[shifuimam]

So I stumbled upon a thread on another Mac forum in which several people attempted to insist that an Enterprise Data Plan ($45/mo instead of $30/mo) is mandatory to use Exchange with your iPhone, and that using Exchange on a Personal Data Plan is an explicit violation of the T&C.

So, being the pwner that I am, I went and downloaded AT&T's 13-page Data Plan Terms & Conditions...and saw nothing stipulating that an Enterprise Data Plan was required for Exchange.

Has anyone heard anything about this? Are we all technically violating our service agreements by using Exchange on the $30/mo data plan?

[mduell]

What's your real question here? If you bought the personal plan and AT&T either forced an upgrade to the enterprise plan or disabled Exchange support would you take them to court over it?

All the ToS says is:
ENTERPRISE EMAIL
Eligible data plan ... required.

But of course the website says:
Data Plan for iPhone $30
When using iPhone for access to personal email, web browsing, or consumer applications such as games.

Enterprise Data Plan for iPhone $45
When using iPhone to access corporate email, company intranet sites, and/or other business solutions/applications.

[msuper69]

It's no big deal.

Just setup the Exhange account and enjoy.

No need for the Business data plan.

[shifuimam]

I'm just curious as to whether or not it's considered a TOS violation to use Exchange with an iPhone on a Personal Data Plan. The people defending this stance were vehement that you were breaking your TOS by using the Exchange functionality without an Enterprise Data Plan...so I'm just interested to find out if this is accurate at all.

[tooki]

You could be using Exchange email for personal purposes... right?

[shifuimam]

Actually, yeah. There's some service my friend used for awhile with his WinMo phone that provides a free exchange email that's only accessible by phone (no Outlook or web support).

I'm pretty sure these people are full of crap, though.