Comments on: PPP chat scripts for T-Mobile Sony Ericsson T610 GPRS via Bluetooth with Debian http://www.yepthatsme.com/2004/11/09/ppp-chat-scripts-for-t-mobile-sony-ericsson-t610-gprs-via-bluetooth-with-debian/ the craft of software development, free/open source software advocacy, and the rest of life Wed, 24 Feb 2010 17:08:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: yep, that’s me - barry at alltc.com » Changes and revelations about T-Mobile GPRS http://www.yepthatsme.com/2004/11/09/ppp-chat-scripts-for-t-mobile-sony-ericsson-t610-gprs-via-bluetooth-with-debian/comment-page-1/#comment-175 yep, that’s me - barry at alltc.com » Changes and revelations about T-Mobile GPRS Fri, 17 Mar 2006 02:43:19 +0000 http://www.yepthatsme.com/?p=119#comment-175 [...] OK, some news about T-Mobile’s GPRS and using it for Linux. A couple of weeks ago, chat stopped working when I was connected via GPRS. Last week, HTML stopped working. As it turns out the ability to use Unlimited t-zones for full GPRS connectivity was a fluke; the result of T-Mobile not having yet blocked the appropriate TCP ports. They apparently have them blocked now. After switching back to the full-rate Internet plan, I continued to have issues with FTP. I called up T-Mobile to figure out what was the matter. Upon stating that I had question about which TCP ports were open, I was transferred from Tier 1 to Tier 2. After stating that I was using Debian Linux to connect to my phone, I was transferred directly to Tier 3 support. The guy was really cool, and I found out a couple of things that are updates to my previous post about GPRS on Linux. [...] [...] OK, some news about T-Mobile’s GPRS and using it for Linux. A couple of weeks ago, chat stopped working when I was connected via GPRS. Last week, HTML stopped working. As it turns out the ability to use Unlimited t-zones for full GPRS connectivity was a fluke; the result of T-Mobile not having yet blocked the appropriate TCP ports. They apparently have them blocked now. After switching back to the full-rate Internet plan, I continued to have issues with FTP. I called up T-Mobile to figure out what was the matter. Upon stating that I had question about which TCP ports were open, I was transferred from Tier 1 to Tier 2. After stating that I was using Debian Linux to connect to my phone, I was transferred directly to Tier 3 support. The guy was really cool, and I found out a couple of things that are updates to my previous post about GPRS on Linux. [...]

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