Living off the EDGE

We’re not sure exactly who would opt to drop the $20 unlimited data part of their iPhone plan—despite the higher speed of Wi-Fi, I still spend far more time on EDGE due to its sheer ubiquity. But at least now you have the option to save that extra $20 a month if, for whatever reason, you find yourself not needing unlimited data.

As of this week, AT&T allows you to get rid of the data plan on your iPhone. Login to your account on AT&T Wireless, choose “Rate Plan & Features” and then “Add/Manage Features.” If you scroll down, you’ll find the section shown above and an option to “Select to Remove.”

Before you go ahead and slough off that EDGE, you should note that not only will you lose the ability to access data on EDGE with Safari, Mail, and any other app that requires network access, but you’ll also lose the ability to use Visual Voicemail (you can still access your voicemail in a more conventional fashion of dialing in and entering your passcode).

[via Gizmodo]

Category: AT&T

Posted by Dan Moren on Nov 16 2007, 2:40 PM ET

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