AT&T to Offer Free Wi-Fi to Windows Mobile Phones
It is hardly free!
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Kryger said:
all carriers require data plans for smartphones. and if the phone didnt have wifi before then it would be considered free cause wifi doesnt come with ur data plans.
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No all carriers do not require data plans for smart phones. Sprint requires the data plan for the palm pre because the phone literally can not operate with out it, but with that exception sprint does not require you to have a data plan.
In regards to the rest of your message it was to incoherent to understand. What ever it was i am sure it did nothing to address my original assertion. that giving free wifi to a phone with data plan is pointless.
Whether or not the company requires a data plan or not is irrelevant. WiFi is simply an additional technology that expands the capacity of a device to access data at minimal cost to the carrier. The fact is that no carrier has 100% coverage and typical WiFi speeds are as fast or faster than the vast majority of currently deployed wireless data services, so it is far from pointless.
Does Sprint provide hotspot access to customers who have a voice only plan?
I would love to use free Sprint wifi. can you provide actual details? thanks
There are a few airports that do have unlimited free wifi but its hampered by site blocking, and its not that Sprint is doing it for free its the airport paying for the internet service and then giving it to you for free. Hotels do the same thing you can't get on P2P services in an airport or hotel.
the other part i was talking about which idk how u for incoherent was u dont need a data plan to use wifi so wifi would be considered free if your phone didnt have it before.
your phone doesnt have it and at&t adds it for free = free wifi.
well at least my neighbors is 🤣
I have an app on my Nokia N95 that lets me use the WiFi as a wireless router and I use my laptop! That's @ my apt, on the go I use my N95 for web browsing.
with ATT you have sim cards but the wifi is still free unactivated. it just sounds good to offer something for free wheather the customer knows better or not.
P.S. The Pre and the Instinct (m800 and s30) require data on a sprint plan. blackberry and htc snap and some other htc phones require it NOW if you activate it NEW but if you had an old plan before you can extend current plan if you are UPGRADEING
hope that clears up some of the arguing
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