An Example

As an example let's take the case of Mohsen Banan. Mohsen lives in Seattle. The Cellular CDPD Service Provider covering Seattle is AT&T Wireless Services (AWS). These are the steps that Mohsen needs to go through.

1. Contact the Cellular CDPD Service Provider. In this example AWS Web Site
2. Choose the "right" plan for yourself. In Mohsen's opinion all of the CDPD rates offered by AWS are unreasonable. The situation is particularly bad when AWS service bundlings prevent activation of Phone/CDPD-modem combinations as CDPD-modems. For example, as of this writing -- mid 98 -- it is not possible for ordinary users to activate a PocketNet phone as a CDPD modem.
3. Give them the CDPD modem's EID (Equipment ID).
4. Get an IP Address from the Cellular CDPD Service Provider.
5. Configure the modem to use that IP Address.