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List:       newtontalk
Subject:    [NTLK] AT&T Wireless and Newton (Was: eMate fun)
From:       Eckhart_Köppen <eck1001 () gmx ! net>
Date:       2003-07-31 18:50:23
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On Thu, 31 Jul 2003 10:53:48 -0500, Nathan Turnage wrote:
> What is a proxy and why would I need to specify it? I am using AT&T 
> Mobile which I think they are billing as mLife.

From what I've read about mLife it seems that AT&T wants to box you in 
into their own little world... i.e. no way of getting out of their 
network. This seems to be a common trend amongst operators.

Technically, it means that net traffic works only over predefined 
ports, allows maybe only WAP/WML, uses some strange proxy/compression 
software and is basically useless if you want to actually do some web 
surfing.

I really hope I'm wrong though in this case (it is interesting that 
email works) - maybe somebody can verify this, preferrably using a 
laptop and doing some real web browsing?

Eckhart
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