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What is it that triggers AT&T's "SmartPhone* data plan requirement?
I am a happy AT&T customer with the *cheapest* of cheap plans: strictly pay by the minute as I go. There are simply no data in the plan. My wife has the same plan on an older "flip phone" with a display roughly the size of a postage stamp; however, it will (sort of) access the web. There is an email application on the phone; however, this always returns "Communication Error #20" which I attribute to not having any data.
Is it possible to activate the email application for text only? The phone's plan obviously has a rudimentary data stream. Possibly I haven't configured the server? (We have att.net email and the phone is a Z222)
I'm not trying to use data for free and I won't be able to receive attachments... can I receive plain text email?
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sandblaster
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8 years ago
It does not matter whether you download attachments or not. To get email, you need a data connection which in turn means you need a data plan.
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formerlyknownas
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8 years ago
If you have a pay per use plan, you would have to add a data package, or activate it on the account as it may be blocked to prevent charges.
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Busternutt
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8 years ago
Texts don't need a data plan as they use cellular service. Email does use data. Sounds like your plan would be a charge for each text you send. That is how the older plans worked.
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swsmith
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8 years ago
Oh, well... you can usually find a wireless *somewhere* and, if you can't, you probably don't have a cell tower, either.
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