On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 02:05:53PM -0700, ian douglas wrote: > Just don't try tethering (using your phone as a modem) on their cheap > data plan, or they'll hit you with "overage" fees or tell you to convert > to the smarthphone plan. >
Is there a specific limit? How do they *know* you are tethering? What are the overage fees and where are they detailed? Thanks. > > > Steven ** wrote: > > My understanding is that it's marketing BS and there isn't much (if > > any) difference between those unlimited data plans. The difference > > seems to be what AT&T is willing to sell you. If you have a crappy > > old phone, they'll sell you a cheap data plan because they figure you > > won't use it. If you have a smartphone, they figure you might > > actually be able to and want to browse the web and therefore charge > > you more. > > > > What I'm thinking of trying is taking my old, crappy flip-phone into > > the store when asking about data plans. That should get me the cheap > > plan. Then just pop the SIM card back into my Neo. I'm betting I'll > > have full internet. Worst case scenario: I'll have to tunnel > > everything through port 80. > > > > -Steven > > > > On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 10:55 AM, Dimitri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I've set up an ATT pay-as-you-go plan, and I'm able to send/receive calls > >> and > >> text messages. > >> > >> (I had to wiggle the sim card for the phone to recognize the att network: a > >> hardware flaw that's been discussed to death.) > >> > >> Which ATT data plans are compatible with the Freerunner? > >> > >> There's a ton of them available, with radically different pricing for > >> "unlimited". > >> > >> I see names like "PDA Personal", "MediaNet", "DataConnect", and a bunch of > >> others. > >> > >> Which ATT data access plans are compatible with Openmoko? > >> _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community