[ale] Moving my Wife/Kids phones into the 20th Century

[John Pilman]

I have to issue a retraction.  I checked with my brother who was using his
iPhone without a data plan. He said he got caught by AT&T and had to quit
using the phone.

...John
On Apr 22, 2013 9:56 PM, "James Taylor" <James.Taylor at eastcobbgroup.com>
wrote:

> BBs are a special case. All data goes through the RIM servers with them.
> Android and iPhone don't have that issues.
> -jt
>
>
> James Taylor
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> >>> Alex Carver <agcarver+ale at acarver.net> 4/22/2013   05:31 PM >>>
> This topic has me curious, too.  I'd like to see if there are any other
> stories of successfully accomplishing this.  My dad tried at one point
> by moving his AT&T SIM from a Moto Razr to my sister's old Blackberry
> (she had replaced the BB with an iPhone).  AT&T called him a week later
> and told him they noticed he was now using the BB and he'd must add a
> data plan to his existing plan or they would drop him.  He was going to
> use wifi at home and no data when out but AT&T stopped that cold.
> Granted this was several years ago but I've long considered the idea and
> haven't.  I don't want cell data, just wifi.
>
> On 4/22/2013 14:16, John Pilman wrote:
> > I can say this tactic worked for an iPhone once.  My brother walked into
> > the phone store and said he wanted the data plan removed. They said that
> > was impossible. So he bought a GO phone, moved the SIM, went back,
> switched
> > to a no data plan, walked out and moved the SIM back. I see no reason it
> > would not work on an Android.  Also, I have a Samsung Android MP3 player
> > that gets data from wifi but has no cell phone data.
> >
> > ...John
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 11:53 AM, Brian Stanaland <brian at stanaland.org
> >wrote:
> >
> >> Neal,
> >>
> >> I don't think any of them will directly sell an Android phone without a
> >> data plan. However, there's noting stopping you from getting a regular
> >> phone and putting the sim card in an android. Obviously that limits
> carrier
> >> choice though. Also, since Android expects a data connection, you might
> >> have to make sure data is not even an "on demand" option on the account.
> >>
> >> --Brian
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 11:01 AM, Neal Rhodes <neal at mnopltd.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> **
> >>> Sorry if this is turning into
> >>> alt.gripe.about.phones.just.because.android.resembles.linux, but...
> >>>
> >>> Does anyone know of a carrier that will sell an android smartphone
> >>> WITHOUT a data plan?
> >>>
> >>> Meaning, it works like a phone to call and text, and when in WIFI
> >>> coverage, it will do the groovy smartphone things.
> >>>
> >>> I've got three people here that are customers.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Mon, 2013-04-22 at 10:27 -0400, leam hall wrote:
> >>>
> >>> So this looks like it meets the recommendations. Just need to get a
> good
> >>> provider and service contract now.
> >>>
> >>> http://www.google.com/nexus/4/
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> I appreciate the collective wisdom. Too much marketing hype to really
> see
> >>> any truth to it.
> >>>
> >>> Leam
> >>>
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