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05-10-2009, 10:28 AM
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#1 | | I don't get it
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What exactly counts as data usage? I called the Rogers Rep. a few times and they could never give me a straight answer or maybe my phone lingo just sucks..haha.
So can anyone clarify what counts and doesn't count as data usage?
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05-10-2009, 01:04 PM
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#2 | | Banned (ABWS)
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using a mobile browser, things like facebook etc. if you are worried about data charges, just call rogers and tell them to block data for you.
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05-10-2009, 05:24 PM
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#3 | | I don't get it
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So if I connect to the net on my wifi and browse the web, check my mail and such does that still count towards data usage?
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05-10-2009, 05:50 PM
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#4 | | HELP ME PLS!!!
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Originally Posted by Shorty20  So if I connect to the net on my wifi and browse the web, check my mail and such does that still count towards data usage? | Nope.
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05-10-2009, 08:08 PM
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#5 | | Willing to sell a family member for a few minutes on RS
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Originally Posted by Shorty20 So if I connect to the net on my wifi and browse the web, check my mail and such does that still count towards data usage? | anything wifi related does not use data
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05-11-2009, 12:57 AM
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#6 | | I STILL don't get it
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what uses data then?
im getting an unlocked smartphone but im not sure if using the gps system or the web to browse facebook/twitter will take up the data usage thing?
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05-11-2009, 02:25 AM
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#7 | | Cool beans bro
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Data usage means using the phones radio to send/receive information from the web. So if you're on the go downtown or w/e and you need to find something online through your phone, its going to be using data. But say you found a Wifi signal, it wont count since it'll be using the wifi radio to send and receive data through a local network connection. Depending on the phone, you might have to use data to access the GPS capabilities. Symbian phones like the Nokia E71 have the option of using JUST the integrated GPS reciever to find sattelites, albeit slower lockons. Blackberrys and most of the other smartphones need data to access the GPS setups even though they have integrated GPS recievers as well.
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05-24-2009, 03:12 PM
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#8 | | I STILL don't get it
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ok so i just called fido and told them i want them to block the data and she asks me what phone do i use. i told her ill be using the htc touch pro but did not say its unlocked. and she said she'll block the data/internet usage so i wont get charged for it since i didnt get a data plan. im wondering if i can still use the internet since its an unlocked phone?
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05-24-2009, 03:34 PM
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#9 | | I bringith the lowerballerith
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^^ chances are no cuz the data is blocked on sim card on ur acct, and even then if u did u'll rack up charges in which fido will probably will not do anything about it since ur not using one of their products
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05-24-2009, 04:25 PM
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I think it's safer that you stick with a regular phone and check your e-mail using a laptop because clearly, the Smartphone outdid you already on an IQ basis.
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05-24-2009, 05:27 PM
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#11 | | I STILL don't get it
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Originally Posted by bcrdukes I think it's safer that you stick with a regular phone and check your e-mail using a laptop because clearly, the Smartphone outdid you already on an IQ basis. | thanks for helping jackass. its my first dataphone, everyone has to start somewhere
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05-24-2009, 06:10 PM
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lol dataphone without data is just a phone.
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05-24-2009, 06:11 PM
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#13 | | My homepage has been set to RS
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Originally Posted by Mugen ok so i just called fido and told them i want them to block the data and she asks me what phone do i use. i told her ill be using the htc touch pro but did not say its unlocked. and she said she'll block the data/internet usage so i wont get charged for it since i didnt get a data plan. im wondering if i can still use the internet since its an unlocked phone? | internet via WIFI ONLY may still be to be accessed. that shouldn't count as data usage as mentioned before. anything else you do without wifi, prepare to be charged with data usage, but then again, you already told them to block data from your acct, so you should be safe.
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05-24-2009, 07:07 PM
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#14 | | I bringith the lowerballerith
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yea i dont get why people get data phones or smartphones without using data and just using wifi
but in any case
the carrier has the right to refuse adjustments if they charge data if ur phone is using data even if u called to block as the op is using an unlocked phone. correct me if wrong
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05-24-2009, 09:14 PM
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#15 | | Orgasm Donor & Alatar owned my ass twice!
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Er, telling them that you're using an HTC Touch Pro but not telling them that it's unlocked is pointless. Fido doesn't sell that phone so it would necessarily have to be an unlocked phone from elsewhere.
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05-26-2009, 11:41 PM
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Originally Posted by bcrdukes I think it's safer that you stick with a regular phone and check your e-mail using a laptop because clearly, the Smartphone outdid you already on an IQ basis. | lol
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