia 5530.

Regards
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