Re: iPhones now get free AT&T WiFi On Sun, 04 May 2008 13:20:09 -0600, Todd Allcock
<elecconnec@AmericaOnLine.com> wrote:
>At 04 May 2008 10:29:57 +0000 Ron wrote:
>
>> WiFi is usually free, and is widely available, as those of us who use
>> it know.
>
>available.
>
>> EDGE/GPRS is not free, and it remains to be seen what AT&T will
>> charge for data plans for 3G iPhones, it typically charges $40/month
>> for 3G Smart Phone data planes, and the Edge iPhone has already
>> demonstrated the burden it puts on data infrastructure.
>
>Historically AT&T doesn't price plans based on speed. Data for PDAs and
>smartphones is what it is regardless of whether the phone is 2G or 3G.
Don't know where you make that up from.
3G PDAs are required to get the $40 plan, EDGE ones not. |