In addition to my post on Monday, Antonio Rodriguez has also posted a blog entry about how to attach a MacBook Pro to Verizon’s EVDO network using a Treo 700p:
As of 6/10/2006, Verizon has a couple of plans that provide unlimited data on top of some allotment of minutes. Go and sign up for this, but make sure that you also sign up for a $15/month “feature” to let you do this in the first place called something like “Broadband Tethered Access.” Just check that a) it is $15/month incremental for nothing other than the privilege of using your Treo as a modem, and b) that when you log into your account and check your service, you see a line item that reads like so: “BBA CONNECT UNL.” Without this enabled, you will not be able to authenticate. In my case, I asked for it at the store (didn’t get it), and twice on the phone (didn’t get it). The trick was getting to the data support people and using the magic words “BBA CONNECT UNL” which seemed to turn some lightbulb on.
Also, you do not need to install the Verizon Access connect software that they put out for the Mac. I am not sure whether this software is good or bad- in fact I’ve only ever used it on my Thinkpad where the first thing it did was flash my otherwise very Mac-friendly 5220 so that it only worked just ok after that- but I prefer to keep as much of that third-party crap off of my computer, particularly when it comes to OS services like networking (and given that the MBP seems to have a few hiccups of it’s own in this area, why add insult to injury?).
The fastest way to get a Macbook Pro on the Verizon EVDO network with a Treo 700p
technorati tags:MacBookPro, EVDO, Bluetooth, Treo, 700p
In addition to my post on Monday, Antonio Rodriguez has also posted a blog entry about how to attach a MacBook Pro to Verizon’s EVDO network using a Treo 700p:
As of 6/10/2006, Verizon has a couple of plans that provide unlimited data on top of some allotment of minutes. Go and sign up for this, but make sure that you also sign up for a $15/month “feature” to let you do this in the first place called something like “Broadband Tethered Access.” Just check that a) it is $15/month incremental for nothing other than the privilege of using your Treo as a modem, and b) that when you log into your account and check your service, you see a line item that reads like so: “BBA CONNECT UNL.” Without this enabled, you will not be able to authenticate. In my case, I asked for it at the store (didn’t get it), and twice on the phone (didn’t get it). The trick was getting to the data support people and using the magic words “BBA CONNECT UNL” which seemed to turn some lightbulb on.
Also, you do not need to install the Verizon Access connect software that they put out for the Mac. I am not sure whether this software is good or bad- in fact I’ve only ever used it on my Thinkpad where the first thing it did was flash my otherwise very Mac-friendly 5220 so that it only worked just ok after that- but I prefer to keep as much of that third-party crap off of my computer, particularly when it comes to OS services like networking (and given that the MBP seems to have a few hiccups of it’s own in this area, why add insult to injury?).
The fastest way to get a Macbook Pro on the Verizon EVDO network with a Treo 700p
technorati tags:MacBookPro, EVDO, Bluetooth, Treo, 700p
