T-Mobile Data
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Data Plans
| Service | Cost/Month | Add-on or Standa | Services | SMS/MMS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| web2go 50MB | $9.99 | Add-on | 50MB WAP, Email | 200 |
| web2go 100MB | $19.99 | Add-on | 100 MB WAP, Email | Unlimited |
| Smartphone Unlimited Web + 400 Messages | $24.99 | Add-on | Unlimited Internet, HotSpots | 400 |
| Smartphone Unlimited Web + Unlimited Messages | $34.99 | Add-on | Unlimited Internet, HotSpots | Unlimited |
| BlackBerry Unlimited with Enterprise E-mail | $29.98 | Add-on | Unlimited Web, Email | none |
| BlackBerry Unlimited International E-mail | $19.99 | Add-on | Unlimited worldwide Email | none |
| BlackBerry Unlimited w/Enterprise E-mail | $39.98 | Standalone | Unlimited Web, Email | none |
| BlackBerry Unlimited | $39.99 | Standalone | Unlimited Web, Email | none |
| Total Internet | $39.99 | Standalone | Unlimited Internet, HotSpots | none |
| Total Internet Add-On | $19.99 | Add-on | Unlimited Internet, Hotspots | none |
| Total Internet for Data Cards | $49.99 | Standalone | Unlimited Internet, HotSpots | none |
- Smartphone - All Smartphone Plans, including SideKick, G1, and Blackberry
- Add-on - Added to an active line of service, usually on a month-to-month basis
- Standalone - Standalone product generally requiring a contract as with voice lines.
- Blackberry Plans - There are also a number of Blackberry plans both Internet and Enterprise that offer included plan minutes.
T-Mobile APNs
| Service | Access Point Name (APN) |
|---|---|
| T-MobileWeb | wap.voicestream.com |
| T-Mobile Internet | internet2.voicestream.com |
| *NEW* T-Mobile Internet | epc.tmobile.com |
| T-Mobile Internet with VPN (Virtual Private Network) | internet3.voicestream.com |
| T-Mobile BlackBerry | wap.voicestream.com |
| T-Mobile SideKick | hiptop.t-mobile.com (Only accessible from a SideKick) |
All APNs have access to T-Mobile's EDGE Network without any additional configuration or charge from T-Mobile. There are no noteable speed differences between any of the APNs except the latency inherent to any wireless packet-switching network.
T-MobileWeb
Previously known as T-zones. This is T-Mobile's APN for WAP access using the WAP Gateway. This is the APN you must use in order to access any WAP site. IP addresses are assigned based on NAT. Example: 25.x.x.x T-Mobile also employs port restrictions to limit internet access on devices such as smartphones. See also proxy.
Internet
Same as T-MobileWeb except there is no WAP Gateway to go through before reaching the internet. In addition there are no port restrictions however IP addresses are still asigned based on NAT. Example: 10.x.
epc.tmobile.com APN
This access point appears, in some markets, to deliver unrestricted internet access to any phone, as long as you're subscribed to the $5.99 plan or higher. This may be subject to change.
This access point recompresses jpeg images to quite low quality, boosting apparent network speed at the expense of image fidelity.
Internet with VPN
Same as Internet except that the Dynamic IPs assigned are externally addressable to allow for VPN and other direct access type applications. Example: 208.x.x.x You must specifically request "with VPN" support when adding this service otherwise you will only receive the Internet APN.
BlackBerry
Same as T-Mobile Internet with the additional support for the BlackBerry products. The internet portion of this service may be used on non-BlackBerry devices as a substitute for T-Mobile Internet. Many have had success using this data plan instead of the Total Internet package when they do not need or want the HotSpot portion of the service.
SideKick
Similar to T-Mobile Internet with the additional support for the SideKick device. This service can not be used on non-SideKick devices due to device specific needs and requirements for the SideKick devices.
T-Mobile Port Restrictions
T-Mobile employs port restrictions for users of T-MobileWeb. Many users have limited success employing use of proxys to bypass these restrictions. Without the proxy your access to the internet may be limited to the following ports. After signing up for a free account with Silence is Defeat, it is also possible to setup an SSH tunnel that will allow you to have completely unfettered internet access through a SOCKS proxy. See also T-Mobile Proxy Settings.
Ports status is subject to change without notice.
| Port | Protocol (see TCP & UDP) | Service |
|---|---|---|
| 25 | TCP | SMTP |
| 110 | TCP | POP3 |
| 143 | TCP | IMAP |
| 465 | TCP | SMTP over SSL (encrypted transmission) |
| 587 | TCP | SMTP over SSL (encrypted transmission) |
| 993 | TCP | IMAP4 over SSL (encrypted transmission) |
| 995 | TCP | POP3 over SSL (encrypted transmission) |
| 8080 | TCP | HTTP Alternate (Used by T-Mobile's proxy server) |
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Real Player
T-Mobile Proxy: 216.155.165.50
T-Mobile's Proxy Port: 8080
Internet Explorer
- Open Internet Explorer.
- Select Tools.
- Select Internet Options.
- Select Connections.
- Select LAN Settings.
- Check box Use proxy server for your LAN.
- Enter Proxy in the Address field.
- Enter Port in the Port field.
Firefox
- Open Firefox.
- Select Tools.
- Select Options.
- Select Connection Settings.
- Select Manual proxy configuration.
- Enter Proxy for HTTP Proxy.
- Enter Port for Port.
Mozilla
- Open Mozilla.
- Select Edit.
- Select Preferences.
- Select Advanced.
- Select Proxies.
- Select Manual proxy configuration.
- Enter Proxy for HTTP Proxy.
- Enter Port for Port.
