Google Sync with iPhone

[macfanboy]

I use google sync currently with my iPod touch, but I might be getting an iphone soon and had one question.

If you start using the Google Sync on your iPhone, will AT&T charge you $45 per month for data since Google uses exchange to sync OTA?

 

[Fenir]

You're going to have to pay for the data regardless.

 

[shollingsw3]

No, they will not. I also use Google Sync and I have the $30/month personal iPhone Data plan.

 

[macfanboy]

You're going to have to pay for the data regardless.

i know i will have to pay $30, but I don't want to pay the 15 extra just to use Google's exchange

No, they will not. I also use Google Sync and I have the $30/month personal iPhone Data plan.

Was there any loophole you had to do to get around a $45 data plan? Or does it just work?

 

[macfanboy]

woops accidental double post

 

[shrimpdesign]

I use Google Sync. It just uses the regular data plan, just like any Exchange server.

 

[macfanboy]

I use Google Sync. It just uses the regular data plan, just like any Exchange server.

The AT&T plans say to use corporate Exchange servers, you must have a $45 data plans, but what determines whether AT&T says you are a corporate user?

 

[shollingsw3]

I always assumed that difference was that if it is a personal AT&T account, then you get the $30/month iPhone Data plan, and if it is a business AT&T account, then you get the $45/month iPhone Data plan. You can easily use Exchange features on the $30/month plan with no restrictions.

 

[macfanboy]

ok thanks to all for the info

 

[Fenir]

I always assumed that difference was that if it is a personal AT&T account, then you get the $30/month iPhone Data plan, and if it is a business AT&T account, then you get the $45/month iPhone Data plan. You can easily use Exchange features on the $30/month plan with no restrictions.

Yeah, I think OP you are misunderstanding. The $30 will take care of all data, the $45 is for corporate iPhone accounts of which you wouldn't be.

 

[macfanboy]

Yeah, I think OP you are misunderstanding. The $30 will take care of all data, the $45 is for corporate iPhone accounts of which you wouldn't be.

An AT&T rep i spoke to said exchange access requires the $45 data plan, so i was just came here to check if he was right (reps sometimes don't know their info)

 

[shollingsw3]

An AT&T rep i spoke to said exchange access requires the $45 data plan, so i was just came here to check if he was right (reps sometimes don't know their info)

He is incorrect in this case.

 

[tylertech]

An AT&T rep i spoke to said exchange access requires the $45 data plan, so i was just came here to check if he was right (reps sometimes don't know their info)

Google Sync is completely free, and works with the $30 data plan. The exchange account the rep was talking about was for Outlook business accounts.

 

[shollingsw3]

Google Sync is completely free, and works with the $30 data plan. The exchange account the rep was talking about was for Outlook business accounts.

ActiveSync is still ActiveSync, no matter if it is Google Sync or Exchange. The plan difference comes from a personally-owned phone and a company-owned phone. I could connect to an Exchange server with ActiveSync on my Personal iPhone Data plan and not have any issues.