Question about my T-mobile that hopefully somebody here can answer.

[StageLeft]

I recently changed plans and dropped my t-zones. I have a barebones 300 minutes/month plan. However, I'm able to directly surf to sites like mobile CNN (apparently I have WAP service built in with my plan). I just called customer service and she was not entirely clear with it, regardless of how I phrased my question, so I trust that somebody here would know the answer.

If I'm directly surfing to such a site, what costs would I incur? Is there a monthly limit, or could I surf to CNN, theonion, etc. as often as I liked?

Further, surely this doesn't include service that would be used if I hooked a laptop up to my cellphone (although my cell can't actually handle that, but if it could...)?

 

[isekii]

basic t-zones is free

 

[gsaldivar]

I was under the impression that simple WAP (slow) internet access is now included free with all T-mobile plans. With the free service, you should be able to go to most WAP/WML websites, except T-Zones of course...

 

[lokiju]

From what I've heard in the past, tmobile is free to surff wap sites.

 

[StageLeft]

Originally posted by: gsaldivar
I was under the impression that simple WAP (slow) internet access is now included free with all T-mobile plans.

So I could actually hook a laptop up and surf with it for free 24/7, or at least sit on cnn all day on the crapper (best place to use it) and do the same?

Makes me pissed that i kept t-zones as long as I did. I only ever used it as a portal to theonion, since I couldn't get theonion bookmarked for some reason through my generic browser.

As an aside mad props to anybody who can give me the exact URL for the mobile onion - onion is blocked at work so i can't get the URL! mobile.theonion.com I just get some error message, but I know that I had it set in my t-zones bookmarks for the longest time and it always worked 🙁

 

[psiu]

mobile.theonion.com

EDIT:

I should read the above post all the way...

that's what their site said.....and I don't have a mobile device to actually check it on.

 

[Viper GTS]

There is some WAP access built into all T-Mobile plans, but if you're able to get to CNN you still have an add on WAP SOC on your account.

You should only be able to get to T-Mobile stuff (wallpaper/ringtone downloads, etc.).

Call them back, have them verify that you have no add on T-Zones SOCs.

Or you can do it via My T-Mobile as well.

Viper GTS

 

[gsaldivar]

Originally posted by: Skoorb

Originally posted by: gsaldivar
I was under the impression that simple WAP (slow) internet access is now included free with all T-mobile plans.

So I could actually hook a laptop up and surf with it for free 24/7, or at least sit on cnn all day on the crapper (best place to use it) and do the same?

If you found a WAP webbrowser for your PC, and somehow were able to tunnel WAP requests from your PC to your phone, sure.

WAP is not HTTP, so if you want to actually use IE (or any other HTTP browser) - you'll have to either upgrade to a data plan (GPRS) or use the phone as a 9600-baud modem and dial-up to the internet.

 

[gsaldivar]

Originally posted by: Skoorb
mobile.theonion.com I just get some error message, but I know that I had it set in my t-zones bookmarks for the longest time and it always worked 🙁

That's because you're now restricted to WAP/WML-compliant websites only - if you want HTTP access, you need a data plan. Mobile.theonion.com is a stripped down version of their regular website, but it is still using HTTP - not WAP/WML.

Here are some compliant websites which you should be able to access using the free plan:

www.google.com/wml

wireless.mapquest.com/wml

xwap.edmunds.com/#home

www.bbc.co.uk/mobile/#BBCi

wap.oa.yahoo.com/#c1

palm.moviephone.com

 

[Aves]

I can get to pretty much any WAP site I want and I never see any additional costs on my bill. It's always the standard $29.99.

When I check my plan on T-Mobile's website it says I have free included WAP access.

 

[So]

I can get into my browser and onto T-Mobile's pay site, but I cannot, for the life of me figure out how to type in a URL on my E105. 😕

 

[memo]

mobile.theonion.com works for me.

 

[memo]

Originally posted by: gsaldivar

Originally posted by: Skoorb
mobile.theonion.com I just get some error message, but I know that I had it set in my t-zones bookmarks for the longest time and it always worked 🙁

That's because you're now restricted to WAP/WML-compliant websites only - if you want HTTP access, you need a data plan. Mobile.theonion.com is a stripped down version of their regular website, but it is still using HTTP - not WAP/WML.

Here are some compliant websites which you should be able to access using the free plan:

www.google.com/wml

wireless.mapquest.com/wml

xwap.edmunds.com/#home

www.bbc.co.uk/mobile/#BBCi

wap.oa.yahoo.com/#c1

palm.moviephone.com

that mapquest is good if you are in a pinch and kinda lost. way to go.

 

[So]

Can anyone answert my question? I wanna get off T-mobile's crappy site 🙁

 

[memo]

its in the menu somewhere. i dont have one in front of me. but it might be in either network services, or funbox?

 

[So]

Huzzah! Thank you. Funbox|T-zones|http://

If I had paypal, I'd give you .50, as it is :beer:😀:beer:

 

[memo]

Originally posted by: So
Huzzah! Thank you. Funbox|T-zones|http://

If I had paypal, I'd give you .50, as it is :beer:😀:beer:

way to be.