Re: [NTLK] [OT] Re: iPhone

From: L.W. Brown <lwb_at_mac.com>
Date: Fri Jul 06 2007 - 00:14:48 EDT

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On Thursday, July 05, 2007, at 02:31PM, "Martin Joseph" <NT@stillnewt.org> wrote:
>
>On Jul 5, 2007, at 7:28 AM, Thomas Brand (T2) wrote:
>
>> As a long time T-Mobile customer I would say their best assets are
>> their customer service and flexible billing plans. Their tech support
>> was always able to help me right away and as a previous BlackBery user
>> they allowed me to pay only $30 for a unlimited data plan without
>> voice service. That is something no other carrier was able to offer
>> especially not AT&T my current carrier for my iPhone. As for T-
>> Mobile's network speed I would not say that it was anthing to write
>> home about, especially considering their lack of a 3G network. AT&T
>> has definately surprised me though with the improved speed of their
>> EDGE network. In most areas I get around 200kps.
>>
>
>T-mobile also has had the very best deal on low end data plans. My
>wife pays 4.99$ (us) for unlimited internet access via her handset,
>which we can also tether via Bluetooth to her macbook. Pretty killer
>deal.
>
>Marty
>
>PS They have gone through periods of port blocking that make the
>above great data service stop working. I have been able to
>circumvent them by running a proxy on ports that remain open (ie
>110/465 etc.)
>
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