I know that owning this phone is expenssive. The phone costs a lot of money and then one has to pay for internet acess even when tapping into free wireless. I was on the phone with a cingular representative because i wanted to be sure of how this works. He told me that even if i connect via free wireless cingular will still charge me and if i didn't have a plan the amount was going to be staggering. After arguing about the fairness of how cingular works, he told me that if i don't have cingular i could still access the internet with the device. I concluded from that that all you need is to remove the SIM card from the device and access the internet with any wireless connection as you would with your laptop. I tried it and it work, i was able to navigate the internet and since the SIM card was not in, cingular can't charge me. I know it's a hassle, specially since it is a phone and you expect phonecalls, etc. but if you're in an emergency and need to check the net for something important and don't want to pay, that's the only way to do it.Hope this helps!!!