[ale] AT&T is evil

[Sparr]

> Court papers claim that attorneys set up test account for an iPhone, then closed all of its apps and left the device unused for 10 days. AT&T still billed the account for 2,292 KB of usage.

If he had turned the phone off, and left it off for a full month, THEN
I would believe AT&T had incorrectly billed him. 2MB/mo with no apps
running doesn't sound unusual to me at all. I admit I'm not an iPhone
user, but based on my experience with other PDAs and smartphones I
would expect that the phone still does things like synchronize its
clock, check for software updates, push some bits of information to
the carrier, etc.

2MB/month is equivalent to sending two 1.5kB packets once per hour. Am
I the only one to whom that sounds like perfectly normal "idle"
activity?

PS: I know he said 10 days... so let's say it's six packets per hour,
if you want to be pedantic. Still reasonable, imho.

On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 8:21 AM, Drifter <drifter at oppositelock.org> wrote:
> Those who have an AT&T data plan on their cell phone should look at this
> (from slashdot):
>
> http://www.upi.com/Business_News/2011/02/01/ATT-faces-lawsuit-over-billing/UPI-87561296594363/