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Edge v Wifi - $$$
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Dedicated MacNNer
Join Date: Jan 2004
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Simple question (already did a search)
Wifi is free (when you can access it)
Edge ises ATT network and costs (uses minutes)
Yes?
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Clinically Insane
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Wrong. Edge is unlimited on AT&T's plans (unlimited data).
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"The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground." TJ
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Thanks,
Then what is the story with a man going to Europe and being hit with insane roaming charges primarily for accessing the internet/email?
Or is this myth?
Thanks
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If the person in Europe is accessing the internet and email over a European wireless phone network, then they are neither using a free wifi hot spot, nor using AT&T's native network. They will be charged roaming fees. Data roaming is roaming. Just because they may never make or receive a voice/text call doesn't mean they were not data roaming.
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Clinically Insane
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Yup. Doesn't the newest firmware let you turn Edge off completely?
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"The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground." TJ
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Join Date: Feb 2001
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yes, but only while roaming.
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Join Date: Nov 2001
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I just set up an iPhone in Germany (imported, jailbreaked, and using anySIM) on the O2 network. First thing ... this phone is simply amazing ... I don't care if I end up stuck with firmware 1.0.2 for the life of the phone! Also saved a fortune: paid 310 Euro, instead of 399 Euro (which it will be here, when it arrives), and bi-pass the costly monthly subscription. Yeah 
Back on topic: because I don't have a flat data rate for EDGE/GPRS, one has to be careful: otherwise, as soon as you're away from WiFi, it will automatically connect using GPRS, which costs. The easiest way to stop this is to edit the APN, simply add a few nonsense letters to the end, then it won't be able to connect until you change it back. Perhaps someone could write a cute little app to do this more elegantly, though. Hint hint.
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