[Novalug] [OT] Smartphones

Rich Goodwin rich.goodwin at cox.net
Wed Apr 2 06:33:04 EDT 2008


This is what I would have expected but wanted some empirical evidence to
back it up.  I haven't asked AT&T since I am looking at renewing my
service.

Rich

On Tue, 2008-04-01 at 19:11 -0400, Pete Nuwayser wrote:
> I don't know the answer to this, but I'm also on AT&T and did
> something kind of similar.
> 
> First, I had this:
> 
> AT&T - BlackBerry 8300c - 900 minute plan with BB Unltd Data option
> 
> Then I switched phones.  I got a motorazr v3xx, but I kept my phone
> number.  They gave me a new phone, a new SIM card, the same phone
> number and a different minutes plan, but I never cancelled the BB
> Unltd Data Plan, and hey presto I have unltd data on my motorazr
> (which is great for watching youtube or using as a modem).
> 
> What did AT&T say about it?
> 
> Pete
> 
> On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 7:02 PM, Rich Goodwin <rich.goodwin at cox.net> wrote:
> > Very off topic but I'm figuring someone will be able to answer.
> >
> >  If I have two GSM SmartPhones - one with a data plan and one without, is
> >  the data plan tied to the SIM card or the phone?  Can I swap the SIM
> >  cards and continue on??  My expectations  is, with GSM, I should be able
> >  to swap the SIMS but just want to be sure.  The carrier would be AT&T if
> >  it matters.
> >
> >  Rich
> >  --
> >
> >  GPG/PGP Key Id: 1B257AEC from pgp.mit.edu
> >
> >  Remember, all Windows machines are, by definition, fault tolerant.
> >
> >               They run Windows don't they!!
> >
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Remember, all Windows machines are, by definition, fault tolerant.

              They run Windows don't they!!
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