BlackBerry 8700
8700c on cingular with data plan question?
I want to get an 8700c but not use the 45.00/month data plan or any of the date plans that cingular says the pda phones need.
I currently have the 19.99 mediaworks package that includes inet and text msg. I have used a treo 650(locked to cingular), an unlocked 8125(before cingular released their version), and am now currently using a p910a. Cingular says I cant get on the inet without the data plan on a PDA phone which I have done before...so my question is can i get on the inet with a 8700c using my mediaworks package and if so, do i get charged extra?
I currently have the 19.99 mediaworks package that includes inet and text msg. I have used a treo 650(locked to cingular), an unlocked 8125(before cingular released their version), and am now currently using a p910a. Cingular says I cant get on the inet without the data plan on a PDA phone which I have done before...so my question is can i get on the inet with a 8700c using my mediaworks package and if so, do i get charged extra?
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You probably will be charged - the package for the Blackberry data includes isp data, which isn't the same as the Medianet data. It also includes unlimited data, the MediaWorks package is only 5mb - depending on your browsing habits, 5mb goes very quick. However, ususally, the Blackberries require the specific BB data provisioning to function at all. Even if the 8700 does work, it MAY still charge you for data, since it's not using Medianet, it's using blackberry.net, a slightly different form of mobile data.
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