Opera
- Open Opera
- Select Tools
- Select Prefrences
- Select Advance Tab
- Select Proxy Servers
Note: If you are using the proxy settings you will need to disable the proxy when not
accessing the Internet through your phone.
Before manually configuring your handset it is recommended that you use the T-Mobile Settings Configurator as it is the best and easiest way to have the settings sent to your phone and it works for most phones regardless of branding.
T-Mobile WAP Settings
The WAP settings are the same as Picture Messaging Settings except for the Homepage.
Connection Name: tzones
Data bearer: Packet data
Access point name: wap.voicestream.com
User name: N/A
Password: N/A
Authentication: Normal
Homepage: http://wap.myvoicestream.com
Advanced Settings (Handsets not equiped with WAP 2.0 may skip this section)
Proxy serv address: 216.155.165.050
Proxy port number: 8080
Note: Homepage can actually be anything you want. This page is T-mobile's offical t-zones page.
Before manually configuring your handset it is recommended that you use the T-Mobile Settings Configurator as it is the best and easiest way to have the settings sent to your phone and it works for most phones regardless of branding.
T-Mobile Internet Settings
The WAP settings are the same as Picture Messaging Settings except for the Homepage.
Connection Name: T-Mobile Internet
Data bearer: Packet data
Access point name: internet2.voicestream.com or internet3.voicestream.com
User name: N/A
Password: N/A
Authentication: Normal
Homepage: None
Advanced Settings (Handsets not equiped with WAP 2.0 may skip this section)
Proxy serv address: None
Proxy port number: None
Note: No homepage is necessary because you will not be able to access WAP sites using this connection.
T-Mobile HotSpots
T-Mobile USA operates more than 7,000 T-Mobile HotSpot locations for Wi-Fi Internet access, including airports, airline clubs of American, Delta, United, and US Airways, Starbucks coffeehouses, Kinko's, Borders Books and Music, Hyatt, Red Roof Inn. The Wi-Fi infrastructure was completely replaced when T-Mobile bought the Wireless ISP MobileStar.
If you have T-Mobile Total Internet, you have unlimited HotSpots access, However getting the username and password for HotSpot access is a big deal and long conversations with customer support. The Username for HotSpot access is your full 10 digit phone number and the initial password is last 4 digits of your social security number (SSN). It will ask you to change the password on initial login.
If you are a FlexPay customer and did not provide a SSN, the default password is set to '1234'.
T-Mobile USA Hotspot Home Page
Help us expand this article!
This article on T-Mobile Data is a stub. Please help us by expanding it!SSH Tunneling
In conjunction with your T-Mobile data plan, you can set up a secure shell (ssh) tunnel that channels internet traffic from your computer or phone through a tunnel of your choosing to the net. In this way, you can browse the web more securely (the data is encrypted) as well as use applications that communicate over a port which may be blocked with your plan. There are a number of steps involved, but it's really not that hard to do.
See this tutorial for a quick solution, or keep reading if you want to set up your own SSH server.
Note Rumors have circulated that doing this may violate the data plan terms of use, however the only mention of the topic on T-Mobile's Support site is a description of tunneling technology with no mention of acceptable use for the various available data plans.
- Get ssh access - sshd, the ssh daemon (server), is available in most Linux distributions, with Cygwin for Windows, and many web hosts offer the service (Although, you cannot usually configure the server port on these hosts). On OS X, Enabling Remote Login in the Network panel of system preferences enables SSH.
- Configure your ssh server for an allowed port - T-Mobile blocks the default ssh port (22), so modify /etc/sshd_config to contain a line like "Port 110" or any allowed T-Mobile port that you do not need. Remember to restart your sshd, else the changes will not take effect. Alternatively, If you are behind a router you can map the external port to the local port. E.g, mapping external port 110 to your host's port 22.
- Ensure you can log in - using a normal (non-T-Mobile) connection, run a standard desktop ssh (ssh in Unix-like systems, or PuTTY in Windows or Linux) to connect: "ssh -p 110 yourhost.com" Then provide your login username and password at the prompts. You may need to explicitly provide your username (e.g. user_name@yourhost.com or -l user_name)
- Set up the proxy tunnel - Start your T-Mobile connection, then start your ssh client and tell it to create a ssh SOCKS proxy: "ssh -p 110 yourhost.com -D 1080 -C"
The -D flag tells ssh to create a SOCKS proxy on the specified port, 1080 is the usual SOCKS port. The -C flag is optional, it compresses the network traffic. - Reconfigure your browser proxy to use the SOCKS proxy - using one of the above sets of steps, choose proxy: "localhost" and port: "1080". You are now browsing through your SOCKS proxy tunnel which tunnels traffic through yourhost.com on port 110 which is not restricted
- If you're on Linux, and you want to use the same SOCKS proxy for programs other than your browser (e.g. IRC), install tsocks, which is used to SOCKSify anything.
Other Proxies
It is also possible to set up other proxy servers on open ports. Running a proxy server can be simpler than SSH because you do not need to log into your account before every session. Some open source proxy servers include SQUID and Dante. Squid provides a HTTP proxy and Dante provides socks4/5 and msproxys.
Dante's proxy also includes a client that allows you to socksify any application on a Unix-like system. Socksification works by loading Dante's socks' dynamic libraries into the application. They replace all normal network connections with proxy connections transparently. More information can be found in Dante's Documentation.
One can also run toonel.net and set the "parent proxy" to be T-Mobile's proxy. This would eliminate the need for access to a machine running the SSH service, but it is not encrypted. One would use it for accessing blocked ports. Its primary purpose is to speed up HTTP traffic, and that would be useful by itself on T-Mobile until one can tether with 3G.
