Todd Allcock wrote:
>
> "News" <News@Group.name> wrote in message
> news:C-adnSWrFPTRo4LVnZ2dnUVZ_oHinZ2d@speakeasy.net...
>
>>>
>>> The only "PDA" (AT&T's website definition, certainly not mine!) with
>>> a sub-$30 data plan is the iPhone, which has it's own "iPhone" data
>>> plan. All other PDAs, REGARDLESS OF DATA SPEED, are $30 for the data
>>> add-on, (or $60 if you want tethering included.)
>>>
>>> But please- don't take my word for it- go to the AT&T wireless
>>> website, stick a Centro in the shopping cart, go to "add services"
>>> and try to find us a cheaper "2G PDA data plan," ok?
>>>
>>
>> My hw6515 operates on a $19.99/month unlimited data plan.
>
>
> I assume you are using MEdia Net rather than a PDA plan, though,
> correct? That's a plan for "dumbphones" that isn't really hard to
> "trick" AT&T into letting you have. I do the same on T-Mobile, with a
> $5.99 "WAP" plan instead of their $20 PDA plan. Like AT&T, T-Mo seems
> ok with it as long as you don't call attention to yourself by using "too
> much" of your unlimited data.
>
> Arguably, you could use that same $20 plan on a brand-new 3G PDA as
> well, as long as you "stay under the radar." HowardForums are full of
> posters who've done just that. Usually it involves sticking your SIM in
> a non-PDA phone, and then signing up for the unlimited MEdia Net plan,
> then putting the SIM in your PDA and conveniently forgetting to tell
> AT&T you've changed phones. In your case, you'd probably get away with
> it even more easily since you already have the data plan, and could
> simply buy a 3G model and slip your SIM in. That's how I did it with
> T-Mo- I've had the same data plan add-on for four or five years over
> three or four phones. When I switched from my last "dumbphone" to my
> T-Mobile MDA, I simply moved the SIM to the MDA, and never changed plans.
>
> I was going to mention some of this in my reply to Ron, but I felt that
> "tricking" AT&T into lower priced plans was beyond the scope of the
> argument, because it isn't really 2G or 3G related- 3G PDA owners can
> play the same tricks as 2G PDA owners do into gaming the system, so,
> IMO, it's a moot point.
>


Absolutely no trickery or misrepresentation involved or required.

The $19.99/month "Smart Phone Connect" is an AT&T retail offered PDA
email/data/network access plan.