[ale] OT: AT&T data charge

Geoffrey Myers lists at serioustechnology.com
Wed Jun 8 09:16:55 EDT 2011


Edward Holcroft wrote:
> All
> 
> My daughter recently got a used iPhone and put her AT simcard from her 
> non-smartphone in - kids just gotta have an iPhone, ya know. She only 
> accesses data using wifi and 3G is switched off. This month I get my 
> phone bill and they've added a $30 3G data plan even though she did not 
> use any ATT data. When I queried with AT&T they said I am not permitted 
> to use a smartphone without a data plan, even if I do not access ATT data.
> 
> Does anyone know about this? Is this even legal? It just seems 
> fraudulent. Is this even worth contesting or do I choose to either pay 
> up or switch back to the old phone?

I don't know if it's legal, but that is their policy.  You can get 
around that if you jailbreak the phone.  My daughter's boyfriend 
inherited an old iPhone we retired and did just that.

> 
> ed
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Until later, Geoffrey

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