Internet Connection Sharing with Vista - Page 2

xcopmanx · #11 (**permalink**) 05-23-2008, 01:25 PM

Maybe you are Lsme420, lol. I tried that and it still doesn't work... ugh.

CaptainX2001 · #12 (**permalink**) 05-23-2008, 06:36 PM

Do you have the Phone As Modem plan on your account? Phone As Modem is a separate plan and has an extra cost to it - if you don't have that plan, you'll get a username error from the network.

The PAM plan is $39.99 per month, and it replaces your Power Vision plan... so if you pay $20 for unlimited net now, that cost will go from $20 to $39.99.

If you have the Simply Everything plan, Phone As Modem doesn't work with it yet. It will be available for Simply Everything customers on June 15, and is an extra $15 per month.

Hope that helps.

**Lsme420** · #13 (**permalink**) 05-23-2008, 07:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CaptainX2001

Do you have the Phone As Modem plan on your account? Phone As Modem is a separate plan and has an extra cost to it - if you don't have that plan, you'll get a username error from the network.

The PAM plan is $39.99 per month, and it replaces your Power Vision plan... so if you pay $20 for unlimited net now, that cost will go from $20 to $39.99.

If you have the Simply Everything plan, Phone As Modem doesn't work with it yet. It will be available for Simply Everything customers on June 15, and is an extra $15 per month.

Hope that helps.

I tether my laptop through my PPC and I have the Simply Everything plan and I don't have PAM. Also I don't get error 67, either do 100s of other people.

CaptainX2001 · #14 (**permalink**) 05-23-2008, 07:14 PM

PAM is not yet part of Simply Everything, and always has an additional cost to it. If you're not paying any additional cost, definitely don't announce that too much.

If Sprint finds out, they'll block your access.

**Lsme420** · #15 (**permalink**) 05-23-2008, 07:24 PM

Sorry its not a secret. Search Mogul tethering.
So whats up with the 5gb data cap? Sprint 5GB internet cap

xcopmanx · #16 (**permalink**) 05-23-2008, 07:26 PM

Interesting. Well, I was able to use ICS before without an issue.

CaptainX2001 · #17 (**permalink**) 05-23-2008, 07:28 PM

I haven't really kept up on what the community is doing when it comes to using certain services.

However, I can say that this issue will probably end up like the age-old picture mail disaster - they'll start blocking PAM access from those who don't have the plan before too long.

I wouldn't be surprised if it happened next month when they reconfigure the service to work with Simply Everything.

I can't say what'll happen for sure, but I can say with absolute certainty that if you don't have a PAM plan on your account, you shouldn't be able to access it, and it's likely they'll catch on eventually.

But either way, might as well enjoy it while it lasts

EDIT: Our department has not been updated on the 5GB data cap. It's news to me. I plan to find out more when I go back into work on Saturday - since they usually let us know about stuff like this well in advance if it actually happening. Also, I forgot to mention, that PAM is only effective for those using the Sprint network... if you're using WiFi, that's not Sprint, and you can always do that at no cost.