Originally Posted by escog
The best thing about this is that I only use up my minutes for the connection - I don't have a data plan, so this doesn't cost me anything extra. With free nights and weekends on Verizon, I can connect as long as I like during these free periods.
I was under the impression that in order to use your mobile phone for Internet connectivity, you have to sign up for your provider's network plan (in addition to a voice plan). Is this not the case?
Is an anternative to signup with a nationwide dialup ISP (e.g., AOL) and then use the phone to connect, thus circumventing the wireless carrier's "network plan"? Any serious disadvantages to this?