I have a Nokia 2730 that I use for testing CommCare apps. I am based in the
Boston, MA (USA) area. Up until this point I have been using the phone
off-line (without a SIM card and without network access). I am looking for
the cheapest cell phone plan to buy for my testing. I do not need a voice
plan, however, I suspect it is difficult to find a data-only plan. I know
AT&T has the GoPhone plans but they force you to buy voice minutes which
expire if not used--seems wasteful for what I am doing. Any
recommendations?
For our office's test devices usages, we used t-mobile's programs. We had a
data only, unlimited plan. This predated their 3G rollout so we suspect
that they've differentiated their offerings since then. Ballpark I think
was 30-40 a month just for data a-la carte. I think 3G phone plans are
probably comparable. Note, that we just found out that tablet devices (like
a samsung galaxy tab, or any device that Tmobile arbitrarily deems as a
non-phone device are even further separated into other data plans). For
Nokia devices though either standard phonedata plan should be fine.
The benefit of these plans is I think you could switch to month to month vs
being locked into a contract..
Hope this helps,
Dan
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On Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 6:03 PM, Stephen Lorenz wrote:
Hi all,
I have a Nokia 2730 that I use for testing CommCare apps. I am based in
the Boston, MA (USA) area. Up until this point I have been using the phone
off-line (without a SIM card and without network access). I am looking for
the cheapest cell phone plan to buy for my testing. I do not need a voice
plan, however, I suspect it is difficult to find a data-only plan. I know
AT&T has the GoPhone plans but they force you to buy voice minutes which
expire if not used--seems wasteful for what I am doing. Any
recommendations?
I would also love to know if anyone has found a go-phone like prepay
plan that works for data-only in the US. Please chime if if you've
used something like that.
-Clayton
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On Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 6:32 PM, Daniel Myung wrote:
> Hi Stephen,
> For our office's test devices usages, we used t-mobile's programs. We had a
> data only, unlimited plan. This predated their 3G rollout so we suspect
> that they've differentiated their offerings since then. Ballpark I think
> was 30-40 a month just for data a-la carte. I think 3G phone plans are
> probably comparable. Note, that we just found out that tablet devices (like
> a samsung galaxy tab, or any device that Tmobile arbitrarily deems as a
> non-phone device are even further separated into other data plans). For
> Nokia devices though either standard phonedata plan should be fine.
> looks like they added a 200 meg/month plan for $25/month.
> http://www.t-mobile.com/shop/plans/cell-phone-plans-detail.aspx?tp=tb1&rateplan=Even-More-webConnect-200-MB-Plan
> The benefit of these plans is I think you could switch to month to month vs
> being locked into a contract..
> Hope this helps,
> Dan
>
>
>
>
> On Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 6:03 PM, Stephen Lorenz wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>> I have a Nokia 2730 that I use for testing CommCare apps. I am based in
>> the Boston, MA (USA) area. Up until this point I have been using the phone
>> off-line (without a SIM card and without network access). I am looking for
>> the cheapest cell phone plan to buy for my testing. I do not need a voice
>> plan, however, I suspect it is difficult to find a data-only plan. I know
>> AT&T has the GoPhone plans but they force you to buy voice minutes which
>> expire if not used--seems wasteful for what I am doing. Any
>> recommendations?
>> Best,
>> Stephen
>