So ‘ight, here’s the deal. It’s been about a month or two since I had the basic $9.99 Edge Internet stop working for the Neocell. As you can read from my post here, I was using a “social hack” method to get the $9.99 a month Internet for the Neocell, but started getting blocked. I’ve gotten to the root of the issue…

I put the SIM card into my old phone and the Internet worked, but not on the Neocell. I thought it might just be a flook so I waited and tried to test it out a few different times that whole month, but the same thing…

So what’s this mean? It means T-mobile’s system will at some point detect… whatever, and disable the net for just your device. Now, your not able to just pop your SIM into your old phone, call T-mobile, say your net’s not working and have it be done. You’ve gotta’ have the full, $25 a month Internet plan. Keep in mind this doesn’t include any text messages, which is fine by me. **** text messages.

So, is it worth it? $25 for unlimited Internet? If you were a chick readin’ this, I’d say, “Honey, it’s so worth it…”. The 2G speeds we get with Edge are very fast… don’t believe me? I’m able to stream net radio from WunderRadio and Pandora. And no, no skips or delays… just pure music. In fact, I plan on installing a secret, hidden little dock into my Lexus’ center console to play net radio straight into the stereo (already tested it on a few drives, works great).

I couldn’t do this with the $9.99 Internet plan ‘cuz they give you 50 MBs a MONTH… so I was turning on Edge only in the rarest of times, and there’s no way to track usage with T-mobile. So bein’ free to so what I want with the Internet when I’m not on wifi, shoot… I swear I go through 50 MBs in a few days.

Havin’ unlimited Internet is so worth it.

Peace, J

Ok, a music producer bud of mine also happens to work for T-mobile’s tech support out in Washington. I happened to speak to him today about the problems I was havin’ usin’ Edge.

I don’t use T-mobile’s normal internet. Na, I ain’t payin’ $25 extra a month for mobile internet. What I was doing was using the “phone only” internet plan, where you pay $10 a month for 50 MBs of data a month. T-mobile wants you to pay for their $25 unlimited “3G” plan, but as I’ve mentioned before, it’s impossible for any iPhones to use T-mobile’s 3G network because the bands are different than AT&T’s. So your basicly paying for unlimited 2G internet, which is fine because I have a 2G iPhone for that exact reason.

So what my bud told me is that T-mobile has started doing auditing of their data and billing each month, either to make sure customers aren’t getting chraged twice, or that they’re doing it in a way to try to push users into upgrading their plans, or both.

I already know there’s a way to get the $9.99 Internet back, such as putting my SIM card into my “non-smart” phone and call into T-mobile to reactivate my Internet, but my bud says T-mobile will do the same thing at any given time that month.

I really don’t know if I wanna’ go through that hassle, ya know? It all depends. For now, I’m just planning on turning the Internet off. I’ll keep ya updated if anything changes though.

Peace, J

So in the tech news is an article that talks about AT&T doin’ so good, mainly because of the iPhone. It mentions how AT&T’s fees are 60% higher than other carriers, mainly because the iPhone is the most desirable phone, PDA, and currently the most desirable gaming device.

So you know, I’ve been thinkin’ to myself, “Man, I wish I was on AT&T and not T-mobile.”. But then I read somethin’ like this, and I’m reminded why I’m on T-mobile in the first place. I mean, 60% higher fees? **** that…

T-mobile, I may talk a lotta’ **** about’cha, but I still love ya.

Peace, J

Oh no… I’m out here at beautiful Hydr Park in Tampa, Fl, typin’ up the post “Hot and Sexy iPhone”, which I finished and I activated Edge to upload it and WordPress can’t access the net. Hmm… Never happened before. So I go to see if I can access the net from Safari and I notice I’m being redirected. “Redirected? Why, I’m not on wifi…” and then I get the image included below.

Are you ****** me?! No, serious, are-you-******-me? ‘Freak… What bull **** is this?

For those of you that don’t know what I’m talkin’ about, check out the “Careful When Callin’ Into T-mobile” post. In a nut shell, I pay $10 a month for my Internet, but I only get 50 MBs a month. T-mobile wants iPhone users to pay for the unlimited plan, $25 a month for unlimited.

It’s towards the end of my billing cycle and T-mobile gives you no way to check how much Internet usage you use. So, there could be a chance I’ve run down all my net usage and that’s the default message your given. Or, T-mobile has started putting filters in place to automatically detect and then block iPhones.

I really don’t know what it could be, so I’ll have to find out later tonight or tomorrow.

Peace, J