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What's the story with WiFi and mobile phones..?

I am in Australia and have just ordered a Nokia E71 thru Optus.

The phone has WiFi and the plan includes 100mb download a month.

At home I have WiFi for my laptop with a massive 120 gig monthly allowance.

Can I tap into my laptop allowance and not worry about the 100mb allowance.

What do I have to do to ensure I am using my laptop allowance and not the phone's 100mb allowance.

I'm terrified of going over the 100mb allowance as it is 50c per mb over .

thanks

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  • 1 decade ago
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    I think that if you turn off your phones radio and use ONLY wifi connecting to the wifi network of your laptop then you wouldn't be using the 100mb download of the phone. But that would only work while you are at home or connected to a wifi network instead of using the phones internet. I don't know how it's on your phone but on my blackberry there's a managing conections app and i just turn off the phone's radio and choose wifi and connect to my home's wireless network :)

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Hey Seebob,

    When you are connected to your WiFi at home no data will be used out of your 100MB mobile data. You can keep track of your usage online by setting up an online My Account here: http://www.optus.com.au/myaccount

    Once you've created your online account you can link your mobile service to it and keep track of all your usage and view your bills each month!

    If you'd like a hand with this feel free to send me your details @ http://yesopt.us/ID and I'll be in touch :)

    Hope this helps!

    Cheers

    Andy Radoslav

    Optus Social Media Response Team

  • 1 decade ago

    hey don't worry and use internet on your mobile via wifi

    because wifi is not use your network data.

    your 100mb allowance being safe on using wifi

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