Hey all, Doing a little research on howardforums...looks like it's possible to get GPRS access with pre-paid on T-Mobile. At least on certain devices. I looked at the Tmobile configurator (for lack of a better term) and of course it has a fixed list of devices, but I bet that has to do with user agent profiles (at least for port 80), which can be spoofed.
I have seen similar info about Cingular/AT&T. "Again, I am PREPAID and do NOT have any data plan and this is working for me" -- http://howardforums.com/showthread.php?t=1089243&page=3&pp=15&highlight= tmobile+internet Hope this helps. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dean Collins Sent: Friday, February 16, 2007 4:09 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected] Subject: RE: openmoko and pre-paid cards > The problem is getting pre-paid GPRS access to anywhere on the net OUTSIDE > of T-Mobile's silly "T-Zones" walled garden. > Allan, do you know of any GSM carrier that offers GPRS data on prepaid plans? I've never come across it before not that I've looked for it Regards, Dean Collins Cognation Pty Ltd [EMAIL PROTECTED] +1-212-203-4357 Ph +1-917-207-3420 Mb +61-2-9016-5642 (Sydney in-dial). > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:community- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, 16 February 2007 2:47 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: openmoko and pre-paid cards > > I'm going to chime in here again on this: > > Here in the US, getting pre-paid voice service via a T-Mobile sim is no > problem exactly as Mary illustrates. > > The problem is getting pre-paid GPRS access to anywhere on the net OUTSIDE > of T-Mobile's silly "T-Zones" walled garden. > > ~90% of the amazing applications that will be written for the OpenMoko/Neo > platform will involve pulling and pushing data to and from your handset via > GPRS. > > T-Mobile or Sprint(??) must be induced to offer a prepaid GPRS service if > the OpenMoko/Neo platform is to be as fully successful as possible. > > If this prepaid GPRS access fails to materialize, has anyone done any work > on creating a working cellular voice modem that could communicate via a > personal dialup gateway at home? > > Alan McSwain > > > > Original Message: > ----------------- > From: Joe Pfeiffer [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 11:50:44 -0700 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: openmoko and pre-paid cards > > > Mary Stovel writes: > > >Cingular C139.) I asked at the Cingular store and the T-Mobile > >store... that if I brought in my own "unlocked" phone, could I get a > >SIM card without buying their phone... they said "yes". I asked if > >that applied to the prepaid plans and they said "yes". > > My experience here was almost the same as yours -- the difference > being that all the plans I saw had a bottom-end phone that they'd give > you for "free" (in quotes since the plan subsidizes the phone). They > told me I couldn't get an additional discount for not taking any phone > at all. > > _______________________________________________ > OpenMoko community mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > mail2web.com - Microsoft(r) Exchange solutions from a leading provider - > http://link.mail2web.com/Business/Exchange > > > > _______________________________________________ > OpenMoko community mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community _______________________________________________ OpenMoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community NOTICE: This e-mail message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information of Motricity. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. _______________________________________________ OpenMoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
