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connecting to a pc (or the internet)

geordief · 2010-11-17 11:42:20

I am fairly sure that it can't be done but I will ask anyway. You know the cord that will connect the mobile phone (mine's a Samsung 55600 with the pc for the purpose of transfering files.Can this (or something like it ) be used to actually capture the broadband signal without having to get it via WiFi ? Not sure why I…

17-11-2010 11:42am

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geordief

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I am fairly sure that it can't be done but I will ask anyway.
You know the cord that will connect the mobile phone (mine's a Samsung 55600 with the pc for the purpose of transfering files.Can this (or something like it ) be used to actually capture the broadband signal without having to get it via WiFi ?
Not sure why I even need to know -or how useful that would be .It is just something I wonder about now and then.

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#2 17-11-2010 5:41pm

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Its called 'tethering', and can be done with most handsets now

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