AT&T as service provider

[Dale Eshelman]

NOT true. It is not FUD I am setting there with the same connection with two different pieces of equipment. In addition, Apple has stated so much and conversations with ATT also confirmed.

The iPhone DOES NOT support a flash player plug in. Therefore flash CANNOT run on the iPhone. While a Mac / PC sitting there side by side with the same connection works fine.

On Jan 4, 2010, at 04:57 AM, Christopher Woods wrote:

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> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: vnc-list-bounces at realvnc.com 
>> [mailto:vnc-list-bounces at realvnc.com] On Behalf Of Dale Eshelman
>> Sent: 17 December 2009 17:02
>> To: Nancy
>> Cc: vnc-list at realvnc.com
>> Subject: Re: AT&T as service provider
>> 
>> Likely you are not getting all the information on the screen 
>> to make the ATT connection. I have run into these situations. 
>> It seems ATT (or partner) many times uses flash for login to 
>> connections (why I don't know). So when I compare the screen 
>> on my laptop to the screen on my iPhone / iPod touch, they 
>> are not the same. The ability to select the provider (for 
>> example) from a list does not show up on the iPhone / iPod 
>> Touch. Apple tells me it is because ATT is using flash.
>> 
>> The iPhone / iPod Touch does not support Flash. It is a hog 
>> on memory and battery life. So this may be the reason. ATT 
>> after 3 years of conversations with them, has yet to fix it. 
>> As I have told Apple and ATT, this makes the iPhone / iPod 
>> Touch worthless - and I told both of them so much. Most of 
>> the time I cannot use them because of this issue.
>> 
>> So I am guessing this might be the issue. However, the way to 
>> tell is to use a laptop and look at the same screen.
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> 
> I must disagree; imho all of that is FUD. Whether or not a device supports
> Flash is irrelevant in this case - if the iPhone is on AT&T, and has the
> standard iPhone AT&T data connection, I would stake money on it being that
> nonstandard ports are restricted to HTTP and a handful of others by AT&T to
> manage their network usage, and VNC traffic ports fall outside of the scope
> of allowed ports.
> 
> The iPhone still fails, but for more and different reasons ;) </flame>
> 
> I've encountered this exact same problem (but with FTP and email traffic as
> opposed to VNC) on an old mobile provider in the UK - I was using my
> handset's 3G connection as a tethered mobile broadband connection. I had to
> upgrade my package to unblock the required ports, no two ways about it.
> 
> 
> Chris
> 


Dale Eshelman
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The closer I get to the pain of glass in Windoz, the farther I can see and I see a Mac on the horizon.