http://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/02/24/man-charged-28-000-for-using-data-card-slingbox-to-watch-footb/ Engadget Mobile Comments for Man charged $28,000 for using data card, Slingbox to watch football game http://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/02/24/man-charged-28-000-for-using-data-card-slingbox-to-watch-footb/http://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/02/24/man-charged-28-000-for-using-data-card-slingbox-to-watch-footb/Feb 24th 2009 8:12AMhttp://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/02/24/man-charged-28-000-for-using-data-card-slingbox-to-watch-footb/http://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/02/24/man-charged-28-000-for-using-data-card-slingbox-to-watch-footb/Feb 24th 2009 8:25AMhttp://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/02/24/man-charged-28-000-for-using-data-card-slingbox-to-watch-footb/http://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/02/24/man-charged-28-000-for-using-data-card-slingbox-to-watch-footb/Feb 24th 2009 9:03AMhttp://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/02/24/man-charged-28-000-for-using-data-card-slingbox-to-watch-footb/http://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/02/24/man-charged-28-000-for-using-data-card-slingbox-to-watch-footb/Feb 24th 2009 8:37AMhttp://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/02/24/man-charged-28-000-for-using-data-card-slingbox-to-watch-footb/http://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/02/24/man-charged-28-000-for-using-data-card-slingbox-to-watch-footb/Feb 24th 2009 8:48AMhttp://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/02/24/man-charged-28-000-for-using-data-card-slingbox-to-watch-footb/http://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/02/24/man-charged-28-000-for-using-data-card-slingbox-to-watch-footb/Feb 24th 2009 8:38AMhttp://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/02/24/man-charged-28-000-for-using-data-card-slingbox-to-watch-footb/http://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/02/24/man-charged-28-000-for-using-data-card-slingbox-to-watch-footb/Feb 24th 2009 8:48AMhttp://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/02/24/man-charged-28-000-for-using-data-card-slingbox-to-watch-footb/http://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/02/24/man-charged-28-000-for-using-data-card-slingbox-to-watch-footb/Feb 24th 2009 10:41AMhttp://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/02/24/man-charged-28-000-for-using-data-card-slingbox-to-watch-footb/http://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/02/24/man-charged-28-000-for-using-data-card-slingbox-to-watch-footb/be very careful of that, and check your phone Alpha Tag]]>Feb 24th 2009 9:08AMhttp://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/02/24/man-charged-28-000-for-using-data-card-slingbox-to-watch-footb/http://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/02/24/man-charged-28-000-for-using-data-card-slingbox-to-watch-footb/
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I went on a cruise last year in October, and the "ship coverage" for mobile use, does NOT turn on until you are out in the water, AND away from land based signals, generally 3-5 miles. Which remain on the entire time in the water, and then turn off again when back near land.

So if someone caught some "international ship signal" then three things may have happened.

1. Someone is lying about their bill for fame.
2. The person whos bill is in question was NOT really in Miami when it happened
3. Someone on board the ship didnt turn off mobile communication while at land.]]>Feb 24th 2009 12:01PMhttp://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/02/24/man-charged-28-000-for-using-data-card-slingbox-to-watch-footb/http://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/02/24/man-charged-28-000-for-using-data-card-slingbox-to-watch-footb/Feb 24th 2009 12:35PMhttp://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/02/24/man-charged-28-000-for-using-data-card-slingbox-to-watch-footb/http://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/02/24/man-charged-28-000-for-using-data-card-slingbox-to-watch-footb/No. It would not make you confirm because it appears as native coverage.
I've done it before on international ferries between the UK and Ireland.
When you get close to Ireland, you get a text saying "T-Mobile (or whatever GSM carrier you have) welcomes you to the Republic of Ireland. Calls cost..." and when you get close to Britain, you get "T-Mobile welcomes you to the UK. Calls cost...," but while on or near the ship, you never lose what appears to be native coverage and are never told that the ship would charge US$5/min for voice. (I never actually made that mistake; I just remembered it from my WorldClass roaming book from back when I got my phone.)

There is no confirmation and your regular phone company apperars on the carrier line of your display, the same way that back when Cingular and T-Mobile were sharing parts of their networks in NY and CA, your own carrier would always be on the screen, regardless of which network you were actually connected to.]]>Feb 24th 2009 11:17PMhttp://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/02/24/man-charged-28-000-for-using-data-card-slingbox-to-watch-footb/http://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/02/24/man-charged-28-000-for-using-data-card-slingbox-to-watch-footb/Feb 24th 2009 1:36PMhttp://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/02/24/man-charged-28-000-for-using-data-card-slingbox-to-watch-footb/http://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/02/24/man-charged-28-000-for-using-data-card-slingbox-to-watch-footb/Feb 24th 2009 2:38PMhttp://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/02/24/man-charged-28-000-for-using-data-card-slingbox-to-watch-footb/http://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/02/24/man-charged-28-000-for-using-data-card-slingbox-to-watch-footb/Feb 24th 2009 4:00PMhttp://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/02/24/man-charged-28-000-for-using-data-card-slingbox-to-watch-footb/http://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/02/24/man-charged-28-000-for-using-data-card-slingbox-to-watch-footb/
would it have been like downloading the whole football game?]]>Feb 24th 2009 4:01PMhttp://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/02/24/man-charged-28-000-for-using-data-card-slingbox-to-watch-footb/http://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/02/24/man-charged-28-000-for-using-data-card-slingbox-to-watch-footb/Feb 24th 2009 4:19PMhttp://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/02/24/man-charged-28-000-for-using-data-card-slingbox-to-watch-footb/http://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/02/24/man-charged-28-000-for-using-data-card-slingbox-to-watch-footb/Feb 24th 2009 7:26PMhttp://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/02/24/man-charged-28-000-for-using-data-card-slingbox-to-watch-footb/http://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/02/24/man-charged-28-000-for-using-data-card-slingbox-to-watch-footb/Feb 24th 2009 4:59PMhttp://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/02/24/man-charged-28-000-for-using-data-card-slingbox-to-watch-footb/http://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/02/24/man-charged-28-000-for-using-data-card-slingbox-to-watch-footb/Feb 25th 2009 2:25AMhttp://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/02/24/man-charged-28-000-for-using-data-card-slingbox-to-watch-footb/http://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/02/24/man-charged-28-000-for-using-data-card-slingbox-to-watch-footb/
3G is coming to China now, maybe there will be many alike cases while people watching TV through it .]]>Mar 4th 2009 7:42AMhttp://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/02/24/man-charged-28-000-for-using-data-card-slingbox-to-watch-footb/http://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/02/24/man-charged-28-000-for-using-data-card-slingbox-to-watch-footb/Feb 27th 2009 10:09AM