I just returned from my annual trip with my family to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico and I brought my laptop down with me along with my Nokia 6620 smartphone.  This year was different because I wanted to stay in touch over the internet with a couple of business contacts as well as check on a few things periodically while I was in Mexico. Surprisingly, this was very easy to do.  I have been using my Nokia 6620 as an internet gateway over bluetooth connection for over a year and this setup worked, “out of the box” while down in Mexico.  My only concerns were roaming charges while south of the border. I made a call to Cingular’s wireless data technical support the night before I left to see what my options were. The documentation on their website was misleading at best and made it sound as if unlimited data plan customers did not pay any international roaming charges for data.  I called and spoke to a knowledgeable girl in their tech department who confirmed this, but checked with her manager just to make sure. The manager confirmed this, noted it in my account and I was off.

I tested to see if I had internet WAP connectivity in the Cabo San Lucas airport as soon as we landed and I had full signal, and EDGE service.  It was looking good.  After getting settled at the hotel, I fired up my laptop, dial-up networking over Bluetooth and boom, I was connected. I have to admit I was pretty shocked.  The dial-up settings were the same as the link above.  I will have to see what, if any surprises await on my Cingular bill to confirm that this is a free deal for unlimited data plan customers.

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