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Commented on ATT + iPhone int'l. roaming data horror story: $3K bill - UDPATE
Signed up for an international data plan and traveled to London and Bucharest/Romania. While in Romania I incured charges as if I was in Moldova which is not covered by the international data plan (Moldova is not a country with...

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dimihen commented on ATT + iPhone int'l. roaming data horror story: $3K bill - UDPATE
I am disgusted with ATT. Before I signed up for the IPhone service, I called to inquire about charges. I asked endless questions to a very reluctant sales representative who disclosed rate information with great difficulty. I was told that roaming charges for data transfer were $.005 per KB for overseas travel but the salesman was unable to tell me how that translates into for e-mails, attachments, etc. As a comparison, the Blackberry compacts data so you are not charged an arm and a leg for data transfer when traveling overseas. In addition the charges for using the phone when...
madmominmo commented on ATT + iPhone int'l. roaming data horror story: $3K bill - UDPATE
Ya know, the bad mouthing here is offensive in itself. I feel bad for the people who unwittingly were charged for the "phantom data usage" etc. I did note that the phones involved were higher end phones and that the "phantom charges" appeared while they were traveling overseas. The reason I am posting is because I have a cheapo freebie ATNT phone and I was also charged "phantom usage" while I was within 100 miles of the state I live in (in the US). I was DEFINATLY sleeping while the $25 in charges were made. I noticed more "phantom usage"...
deb_someonefu commented on ATT + iPhone int'l. roaming data horror story: $3K bill - UDPATE
Please help me. I got 28K $ from at&t. I live in the US. I took two mobile connections under family plan. One is thru iPhone and other one is using other phone set. Last month, I exchanged the SIM cards in these phones. As I had unlimited data plan in one connection, I thought that there would not be any problem. Further, I didn't get any call or mail from AT&T at that time when I did the same. Recently, I got a call from AT&T mentioning that I am not supposed to exchange the SIM cards. Please suggest...
deb_someonefu commented on ATT + iPhone int'l. roaming data horror story: $3K bill - UDPATE
It was $28000 bill from at&t....

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