Do you have to have phone voice service to have a data plan?

I see all of this stuff about $25 and $15 data plans for the iphone.
So my question #1, do I absolutely have to have a phone voice plan to make the data plan work?
I use the iphone as a ipod basically: games, movies, music, with surfing web, email, ect over wifi. but I would occasionally like the ability to use it when not connected to wifi.
Question #2: if there is no way to use the data plan without a cell plan, do they have 20 minutes a month plans? I currently use 10-12 minutes a month on my cell phone, but 20 minutes sounds good.
if both questions are no and no, then I suppose I should get an ipad which can get data plans by itself.

AT&T will not let you get a data-only plan for the iPhone. You must get both voice and data. And they do not, that I can find, have pre-paid plans for the iPhone.
So if you do not need voice, you should indeed get an iPad.
Regards.

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