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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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