Network Connections Problems

[HungLikeJesus]

Originally Posted by DucksNuts

I get that all the time on my notebook HLJ, drives me bloody nuts.

Mine is a wireless connection through my mobile phone, that it wants to connect to all the time, even though I am happily connected to my NextG modem.

On a related note, something funny happened last month. My wife got a Blackberry from work and gave me her old phone - which was almost identical to the phone I already had, except that hers has Bluetooth. This allows me to synchronize my address book with MS Outlook and to use a Bluetooth headset.

When setting up the Nokia PC Suite software I noticed an option to connect the computer to the internet through the phone using Bluetooth. As we have very slow dial-up at home, I tried it and found it was about five times faster than our dial-up. I used it about three times over the next week to download e-mail attachments and some software updates.

When the phone bill arrived Monday, instead of the regular amount of about $40, it was $770. AT&T charges $10 per megabyte, so $720 of that was for a few hours of internet connection (including some time on the Cellar).

There goes my budget for the month. Sorry Tip Mug.