How to turn OFF the ATT service, and have only WiFi

It's easy to do. Put the iPhone into Airplane Mode, which turns off all radio devices, and then manually turn on WiFi.


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If you don't answer the call, it won't use any of your minutes.

Vanceg wrote:
..............don't receive any calls which use my Cell minutes

Receiving calls uses your cell minutes ?? ??

In the US, if you get a call from a landline or a non-ATT cell phone, it uses minutes. If you receive an SMS, that uses up one of your SMS allotments also.

Wow! That's a killer. I'd be really annoyed about that.

It's always been this way here. It doesn't heavily impact me because most of my friends and family all use ATT so we don't use any minutes when we call each other.

Tamara wrote:
In the US, if you get a call from a landline or a non-ATT cell phone, it uses minutes. If you receive an SMS, that uses up one of your SMS allotments also.

Actually ATT has a plan that will let ANY ATT phone - cell or landline connect without using any minutes. It is called Unity, I have the family plan for that so not sure if there is a single user plan. 97 percent of my calls come from ATT landlines or ATT cell phones and do not use any minutes off my plan

I didn't know that. I haven't had a landline since 1998 though.

How do you get online then?

I was just browsing AT&T tariffs and comparing them to their UK counterparts. Do you not get unlimited WiFi? (As in WIfi provided by or in partnership with your carrier).

I just see this which leaves me wondering;
+AT&T is Apple's exclusive carrier partner for iPhone in the United States. An eligible data plan for iPhone is required. This data plan covers data usage in the United States and does not cover international data usage and charges. *If AT&T determines that you are using an iPhone on your account without an eligible data plan*, AT&T reserves the right to add an eligible data plan to your account and bill you the appropriate monthly fee.+

We use broadband for internet and cable tv.

ATT only provides wifi in locations like Starbucks & McDonalds. Everywhere else, we have an unlimited 3G/Edge data plan so wifi is unnecessary when we're out and about.

There are tons of differences between Europe and US in terms of mobile billing, and I think the US is much better overall. In the USA, it does not cost extra to call a landline versus a mobile, so you never have to worry about which one you're calling. Also, you can port your landline number to your mobile and vice-versa.

Gotcha. I'm associating landline with internet connection as I've never really thought you might have one with out the other.
I remember now I know of someone who has Virgin Broadband and no Virgin home phone.

We have those too over here, I'm yet to find something that is cheaper in the UK than the US though.