Is it possible to operate without BIS - in particular GMail and app world?

Hi there!
I have had a BB Curve 3G 9300 for one week; I'm in the UK, and I acquired it together with a T-Mobile contract, at a Phones4U shop in London.  Before agreeing to buy the BB, and the contract, I went through a whole load of things that I wanted to be able to do, with the salesman, and was assured that they were all possible at no extra cost beyond the contract.
Now the thing is that this contract includes T-Mobile unlimited internet, but does not include the T-Mobile "Blackberry Booster" - which I believe is T-Mobile's terminology for BIS.
After checking with a nice lady at T-Mobile, I didn't think that should be a problem, because she said that the Blackberry Booster is only needed for Blackberry's push email system, and Blackberry Messenger, neither of which I want.
Since then, however, I've been periodically having trouble with the GMail app (saying "This application requires a working data connection") and BB App World (with a similar message about not being able to connect to the server).  This isn't the case all the time --- sometimes both of those work fine.  But they fail (as described) around 40% of the time, and obviously that's enough to mean that I just can't rely on them.
So I just called T-Mobile again, and this time I was told that this was caused by not having the Blackberry Booster.  The person I spoke to claimed that Blackberry have the power to prevent my apps from working (in the way I've described) and that they periodically scan BB handsets and disconnect people like me who aren't paying for the Booster/BIS.
So now I'm wondering if this is really true, and - in other words - that it is effectively impossible to use a BB properly without the Booster/BIS.  If you are sure you know about this, please reply to help me out!
I should add that you can find stuff about the GMail problem all over the web, with many different solutions proposed.  But most of the hits are old, and my impression is that none of the solutions are definitive.  I've also tried most of the suggestions, and they haven't helped.  (The only significant one I haven't tried yet is the one about redownloading Service Books, because I don't understand it, and because it sounds like it's related to having BIS.)
Many thanks in advance for all help that you can offer!
           Neil
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Hi there Neil,
That is correct.  In order to use BlackBerry App World and other apps such as GMail, Facebook and Twitter, you need a BlackBerry data package and access to BIS.  Without BIS access, these apps will not work correctly, although you can access GMail online via your browser and you can manually download apps via your computer.
I hope this info helps!
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