Is there any way to get free internet (via cell phone provider) to my laptop?”
If your mobile cellular telephone service is provisioned for “internet” and you have the appropriate cable connecting it to your laptop (either serial or USB); You need the appropriate operating system driver for your particular cellular telephone model which you can download from your cellular telephone manufacturer’s web site. It is often provided on a CD when you purchase the computer cable or internet kit for your telephone. For a few phones, you need to purchase your phone manufacturer’s software package to receive the driver. To get connected to the internet, You usually: – If you have CDMA cellular service, dial “#777” or – If you have GSM/GPRS cellular service, dial “*99#” You make also need to provide a username/password as supplied by your cellular service provider (when they provision “internet”). Most older TDMA cellular services do not properly support data/internet access.