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.
-id 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? >> >> D >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://n2.nabble.com/Which-AT-T-data-plans-are-compatible--tp640134p640134.html >> Sent from the Openmoko Community mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Openmoko community mailing list >> community@lists.openmoko.org >> http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community >> > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community