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tyeo098
3rd January 2008, 11:41 PM
I heard somewhere that ATT uses a special proxy server in order to charge you for data usage. And by changing that server to a free proxy server (kproxy, proxy ip?) you can get free unlimited data usage....

Is this possible or a bunch or crock?
tyeo098
4th January 2008, 03:31 AM
No one ?
triplehtown
4th January 2008, 03:46 AM
I used to work for the company for a number of years. Complete crock :(
tyeo098
4th January 2008, 03:51 AM
Nooooooooooooooooooo...
shogunmark
4th January 2008, 04:24 AM
complete crock, even if you turn the proxy off it still charges you for data... i dont run the proxy and still show over 800meg transfer a month
tyeo098
14th January 2008, 03:49 AM
If I were ti funnel the interent over MEdia net, would that count as data?
NguyenHuu
14th January 2008, 03:51 AM
yea that would still count as data if you gonna use the internet thorugh medianet
tyeo098
14th January 2008, 04:01 AM
But my MMS goes through medianet and it doesnt charge me for that?
Lidberg
14th January 2008, 06:32 AM
Anything and everything that uses GPRS, EDGE, UMTS or HSDPA is data and you will get charged for it one way or the other, whether it's SMS, MMS or raw data (i.e. PIE or checking email). Even if you have an unlimited SMS, MMS or data package and you aren't being charged separately for it, they are still logging it. Look at your phone bill and you will see it (I know AT&T logs every SMS, MMS and every byte of data).

The ONLY way to bypass that is to use WiFi, and that only works with data, not SMS and MMS.

So, in short, it's a crock.
tyeo098
14th January 2008, 11:10 PM
But its not using any of those, its using 3G via the MEdia Net proxy
Lidberg
15th January 2008, 01:57 AM
HSDPA IS 3G. You are using data on the AT&T network.

No matter how much you argue with me, it won't change the fact that unless you use WiFi, data is being transmitted on the AT&T network and MMS/SMS will not work over WiFi.
shogunmark
15th January 2008, 05:41 AM
im not sure why this is so hard to understand so let me try to lay this out before locking this thread...

If your phone uses any sort of data over cellular no matter how its connected to the network (GSM, 3G, HSPA, Edge, NOT including wifi) its tracked, it does not matter what server its connected through (media net, MY ISP, PDA Connect, etc), even if your phone was set to use a different proxy then the data still has to go through att before hitting the other proxy... If it can be tracked it can be billed, and ATT tracks EVERYTHING, SMS, MMS, PTT, Video share, browsing, etc....