What WIFI Phone Can I Hook To MY Sprint U720 USB Modem?

WebmasterPost.com · EVDO Newbie Joined: 22 Jan 2007 Posts: 6

Hey all, first time poster long time reader.
Does anyone have an ideas on how I can rig my U720 Modem to work with a WIFI phone? Clearly, Sprint does not have any method for this but I bet some smart users might figure out a way rig this up.

In other words, know of any phones we can rig up so that they'll accept a USB connections?

Wouldn't it be so great to just pay for your Sprint Broadband account ($59.99) and use it for both internet and phone? You could cancel your Sprint cell phone plan and save a ton of money.

Thanks

WebmasterPost.com · EVDO Newbie Joined: 22 Jan 2007 Posts: 6

Edit: I misunderstood BigDave's Thread
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WebmasterPost.com · EVDO Newbie Joined: 22 Jan 2007 Posts: 6

Ok, so far I'm just talking with myself but I've found another option. We could use our U720's for internet and phone service (thus being able to cancel that sprint phone account and save some money) if we found a Skype phone that had a USB port.

Here's the Skype phones I've seen:
http://us.accessories.skype.com/direct/skypeusa/accessoriesList.jsp?acctype=8

At first I thought the Skype NETGEAR WiFi Phone (SPH101) was THE answer as it does have a built in USB port http://www.netgear.com/Products/CommunicationsVoIP/Skype/SPH101.aspx.

But oh the dissapointment to learn that this USB port (on the bottom) is only for charging the battery and not an acutal USB connection.

So that leads me to ask if anyone can find a Skype Wifi phone that has a working USB port?

Thanks
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Bigdave · EVDO Addict Joined: 08 Nov 2006 Posts: 1069

Yeah but . . . . . personally my Treo is too big to carry around. I really wouldn't be even a little bit interested in adding my U720 to that mix. (Not enough pockets) Smile

But I see it moving into something in that direction. I've read where folks are installing the KR1 in their cars and setting up a mobile hot spot and using something like Skype and having some success but with the high latency we still get with EV-DO I don't ink that idea is quite ready for prime time. Not to mention how limited they are by how close they have to stay to the router.

Anyway, I realize it's quite apparent I am totally bored today stuck here in a motel at the airport in Jacksonville, Fl.

BTW - at this location I am using my Sprint U720 alone with my laptop instead of my Alltel PC5740 thru the KR1 because I am apparently right on the fringes of Alltel coverage. I can barely get a voice signal to use my Treo 650 dropping every single call I make or receive. Can't get enough signal to log on through the Alltel data card. But Sprint data is certainly alive and well here, albeit Rev 0 averaging 1300kbps down and 130kbps up. Kind of makes you wonder. This is within a mile of Jacksonville International Airport which is just outside of Jacksonville, Fl. (obviously) and in Jacksonville they have their football stadium. Home of the Jacksonville Jaguars of the NFL. Their home stadium? Alltel stadium. Wouldn't you think Alltel would be interested in having a strong digital presence at the airport in the city where they spend millions of dollars to paste their name all over the football stadium?

Anyway . . . . .

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