Comments on: Tethered Computing http://ictdchick.com/blog/2009/07/26/tethered-computing/ musings and meanderings of a multi-disciplinary researcher learning about information technology use in developing regions Wed, 07 Jul 2010 14:22:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: joresh http://ictdchick.com/blog/2009/07/26/tethered-computing/comment-page-1/#comment-375 joresh Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:23:11 +0000 http://ictdchick.com/blog/2009/07/26/tethered-computing/#comment-375 connect 0784853630 to the internet connect 0784853630 to the internet

]]> By: melissa http://ictdchick.com/blog/2009/07/26/tethered-computing/comment-page-1/#comment-377 melissa Fri, 14 Aug 2009 15:03:07 +0000 http://ictdchick.com/blog/2009/07/26/tethered-computing/#comment-377 Hmm except for the fact that I can't receive calls when I'm using my USB modem, I'm giving up on PDANet. Sigh. It's slow, it's unreliable, and flaky. When I use the same SIM card inside the Huawei E-some-random-number-i-can't-remember that MTN sold me (which is locked to the MTN network) for 360,000 UGX (180USD), then I get a relatively reliable connection at about 5kbps as opposed to a connection that flakes out every 20 minutes at 2.4kbps. Okay so the calls at the same time as I'm surfing on my computer is a big deal. Maybe I'll try PDANet for my Palm phones and see how well that works. I think Bluetooth on my Palms for OSX works much better though... I know I can do it by hand on Windows if I can just find the right PPP script and drivers... but I don't feel like spending the time on it right now. Much easier to use the 180USD modem... Hmm except for the fact that I can’t receive calls when I’m using my USB modem, I’m giving up on PDANet. Sigh. It’s slow, it’s unreliable, and flaky. When I use the same SIM card inside the Huawei E-some-random-number-i-can’t-remember that MTN sold me (which is locked to the MTN network) for 360,000 UGX (180USD), then I get a relatively reliable connection at about 5kbps as opposed to a connection that flakes out every 20 minutes at 2.4kbps.

Okay so the calls at the same time as I’m surfing on my computer is a big deal. Maybe I’ll try PDANet for my Palm phones and see how well that works. I think Bluetooth on my Palms for OSX works much better though… I know I can do it by hand on Windows if I can just find the right PPP script and drivers… but I don’t feel like spending the time on it right now. Much easier to use the 180USD modem…

]]> By: melissa http://ictdchick.com/blog/2009/07/26/tethered-computing/comment-page-1/#comment-378 melissa Mon, 03 Aug 2009 11:26:33 +0000 http://ictdchick.com/blog/2009/07/26/tethered-computing/#comment-378 Hem... I tried tetherbot a while back, but never got it to work. Have you gotten it to work? Anyways tetherbot only does at maximum some port forwarding, so it's a bit of a pain to use for much beyond web access.. Hem… I tried tetherbot a while back, but never got it to work. Have you gotten it to work? Anyways tetherbot only does at maximum some port forwarding, so it’s a bit of a pain to use for much beyond web access..

]]> By: Matt http://ictdchick.com/blog/2009/07/26/tethered-computing/comment-page-1/#comment-373 Matt Fri, 31 Jul 2009 09:48:49 +0000 http://ictdchick.com/blog/2009/07/26/tethered-computing/#comment-373 This doesn't matter with your MBP out of commision, but... I just found that it *is* possible to tether android to mac. Like PDANet, this method requires a USB cable (all the wireless tether methods require rooting the phone). Unlike PDANet, this requires manually fiddling proxy settings. Tetherbot: http://graha.ms/androidproxy/ This doesn’t matter with your MBP out of commision, but…

I just found that it *is* possible to tether android to mac. Like PDANet, this method requires a USB cable (all the wireless tether methods require rooting the phone). Unlike PDANet, this requires manually fiddling proxy settings.

Tetherbot: http://graha.ms/androidproxy/

]]> By: melissa http://ictdchick.com/blog/2009/07/26/tethered-computing/comment-page-1/#comment-374 melissa Tue, 28 Jul 2009 10:45:11 +0000 http://ictdchick.com/blog/2009/07/26/tethered-computing/#comment-374 Hey that wasn't a phone review... anyways a while back I promised a series on how to configure mobile phones for the various networks here so this is the wrap-up of that series. The last post is the first of a few posts on mobile phone-based financial services... Do you have any special requests? Hey that wasn’t a phone review… anyways a while back I promised a series on how to configure mobile phones for the various networks here so this is the wrap-up of that series. The last post is the first of a few posts on mobile phone-based financial services…

Do you have any special requests?

]]> By: Rabin http://ictdchick.com/blog/2009/07/26/tethered-computing/comment-page-1/#comment-376 Rabin Tue, 28 Jul 2009 02:44:50 +0000 http://ictdchick.com/blog/2009/07/26/tethered-computing/#comment-376 When are you going to write something other than phone reviews? When are you going to write something other than phone reviews?

]]> By: Nat http://ictdchick.com/blog/2009/07/26/tethered-computing/comment-page-1/#comment-372 Nat Mon, 27 Jul 2009 12:31:20 +0000 http://ictdchick.com/blog/2009/07/26/tethered-computing/#comment-372 I'm doing essentially the same thing, although I'm using an iPhone with v3.0 of its operating system, which has built-in tethering. You have to install a 'profile' to enable tethering but there are places online that will generate a profile file with any APN you want. I actually use two separate phones, my iPhone using a work-provided SIM for which they pay for the 90k dataplan, and then a little Nokia (ka-torche) for my personal voice number. That also lets me leave the iPhone at home e.g., if I'm going out late so I don't have to worry about breaking/losing it or having it stolen or anything. I've described the whole thing in painful detail at http://phutterman.blogspot.com/2009/06/iphone-tethering_27.html and the post after (switching to BT from USB because of an OSX bug, and convenience). But yeah, the APN for the 90k plan is MTNDATA, but the per-kb plan (that I have on my own SIM as a backup) is still yellowpix.mtn.co.ug. Anyway, sorry for the long comment, but this is Nat (from Berkeley), we emailed a bit - let me know when you're back in Kampala, we should meet up at some point. Sorry it didn't work out to before. I’m doing essentially the same thing, although I’m using an iPhone with v3.0 of its operating system, which has built-in tethering. You have to install a ‘profile’ to enable tethering but there are places online that will generate a profile file with any APN you want.

I actually use two separate phones, my iPhone using a work-provided SIM for which they pay for the 90k dataplan, and then a little Nokia (ka-torche) for my personal voice number. That also lets me leave the iPhone at home e.g., if I’m going out late so I don’t have to worry about breaking/losing it or having it stolen or anything. I’ve described the whole thing in painful detail at http://phutterman.blogspot.com/2009/06/iphone-tethering_27.html and the post after (switching to BT from USB because of an OSX bug, and convenience). But yeah, the APN for the 90k plan is MTNDATA, but the per-kb plan (that I have on my own SIM as a backup) is still yellowpix.mtn.co.ug.

Anyway, sorry for the long comment, but this is Nat (from Berkeley), we emailed a bit – let me know when you’re back in Kampala, we should meet up at some point. Sorry it didn’t work out to before.

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