[info] AT&T 3g in Cellphones, Providers, and Plans http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r22640448 en Wed, 10 Feb 2010 05:58:31 EDT Wed, 10 Feb 2010 05:58:31 EDT Re: [info] AT&T 3g http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22642942 TamaraB :
said by TransitMan See Profile :

Can you afford that, in this economic climate?
That depends on the difference between a new plan and the ETF over one year, probably not though.

Bob
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22642942 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:25:17 EDT Re: [info] AT&T 3g http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22642332 TransitMan :
said by TamaraB :

The only possible way to get around this seems to be to get another provider, one which can be accessed by a jailbroken iPhone, get a free/cheap phone from them, transfer my number to the new provider, and then jailbreak the iPhone and put it on the new service.
You can do that, but you will incur the Early Termination Fee from AT&T.
Can you afford that, in this economic climate?
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said by TamaraB See Profile :

Can't wait till VZ supports the iPhone! This was OK while I had some decent income, but now, with the economy as it is, I simply can't afford these "luxuries" any longer.
Purchasing any Verizon smartphone also requires a data plan. BTW, Verizon's rates are the highest IMO.
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Data Plan for iPhone
$30.00 Text--N/A Data--Unlimited Current
or
Enterprise Data Plan for iPhone
$45.00 Text--N/A Data--Unlimited Select
So, this is no-option!

The only possible way to get around this seems to be to get another provider, one which can be accessed by a jailbroken iPhone, get a free/cheap phone from them, transfer my number to the new provider, and then jailbreak the iPhone and put it on the new service.

Bob
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22641822 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:02:34 EDT Re: [info] AT&T 3g http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22641629 gdm : Bob you can't block the data? As long as you own the iPhone on the ATT network they will charge you $30 a month for data. Doesn't matter if it's 3g or 2g you will get charged.

If your out of contract I would look at getting a cheap cellphone from ebay and sticking your SIM in that. Again that's only if your not in your 2 year contract with the iPhone.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22641629 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:21:47 EDT Re: [info] AT&T 3g http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22641619 TamaraB : This sort of sucks! If I block data completely, WiFi is still available yes? I remember now, the $30/Month charge is for "unlimited" 3g. Just like the almost forced $5.00/Mo is for 200 SMS messages; otherwise it's $.20/Msg, which runs up the bill very quickly. Highway robbery if you ask me.

Can't wait till VZ supports the iPhone! This was OK while I had some decent income, but now, with the economy as it is, I simply can't afford these "luxuries" any longer. So, it seems blocking all data is the only practical and secure way of shedding the $30/mo fee.

Bob
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22641619 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:18:25 EDT Re: [info] AT&T 3g http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22641376 gdm : As stated you can't cancel 3g. Also you can't cancel your data plan at all with AT&T. It's in the TOS if you read it. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22641376 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:27:17 EDT Re: [info] AT&T 3g http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22640944 ilikeme : You can't just cancel the 3G part and use Edge. Its either pay the $30 for data, pay-per-kb data (gets expensive quickly, especially with an iPhone), or have data blocked completely. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22640944 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:09:27 EDT [info] AT&T 3g http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22640448 TamaraB : Hi:

I am about to cancel 3g service on my iPhone. After doing so, will my phone still have access to the Edge network?

TIA
Bob
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