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Hoow can I avoid data fees when abroad on my iPhone?
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| nickravo@gmail.com 2007-08-30, 4:33 am |
| Am I still charged whenever I simply roam looking for a provider? I
just want to use the calender and iPod and Note sfucntionw heile
abroad as the fees to get e-mail and calls are gigantic. Anyway around
this other than shutting the phone off. Or will simply not making
calls or getting e-mails do the trick.
Why am I charged data fees foe WiFi e-mail anyway?
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| In article <1188440415.294507.283160@e9g2000prf.googlegroups.com>,
"nickravo@gmail.com" <nickravo@gmail.com> wrote:
> Am I still charged whenever I simply roam looking for a provider? I
> just want to use the calender and iPod and Note sfucntionw heile
> abroad as the fees to get e-mail and calls are gigantic. Anyway around
> this other than shutting the phone off. Or will simply not making
> calls or getting e-mails do the trick.
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> Why am I charged data fees foe WiFi e-mail anyway?
WiFi is not charged to ATT. Data though ATT server is.
get email off web at place with free WiFi.
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| nickravo@gmail.com 2007-08-30, 4:33 am |
| On Aug 30, 12:26 pm, Kurt <labol...@spacegmail.com> wrote:
> In article <1188440415.294507.283...@e9g2000prf.googlegroups.com>,
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> "nickr...@gmail.com" <nickr...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> WiFi is not charged to ATT. Data though ATT server is.
> get email off web at place with free WiFi.
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When I use the e-mail function on my iPhone it automatically gets it
through the ATT server, even when I have free wifi at home! Can this
be true? I am getting killed on data charges. Never seen such a thing
before!
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| Todd Allcock 2007-08-30, 4:33 am |
| At 30 Aug 2007 04:55:26 +0000 nickravo@gmail.com wrote:
> When I use the e-mail function on my iPhone it automatically gets it
> through the ATT server, even when I have free wifi at home! Can this
> be true?
Sure, if you don't configure the phone to use Wi-Fi. (Don't ask me
how- I don't use an iPhone.)
Most likely since Apple and AT&T assumed that everyone with an iPhone
would be on a contract plan with unlimited data, they set the unit to
pull all e-mail through the cell network (I'll also wager that it's
necessary for visual voicemail to work, since that essentially just
"push" e-mail.)
You just need to figure out how to force the e-mail client o use Wi-
Fi only.
> I am getting killed on data charges. Never seen such a thing
> before!
I have my Windows Mobile phone set to pull all e-mail via cellular
(for complicated reasons revolving around T-Mobile's use of a proxy
server for internet access, I have to choose either Wi-Fi or cellular
for e-mail. Fallback from one to the other doesn't work on my data
plan.) Since I have an unlimited data plan it's not an issue for
me, thankfully.
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"I don't need my cell phone to play video games or take pictures
or double as a Walkie-Talkie; I just need it to work. Thanks for
all the bells and whistles, but I could communicate better with
ACTUAL bells and whistles." -Bill Maher 9/25/2003
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| George Kerby 2007-08-30, 7:33 am |
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On 8/29/07 11:55 PM, in article
1188449726.413067.55680@r23g2000prd.googlegroups.com, "nickravo@gmail.com"
<nickravo@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Aug 30, 12:26 pm, Kurt <labol...@spacegmail.com> wrote:
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> When I use the e-mail function on my iPhone it automatically gets it
> through the ATT server, even when I have free wifi at home! Can this
> be true? I am getting killed on data charges. Never seen such a thing
> before!
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Menu>Settings>WiFi>Wi-Fi switch to *ON*, choose your network, set *ON* "Ask
to Join Network"
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| In article <1188449726.413067.55680@r23g2000prd.googlegroups.com>,
"nickravo@gmail.com" <nickravo@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Aug 30, 12:26 pm, Kurt <labol...@spacegmail.com> wrote:
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> When I use the e-mail function on my iPhone it automatically gets it
> through the ATT server, even when I have free wifi at home! Can this
> be true? I am getting killed on data charges. Never seen such a thing
> before!
How are you getting killed for data, it's only $20 a month unlimited?
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| Todd Allcock 2007-08-30, 3:33 pm |
| At 30 Aug 2007 07:50:52 -0700 Kurt wrote:
> How are you getting killed for data, it's only $20 a month
unlimited?
I assume the OP selected prepaid service with the fake SSN "hack" and
is paying $10/MB.
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"I don't need my cell phone to play video games or take pictures
or double as a Walkie-Talkie; I just need it to work. Thanks for
all the bells and whistles, but I could communicate better with
ACTUAL bells and whistles." -Bill Maher 9/25/2003
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| karlkrandall@sbcglobal.net 2007-08-30, 10:33 pm |
| On Thu, 30 Aug 2007 13:17:26 -0600, Todd Allcock
< elecconnec@AmericaOn
Line.com> wrote:
>At 30 Aug 2007 07:50:52 -0700 Kurt wrote:
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>unlimited?
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>I assume the OP selected prepaid service with the fake SSN "hack" and
>is paying $10/MB.
No the OP said "Overseas" so its roaming charges.
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| Todd Allcock 2007-08-30, 10:33 pm |
| At 30 Aug 2007 15:49:46 -0500 karlkrandall@sbcglob
al.net wrote:
> No the OP said "Overseas" so its roaming charges.
On reflection, you're probably right. I read it as he was going to
go overseas and was trying to fix something before he left, but after
reading the original post again, I think you're right and he's
already there.
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"I don't need my cell phone to play video games or take pictures
or double as a Walkie-Talkie; I just need it to work. Thanks for
all the bells and whistles, but I could communicate better with
ACTUAL bells and whistles." -Bill Maher 9/25/2003
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