AT&T Will Force Your Data Plan For Your Unlocked Out-of-Contract "Smart" Phone

Re:AT&T Will Force Your Data Plan For Your Unlocked Out-of-C... by padmanabhan01 on Sunday February 03, 2013 @12:04AM (#5158709)

Before you get a chance to go to settings app and turn off mobile data, the OS probably already made 10 data requests to check 20 settings. It is data call. Whether the telco should count that as data and charge for it is a different question.

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Re:AT&T Will Force Your Data Plan For Your Unlocked Out-of-C... by coopdog on Sunday February 03, 2013 @12:11AM (#5158721)

So.. change the setting before you put the sim in?

And if they don't have data in the plan the carrier by default just doesn't forward the packets

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Re:AT&T Will Force Your Data Plan For Your Unlocked Out-of-C... by r00fus on Sunday February 03, 2013 @01:37AM (#5158906)

Ah, but why do that when you can just charge usurious rates for those who don't have the "benefit" of a data plan?

AT&T (and most of the wireless industry) are merely toll-gate operators - they are very good at making sure you pay for any usage - even the usage you didn't want to make (ie, receiving an MMS on your non-data flip phone that you didn't intend - sorry, that's $2).

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Re:AT&T Will Force Your Data Plan For Your Unlocked Out-of-C... by padmanabhan01 on Sunday February 03, 2013 @12:19AM (#5158744)

That must be possible I guess

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Re:AT&T Will Force Your Data Plan For Your Unlocked Out-of-C... by andrewflnr on Sunday February 03, 2013 @12:39PM (#5160330)

The first thing I did with my galaxy nexus was turn off mobile data, and I haven't turned it back on since. It's not that hard.

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Re:AT&T Will Force Your Data Plan For Your Unlocked Out-of-C... by ewbuoi on Sunday February 03, 2013 @12:19PM (#5160250)

So? It's not necessary. It's not like your phone wont work without service.

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