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Originally Posted by CharredPC
I'm not. It's a widely held myth that even a lot of T-Mobile reps believe, but NOT reality.
I bought my Bold 9700 at a third party T-Mobile affiliate store. They explained that a $14.99 or above service was required, not necessarily a data plan. I chose the unlimited text option, knowing I'd be doing all my data usage at home, where I have wifi. This has worked out great, and saved me a bit on my monthly bill.
After I had the phone for a week, my wife fell in love with it... so I got her one. This time, I went directly to an actual T-Mobile store (an hour and a half away... long story, no one stocks the 9700's around here!). When I explained my Texting plan setup to them, they'd never heard of it before- pretty much stating what you are, dc/dc. However, they called customer service themselves and found out that it's true; a data plan is NOT required. I left the store with my wife's new 9700, adding only another $14.99 unlimited texting to her line- NOT a data plan.
Of course, within minutes of getting the phone, my wife had to have the data plan so Facebook would work  One phone call and sixty minutes later, she was happily posting updates while I drove... The point is, even if it's not widely known, I'm not spreading lies. My T-Mobile 9700 has no data plan; I'm okay with it and so is T-Mobile. Sorry if anyone else is irritated by it  |
If they're like any other carrier, such as AT&T, and do sweeps of what devices are on their network, they could add the data plan to your account seeing that you have a BlackBerry. AT&T does this and I wouldn't be surprised if T-Mobile does as well.