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BlackBerry 8520 Curve

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  • 11-05-2010 7:53pm
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    Typewriter
    Registered Users Posts: 577 ✭✭✭


    Hi all,

    I'm considering upgrading from o2 prepay to o2 billpay.

    I have my eye on this phone but im wondering is there any way to stop/turn off the o2 internet connection and just use the wi-fi conection to connect to my home broadband? :confused:


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    empowerer
    Registered Users Posts: 12 ✭empowerer


    I'm sure O2 will do that for you, but there isnt a huge amount of point in having a BlackBerry if you turn off the internet connection as you wont be able to send email. Surely another phone would be better for you then, and not as expensive as a BlackBerry!


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    Typewriter
    Registered Users Posts: 577 ✭✭✭Typewriter


    I do want to be able to send emails and use the net.

    I don't want to pay the expensive o2 charges for there internet.

    Instead I want to use the wi-fi to pick up (free) internet hotspots and my own wireless home broadband.

    I was wondering would the Blackberry 8520 Curve facilitate this or is it compulsory to use the o2 internet service?


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    empowerer
    Registered Users Posts: 12 ✭empowerer


    The BlackBerry won't facilitate this because you'll need to have a subscription in order to have email - as you'll need service books.

    But o2 give you a BlackBerry package which includes unlimited email & internet access using your BlackBerry for €15/€25 quid a month. So you wont be paying any more than that.

    You would be able to browse in WIFI hot spots, so you would get net access without paying o2 anything ;)


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    Mad_Mike
    Registered Users Posts: 1,634 ✭✭✭Mad_Mike


    Even when you use wifi on a Blackberry, all the stuff is still routed through the Blackberry servers, so you have to have the Blackberry "plan" from O2 to avail of it. The big advantage in having wifi on a Blackberry is the speed. The data plan supplied is way more than you could ever use on a Blackberry as it uses very low amounts of data to display all your internet browsing etc, as the BIS (Blackberry Internet Service) uses data compression, normally at a rate of about 5 or 6:1, so even a web page that is 500kb, could be as low as 100kb


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