Does T-Mobile have a data-by-the-minute plan?

On Verizon Wireless, I am charged by the minute for the small amount
of data usage I make (Primarily HetItNow Accuweather). In the past,
I've also tethered it to my laptop via a data cable and been charged
by the minute.

Does T-Mobile have a similar option for data by the minute, or do I
have to sign up for an expensive data plan? My palm email program,
Snapper, uses ports 993 and 465 (secure IMAP and SMTP).

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At 07 Oct 2006 17:19:15 -0700 Jack Hamilton wrote:
> On Verizon Wireless, I am charged by the minute for the small amount
> of data usage I make (Primarily HetItNow Accuweather). In the past,
> I've also tethered it to my laptop via a data cable and been charged
> by the minute.
>
> Does T-Mobile have a similar option for data by the minute, or do I
> have to sign up for an expensive data plan?

Sort of, and no.

You can go minute to minute (at 9.6kbps) but you need your own dial-up
ISP to connect to.

Or, you can sign up for an inexpensive data plan called T-Mobile Web for
$6/month for unlimited access (very port limited, however.).

> My palm email program,
> Snapper, uses ports 993 and 465 (secure IMAP and SMTP).
>
No a problem. T-Mobile Web has the e-mail ports open (including 993 and
465) and T-Mo runs a proxy for limited web browsing (you set your
browser's proxy settings to 216.155.165.50:8080.)

Sure, there's no streaming, file sharing, or http downloads bigger than
1MB (big e-mail attachments are fine, though,) but for a lousy six bucks
for unlimited POP/IMAP mail and basic browsing, it's the best data deal
in wireless.



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