>>i mean if i create a new connection and dial #777 that is that ilke the trigger to turn on data?
yes and what happens is that on the network side there are modems (called the inter-working function) that allow your mobile phone to connect to the modem that is connected to your server (for example). so the path of data through the network is that data is sent from your mobile to the network on the allocated data channel (not GPRS), the network then uses its modem to send data to your landline modem (this is how a landline modem interworks with a mobile phone).
>>i mean if i dial 123345789 and that is the AOL # or W/e, i will only get billed minutes. Im pretty sure it still uses data (GPRS) unless there is a way to disable that in windows mobile entireley to only use the phoneline? (anyone)
no it doesn't use GPRS, can you explain why you think it does? let me try and put it like this; when you dial a voice call on a mobile phone, you have a circuit switched voice call, i.e. the network allocates you some permanent bandwidth (actually a timeslot) on the cell your phone is camped on (internally in the mobile phone network it may convert your voice traffic to packet data using a protocol like ATM but that is just for your information it does not affect the way you are billed). even when you do not speak (i.e. no data is sent on the voice connection) you have still allocated bandwidth and that is why you are charged for minutes for this type of call. now for a circuit switched data call it's exactly the same, you dial a number and the network will allocate some permanent bandwidth on your cell (i.e. it's not GPRS) that is why you are billed for minutes not data packets with this type of data call. it does not matter if your connection is created from the phone or the PC it works the same way...
