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Getting a data plan for a smartphone without voice and then using skype?

turpentyineturpentyine Registered User regular
edited June 2009 in Help / Advice Forum
Is it possible to get a data plan only for a smartphone. Not have a voice plan at all and then just use skype for phone calls?
Thanks.

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  • NorthGuardNorthGuard Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    I don't know where you are, but I know you can't do that in Canada. All mobile service providers here require a basic voice package that the data plan must be added to. I imagine it's much the same in the US.

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  • FatsFats Corvallis, ORRegistered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Not unless you're deaf. It sucks, I'd like a voice-less plan too.

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  • exoplasmexoplasm Gainfully Employed Near Blizzard HQRegistered User regular
    edited June 2009
    If you could get a data plan only and use skype they would charge you about 100x as much as the voice plan because cellular data is expensive.

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  • JAEFJAEF Unstoppably Bald Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    T-Mobile has them.

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    You could also get one of these suckers from Verizon. $60 a month for a pocketable wifi hotspot with a 5GB limit. If you're using it all day for the phone you're probably going to need to charge it 2-3 times per day or leave it plugged in at your desk, that sort of thing. But you can have up to 5 devices connected and using data at once.

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