Why would you sign a contract? My understanding was that the only benefit to a contract was a subsidized phone. If you're using the Neo1973, you're not going to need that crippled, subsidized phone. Then, since you're not bound by a ridiculous contract, you could switch to another provider if they tried to restrict your data usage.
-Steven On 2/27/07, Wolfgang S. Rupprecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
The part that scares me about the "Data Connect" is the wording at the top-level data page that includes the phrase "Requires usage with a Cingular Wireless PDA." http://www.cingular.com/cell-phone-service/cell-phone-plans/data-cell-phone-plans.jsp?_requestid=82997&_requestid=104169 "Data Connect Access your e-mail, corporate intranet, and the Internet while on the go by wirelessly connecting your PDA to the Internet. Requires usage with a Cingular Wireless PDA. Service is not available at all times in all places. View Map and Coverage Limitations. View all 4 Data Connect Cingular Plans" I'm a bit worried that they will accept the 2-contract only to turn around after a few weeks and point out that this plan only allows me to use a Cingular PDA. The "Smartphone Connect" only talks about "browsing the internet". That has the potential liability that they only allow a proxied port-80/tcp connection and nothing else. Perhaps I'm reading too much into it, but I recall the same thing happened with cable internet service. "Running a server" initially just meant running a server that was serving lots of people. Before the year was over it came to mean running your own sendmail which only accepted mail for yourself. -wolfgang Steven ** writes: > Seems like you'd want either the "Data Connect" plan > (http://www.cingular.com/cell-phone-service//cell-phone-plans/data-connect-plans.jsp) > or the "Smartphone Connect" plan > (http://www.cingular.com/cell-phone-service//cell-phone-plans/smartphone-connect-plans.jsp). > I'd go with the "Smartphone Connect" unlimited for $20. -- Wolfgang S. Rupprecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.wsrcc.com/wolfgang/ sip:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ISN: 6001*308
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