Do I Need a Data Plan?
Tuesday December 23, 2008
FAQ - A reader has sent in the following question - "Recently my cell phone provider informed me that sending data over the network without purchasing a data package is illegal, and if caught, I could receive some sort of penalty from the FCC, as well as a huge bill from the provider for all the data I've ever transmitted over the network...To connect to the internet, I used the phone as a modem, and dialed into my ISP from home."
Before you connect your cell phone to act as a modem, get a data plan first so that you don't get any nasty surprises down the road. I've read stories of people getting bills for thousands of dollars because they used their cell phone as modem with a data plan.
Before you connect your cell phone to act as a modem, get a data plan first so that you don't get any nasty surprises down the road. I've read stories of people getting bills for thousands of dollars because they used their cell phone as modem with a data plan.