I’ve got a RAZR v3c and alltel, and have enjoyed the prevalent 1xRTT data tethering for the last year or so whenever I’m out and about, even in the car. However, recently I upgraded my laptop and lost the configuration settings, and forgot the specific details. As of today, the needed settings are as follows:
Phone Number: #777
Username: [email protected]
Password: alltel
where nxxnxxxxxx is your Alltel mobile number.
Also, for ease of reference, heres the skinny on Alltel data plans, from the Howardforums Alltel Data Thread
SPEEDS
1XRTT: Gives you about 100k down speed and is supported by all phones and running in most areas
EV-DO: Gives you about 500k down speed and is currently supported by only some models, this speed is only available in some places but is rapidly expanding and is indicated by a EV icon next to the signal strength on your handset
QNC: Gives you about 10k down speed and is supported by all phones but this is being discontinued in some areas
PLANS
FST1: This allows unlimited 1xrtt and evdo data usage for anything you want and minutes are used just as they are in a phone call (so that means ulimited on nights and weekends!). You must have this on your plan/account for 1xrtt or evdo to work at all, it comes on most but if you do not have this it can be added for free with a call to *611
Axcess My Mins: This gives you unlimited 1xrtt and evdo when it is used for on-phone axcess services (sorry, no dialup allowed on this plan) and it does not use your minutes and is for normal handsets only. Cost: $10/month per line
Axcess Data Connection: This gives you unlimited 1xrtt and evdo for anything you want without using your mnutes and is only for normal handsets. Cost: $25/month per line
Smartphone: This gives unlimited 1xrtt and evdo to smartphones only for anything you want without using your minutes. Cost: $30/month per line
Axcess National Unlimited: This gives you unlimited 1xrtt and evdo for your PC card. Cost: $80/month per line, $60/month per line if you already have a current voice plan
NO DATA IS CHARGED PER KILOBYTE!
I’ve had FST1 on my phone for over a year, and have had great luck just using data against my minutes, and for my usage pattern its absolutely perfect. Usually, I’m just on 1xRTT which usually ends up giving around 128kbps, which makes for a pretty decent web browsing experience. Ping times to the office under 400ms under PPTP makes for reasonably usable ssh sessions, but really slow RDS.
Today, however, I’m connected using EVDO in ohio, which appears to be able to saturate my ‘Motorala USB Modem’s 1Mbit maximum serial connection speed downloading. I was able to get 128kB/sec downloading the Python 2.5 installer for windows, which is pretty darn impressive for a cell phone connection in my book. I’m getting consistent sub 200ms pings under PPTP also, which is resulting in darn near usable RDS sessions.