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Originally Posted by jaymacwade
I just spoke with someone at T-Mobile Customer care, and everyone insists that WiFi won't work at all without a data plan.
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Define 'not work,' please. If all you need is access to your own WiFi you do have it: just configure blackberry WiFi connection to your router and it should connect.
As a verification, check WiFi router logs: it should show device connected. Check Options/Status on your device and you should see IP address, from the range your wireless router allocates.
That means, your device did get TCP/IP connectivity to the router. Feel free to use WiFi.
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HOW DO THEY GET AWAY WITH EXTORTION LIKE THAT ?!?!?!?!
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They may not have had clear understanding of how blackberry works. You have gaps in that knowledge, too - and this is not the reason to scream at them (or at you).
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According to them, you can't even use your own WiFi network without paying them to use their GPRS network, too!
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You can. If you disable blackberry firewall you should even be able to ping device from inside your network, I think. In any case, your WiFi network can be used.
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All I want to do is use my own (or other available) WiFi network to send and receive email and browse the web (and avoid carrying a separate phone). I did not realize when I bought the Curve that it was crippled!
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For this you have two options: use RIM services and pay for services, or find third-party applications written for blackberry that use WiFi TCP/IP connection and do not use (do not pay for) RIM services.
WiFi is just a transport. It is like complaining that you moved from dial-up to broadband and still for fee Web sites do not let you in.
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If I had known then what I know now about the WiFi capabilities of the Curve, I would have saved my money and bought an iPhone!!
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There is usually 30 days return policy.
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I still hate the on-screen keyboard, but at least it doesn't require a monthly fee to allow the WiFi to work!!
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BlackBerry does require monthly fees to use RIM services. Your WiFi connectivity between device and wireless router should be working without paying monthly fees.