• After witnessing the continued decrease of involvement in the SpotterNetwork staff in serving SN members with troubleshooting issues recently, I have unilaterally decided to terminate the relationship between SpotterNetwork's support and Stormtrack. I have witnessed multiple users unable to receive support weeks after initiating help threads on the forum. I find this lack of response from SpotterNetwork officials disappointing and a failure to hold up their end of the agreement that was made years ago, before I took over management of this site. In my opinion, having Stormtrack users sit and wait for so long to receive help on SpotterNetwork issues on the Stormtrack forums reflects poorly not only on SpotterNetwork, but on Stormtrack and (by association) me as well. Since the issue has not been satisfactorily addressed, I no longer wish for the Stormtrack forum to be associated with SpotterNetwork.

    I apologize to those who continue to have issues with the service and continue to see their issues left unaddressed. Please understand that the connection between ST and SN was put in place long before I had any say over it. But now that I am the "captain of this ship," it is within my right (nay, duty) to make adjustments as I see necessary. Ending this relationship is such an adjustment.

    For those who continue to need help, I recommend navigating a web browswer to SpotterNetwork's About page, and seeking the individuals listed on that page for all further inquiries about SpotterNetwork.

    From this moment forward, the SpotterNetwork sub-forum has been hidden/deleted and there will be no assurance that any SpotterNetwork issues brought up in any of Stormtrack's other sub-forums will be addressed. Do not rely on Stormtrack for help with SpotterNetwork issues.

    Sincerely, Jeff D.

Help w/ Cingular dialup connection w/razr

  • Thread starter Thread starter William Combes
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William Combes

I have a RAZR phone with Cingular service and need some assistance connecting to the net. When I fire up Earthlink and try to connect, earthlink sends the call initiation to the phone. You can see the # show up on the phone and try to dial however I get three fast beeps on the phone and it immediately disconnects. I'm not sure if I need an initialiation string or what I am doing wrong. I have the Cingual unlimited data plan and can successfully connect through the GPRS network. I searhed Google and nothing. Anyone have any ideas???? Sitting at the Holiday Inn in OKC and starting my chase with F5 Tornado Safaris tomorrow. Thanks in advance for any assistance.
 
I have a RAZR phone with Cingular service and need some assistance connecting to the net. When I fire up Earthlink and try to connect, earthlink sends the call initiation to the phone. You can see the # show up on the phone and try to dial however I get three fast beeps on the phone and it immediately disconnects. I'm not sure if I need an initialiation string or what I am doing wrong. I have the Cingual unlimited data plan and can successfully connect through the GPRS network. I searhed Google and nothing. Anyone have any ideas???? Sitting at the Holiday Inn in OKC and starting my chase with F5 Tornado Safaris tomorrow. Thanks in advance for any assistance.
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You need to have the feature enabled on your account. If you actually want to dial into an ISP (as opposed to using Cingular as your data source), you'll use something called "Circuit-Switch Data" (CSD). Call Cingular to see if you can get this added to your account... A few folks on Howardforums had this, and I think it was $4/mo or something. I'm not sure that they offer it anymore, however. I'd think that they'd drop it since it is relatively antiquated and slow -- plus, they want to push you into the GPRS/EDGE (and now UMTS, though coverage is limited to several major cities attm) world.
 
Circuit Switch Data is no longer offered by Cingular anymore. They no longer support or sell it. And the billing system that all of us are in dosen't have the ability to use grandfathered features. I have had a few people still ask for it when I take calls and then proceed to be cussed at cause I can't change the rules. Boy those people are gonna be mad when we finally pull the plug on analog, then tdma!
 
Thanks for the replies guys....Actually the GPRS has been working awesome today. I'm replying from the road just S of York, NE. I guess dial up from the cell is truly dead!!!
 
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