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Re: I think I found the cheapest tetherable internet in Canada - and its prepaid

I think the data plan at Wind is $35 if I am not mistaken ;). And Nokia Canada will not sell the N900 as of yesterday's news from Wind.

http://www.windmobile.ca/community/W...on-nokia-5230/

Re: I think I found the cheapest tetherable internet in Canada - and its prepaid

Wind is certainly not the cheapest tetherable Internet in Canada.
That being said, it is the only 3G compatible with the N900 currently available in Canada.

If you live in Toronto, Calgary or Edmonton. And some people do, or so I hear.

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Originally Posted by qole (Post 610466)

If you live in Toronto, Calgary or Edmonton. And some people do, or so I hear.

Up to now I never understood why anyone would :)

Re: I think I found the cheapest tetherable internet in Canada - and its prepaid

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Originally Posted by grog (Post 609302)

Anyway, I think I've gotten us far enough off topic. I'll pick this up in other threads if I get ambitious enough. Thanks for the help.

Ok, I can't resist :)

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Originally Posted by anthony_barker (Post 610240)

Here is a perl script to send a Jabber message (gmail/facebook)

http://www.scribd.com/doc/2074991/Ho...ages-to-jabber

That's specific example for a syslog monitor, but it did lead me to sendxmpp, which seems exactly what I'd need. I checked jabber.org & they're closed for registration, but it is mentioned that I'd be able to send to a Gtalk account. So that lead me to this simple howto:

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1. make sure that you are using latest sendxmpp (I have sendxmpp 1.20)

2. add your Google Talk account info to the .sendxmpprc file:
your_name@gmail.com;talk.google.com your_password

3. use the following command to send message to Google Talk user someone@gmail.com:
$ echo "GTalk test" | sendxmpp -t -u your_name -o gmail.com someone

Example:
.sendxmpprc: john@gmail.com;talk.google.com password

$ echo "GTalk test" | sendxmpp -t -u john -o gmail.com someone

Which doesn't give an error, but how do I get the message to my phone? I created a new IM account using the gmail address that I sent the message to, but what now?

TX

Re: I think I found the cheapest tetherable internet in Canada - and its prepaid

Sorry to resurrect an old thread, but seeing as it's high on google, I thought it might be useful for newcomers to know that I've discovered that you can get around the speakout proxy and get full internet by either making a ssh tunnel or a vpn connection on port 53 (usually used for DNS)!
You just need to change your resolv.conf to an external dns server (like 8.8.8.8).

Re: I think I found the cheapest tetherable internet in Canada - and its prepaid

Wow from 2009, someone sure fired up the De Lorean!

Re: I think I found the cheapest tetherable internet in Canada - and its prepaid

but time travel is a good thing if you change it for the good of the future, he's got my vote for useful information :P

Re: I think I found the cheapest tetherable internet in Canada - and its prepaid

Hi there,

Can anybody explain step-by-step how they got Speakout bluetooth tethering to work on their N900? It doesn't work at all for me. :(

I followed the instructions here for Windows 7: http://myn900.wordpress.com/2010/08/...t-3-bluetooth/

... and the N900 succesfully pairs with the my laptop but when I click "Connect to the internet" in Step 3, it says "SIM card is missing. Insert SIM card and try again".

I've tried changing the "Connect to Internet" options (in Tools > Options) to various things like:

* Rogers (Internet Tethering)
* Rogers (Rogers Internet)
* Manual:
- Access point: goam.com
- User name: wapuser1
- Password: wap
- Additional initalisation commands: (not sure? I left this blank)

... but none of the above work. It still says I'm missing a SIM card. :(

If anyone has any ideas, I'd be most grateful.

Thanks in advance!

Re: I think I found the cheapest tetherable internet in Canada - and its prepaid

is internet working normally on the n900?

Re: I think I found the cheapest tetherable internet in Canada - and its prepaid

Yes, it is connected via Speakout (the connection is called "Rogers Internet"), although I must admit I don't have a very good signal right now so the connection is a little flaky.

Interestingly enough, if I connect via USB "PC Suite Mode" and then click "Connect to Internet", it allows me to connect (it says "Connected to Rogers") but when I try to open any website, it times out.