It all depends on your phone. but yes it is posible to do. Best buy has the adaptor kit for $89. Im sure Citcut city would have it. Sprint pcs store is where I got mine. they will only run at 28.8

Yes you can.  However, you're probably only going to get semi decent service with a digital phone.  I know that Sprint and Verizon offer digital service that is laptop internet compatable.  I've got a wireless phone that I can check my email on through Sprint (no flames about their politics please).  A good friend of mine just got service through Verizon.  He has a Motorola Startac and a laptop.  I think it cost him about 200 bucks for the "package" needed to log on.  Basically it was just a CD and some connection wires.  He had tried for months to log on with a cellular (analog) phone with no success.  Wireless digital is the way to go.  It'll be slow (9k/sec) but it will work.  Hope that helps.

You need a PCMCIA cellular capable modem. Also internet is very slow via cellphone and expensive. Try Radio Shack, Best Buy or any major electronics/computers store.


John

Please give us more info I this, I know some of the new phones have an infrared port that you can just place near the laptop, But is there a way to connect regularly to your main PC?

3com used to make PCMCIA modem for laptops that were cellular ready. I guess they still do.  My laptop came with it.  I bought the cable adapter for about $35.  It connected but very, very slow. Forget about surfing the web it would be quicker to drive there and get the data yourself. OK for text type e-mails but forget any any big ones. Constant disconnects and headaches. Maybe somewhat better technology now but probably only selected areas.

PCMCIA modem with GSM capability
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GSM phone(preferably Motorola)

I have a megahertz 56k v.90 modem in my thinkpad and it has a dedicated cellular port in it that you plug an adapter to that connects to my star-tac.

Service isn't too terrible but it's nothing like analog dial-up.

I think we paid around $100.00 for the modem.

Consider instead Ricochet.com. It's a wireless modem, and you get a 128kbps internet connection as long as you're in the coverage area. I think it runs about $75/mo for unlimited usage.

-Andy

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