iPhone data and tethering can cost you only $15 per month

6. PhoneArena Team posted on 14 Jul 2009, 10:45 0 0

That's not the case. The only time that AT&T can change the plan back to the $30 one is if you call them up or go into a store and provide them the IMEI of the device. Although it shows online that you are using an iPhone, it will continue to charge only the $15 unlimited data plan. We've confirmed this.

11. Quemical posted on 14 Jul 2009, 15:31 0 0

They cant change your data plan without your consent............right. Except for the part about violating the terms of service which in turn allows them to change it back. I agree with comment 9 azphonegeek, what was the point of this??? This site is about the farthest from an informative tech-savvy hackery blog as you can get.

17. jesushcop posted on 14 Jul 2009, 18:02 0 0

That is incorrect. AT&T can and will update the data package without your consent. If you were to call customer care they would add the feature and tell you that due to your terms and conditions you are required to have it. They also do system sweeps which send you a text stating that they are adding the feature. Simple as that. When you activated the line you agreed to the terms and conditions. You sold your soul.

18. Quemical posted on 14 Jul 2009, 18:15 0 0

Exactly, Pa didnt know what they are talking about? Suprise suprise.

20. ruggedruffian posted on 14 Jul 2009, 19:49 0 0

Dude how have you confirmed it? Read a real reputable site likewww.howardforums.com and you will see that the forums (both AT&T and Apple subforums) are filled with people who have TRIED this. This is old news because the 3G iPhone was out in 2008. People have tried this and AT&T WILL check you. If you read the Terms of the iPhone contract, you NEED the iPhone $30 plan. You got lucky and got a CSR dumb enough to follow through and cancel it. They should NOT do it. Ok, let's say you get through this part. AT&T performs sweeps based on IMEI or whatever and will see that you are using an iPhone on their $15 plan and you WILL get a text. Dozens of threads on MacForums, MacRumors, iLounge, HowardForums detail this and you will get screwed. AT&T has the right to cancel or modify your plan. I'm not saying this won't work 100%, but it has a high failure percentage. This isn't free cone day @ Ben & Jerrys. This is cheating the terms of the contract and hoping it will work. I have no shame and if this had a 95% success rate I would do it, but given that you can get caught and it's not worth it, at least get the fact straights. A HUGE thumbsdown to the Phone Arena team for discovering something a year late and jumping on it without a full investigation. Booo. False information ruins other people.

21. vasser7 posted on 14 Jul 2009, 20:24 0 0

So the people who got checked by ATT doing this, did ATT cancel their contract or just changed everything back to normal??

22. jovel16 posted on 14 Jul 2009, 21:59 0 0

I actually had a Samsung Eternity that I used 6 months ago and also paid for the $15 data plan for it...and then borrowed my dad's HTC tilt a few months after. I was never charged for the usual smart phone data plan for $30. But I kept on switching back and forth between the two phones. And to this day.....I've never got that text saying they are changing something.

7. PhoneArena Team posted on 14 Jul 2009, 10:49 0 0

Nope, it's no longer available once we switched to the $15 unlimited data plan. It would only be available if the $30 iPhone data plan is associated with the account. So you have to manually retrieve messages the old fashion way.

31. PapaJay224 posted on 15 Jul 2009, 11:04 0 0

in other words its 45 dollars right? data plan for the phone 15 for tether? Sounds right to me....But I agree upstairs we arent buying iPhones here whats the relevancy of the article?

15. theman10 posted on 14 Jul 2009, 16:56 0 0

It's I couldn't care less. If you say I could care less, then you care and it defeats the purpose of what you are saying. Think about and save us all from being retarded

19. sinfulta posted on 14 Jul 2009, 19:20 0 0

If you read that again. I said that because I DO care about a portion of it which is the MMS portion. (Thus, why I said about most of which was mentioned) Maybe you should take your own advice.

26. E.N. posted on 15 Jul 2009, 00:28 0 0

Theman10 is right and you might be a little confused (but that's okay because almost everyone makes this error). You meant to say that you couldn't care less about most of the stuff that was mentioned (excluding MMS), which would mean that on a scale of 0-10 of how much you care about most of the stuff mentioned, the score would be a "0" therefore you couldn't care less than zero (zero is the lowest level of caring). In another words, your level of caring for the stuff other than MMS is so low that it couldn't get any lower. that's what theman10 was trying to say (even though he was being just a little rude). If you say you could care less, then that means that your level of caring could be something like a "5," which means that you could care less. That means that you do care about it somewhat. You could be really excited and still make sense when you say that you could care less. If you won $100 and you say you couldn't care less, that means you don't care one bit. If you say that you could care less, then that means you care about it somewhat and that it is possible of caring less. And that's our lesson for day phonearena members. Come back again next year.

32. PapaJay224 posted on 15 Jul 2009, 11:06 0 0

thanks TEACH! Go grade someone elses paper...I hate you grammer happy junkies coming into forums thinking you sound smart...if your not going to talk about the topic dont post...its not like they can come back and correct what they posted...Was that a fragment? oh i dont know...WHO CARES!!!!!!

34. E.N. posted on 15 Jul 2009, 14:35 0 0

You're welcome. And I didn't correct his grammar. His grammar is fine. And I wasn't trying to sound smart. I guess it just came out that way. I was just trying to help sinfulta understand what theman was saying. Sorry if I made you feel stupid