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[eklisiewicz]

Hello, I have some questions about my data plan. See the link below:

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It says that I have Blackberry Unlimited Data. What does this mean exactly? Is there a cap on data usage for standalone programs such as Slacker or Pandora that are not going through a web browser?

What about downloads via web pages, such as dl'ing themes from pimpmyberry or this web site?

Hopefully, I have posted this to the right place.

[ksboy21]

Originally Posted by li2327

If you use the im messengers that come installed on the 8900 they use data only not text . I've had tmobile and the 400 plan for years and I know for a fact that they are data only. I send and receive around 500 ims a day and only use around 30 txts a month .

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Or you guys could wisen up, and move to SPRINT.. the ONLY wireless carrier that doesn't charge extra for Blackberry Internet Service, Txt messages, or the like.

You get UNLIMITED data, UNLIMITED Txt.. and pay $0.00

[BluCheze]

so the 400 is text only? so what if you use a yahoo mail account is that going against your 400 texxt?

[aj_houser]

Just confirmed this yesterday. BIS does not count towards the 400 messages. Three different people told me it is an error on the website. In addition if you go to T-mobile.com and read about BIS emails it will tell you there they do not count towards your total. As far as im's go I use yahoo, and it goes against data, and I was told by t-mobile that if the im program is provided by blackberry on their website than those also just work on data. Have not confirmed that though.

[sabt]

Originally Posted by AZN.M3NACE

I'm on a family plan with unlimited texting and I pay 20.00 for my bb plan, and yes IMing does count as texting. Emailing is through the data plan.

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Let's refrain from posting false information. Instant messaging does NOT count as texting. That's N-O-T. It does NOT count as texting. Instant messaging uses the internet, i.e., the BIS data plan...

[sabt]

Originally Posted by BluCheze

so the 400 is text only? so what if you use a yahoo mail account is that going against your 400 texxt?

1. Yes.
2. No.

[hubermania]

Originally Posted by aj_houser

Just confirmed this yesterday. BIS does not count towards the 400 messages. Three different people told me it is an error on the website. In addition if you go to T-mobile.com and read about BIS emails it will tell you there they do not count towards your total. As far as im's go I use yahoo, and it goes against data, and I was told by t-mobile that if the im program is provided by blackberry on their website than those also just work on data. Have not confirmed that though.

If somebody sends an e-mail to your 1234567890@tmomail.net address, it is converted and sent to your phone as an SMS and will count toward the 400 SMS/MMS messages. If you reply to that SMS, the reply is sent from your phone as an SMS and will count toward the 400 SMS/MMS messages.

E-mails to/from your BIS email addresses pass through your BIS data plan and will never count toward the 400 SMS/MMS messages.

"So what I told you was true, from a certain point of view." - Obi Wan Kenobi

[aj_houser]

Originally Posted by hubermania

If somebody sends an e-mail to your 1234567890@tmomail.net address, it is converted and sent to your phone as an SMS and will count toward the 400 SMS/MMS messages. If you reply to that SMS, the reply is sent from your phone as an SMS and will count toward the 400 SMS/MMS messages.

E-mails to/from your BIS email addresses pass through your BIS data plan and will never count toward the 400 SMS/MMS messages.

"So what I told you was true, from a certain point of view." - Obi Wan Kenobi

Confused so somebody out there actually uses the T-mobile email address!!!

[hubermania]

Originally Posted by aj_houser

Confused so somebody out there actually uses the T-mobile email address!!!

'twas me.

I started scratching my head when earlier posts stated email is BIS not messages. For months I'd thought the unlimited web didn't include any email, and I thought the unlimited web + 400 only included 400 e-mails. What good is a BB without unlimited email?

Last night I had an "aha!" (or "duh!") moment when I finally realized the T-Mo plans are talking about phonenumber@tmomail.net e-mail which is actually e-mail access to SMS messaging. Five seconds later I was on the T-Mo website choosing a cheaper data plan.

Today I checked my messaging usage. The only messaging charges were SMS messages that I sent and received plus one notification that was sent to my phonenumber@tmomail.net address. Five seconds later I was on the web changing those notifications to use my BIS email.

[Ransz28]

Originally Posted by Dabbill

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That is the plan I have and recommended if your use a lot of data / messages. Also with t-mobile you don't have an extra fee to use your berry as a tethered modem. Also you don't have a 5gig monthly cap to use your berry as a tethered modem.

In regards to tethered modem....do you need the BB web plan or will a voice only plan still allow you to tether?

[hubermania]

Yes, you need a data plan before you can tether your laptop to your phone's data connection. Either the Unlimited Web or the Unlimited Web + 400 SMS plan. Web=BIS=data

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