Prepaid Data with T-Mobile US

[adam917]

In addition to this, their prepaid division has data options for phones. There are several monthly options & one daily option. 2 GB + unlimited talk & messaging for 70 USD/month, 100 MB + unlimited talk & messaging for 50/month, 30 MB + 1500 minutes or messages for 30/month, or unlimited messages alone for 15/month. The daily option is 1.49/24 hours for data.

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[Schlips1]

I am not sure, if it is that easy!

I tried my (voice) prepaid sim and put in

In the Access point field, type epc.tmobile.com.
In the Username field, type GPRS.
In the Password field, type GPRS.
In the Additional intialization commands field, type *99***1#.

and got a (fast) connection.

BUT:
It does not matter, which URL I put in, I always get directed to

https://my.t-mobile.com/Login/?rc=&d...2fDefault.aspx

Here, I may connect to (my) account informations, but that's it!
There is no "options" or something like that to activate data service...

[adam917]

Originally Posted by Schlips1

I am not sure, if it is that easy!

I tried my (voice) prepaid sim and put in

In the Access point field, type epc.tmobile.com.
In the Username field, type GPRS.
In the Password field, type GPRS.
In the Additional intialization commands field, type *99***1#.

and got a (fast) connection.

BUT:
It does not matter, which URL I put in, I always get directed to

https://my.t-mobile.com/Login/?rc=&d...2fDefault.aspx

Here, I may connect to (my) account informations, but that's it!
There is no "options" or something like that to activate data service...

Have you tried using your phone's data connection instead? I'm not sure if standard phone data will work on a laptop w/ these new plans, hence they mention separate mobile broadband plans below.