AT&T being sued for overbilling cell phone data usage

[thewayne]

"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."

Interesting. They're hoping to promote it to a class action, so we'll see where it goes. This could cost AT&T some serious coin. The article is a little skimpy on whether the phone was turned off or just sitting idle, I'm sure a lot of people started that exact test today.

There was a recent kerfuffle about the new Windows 7 phones and unknown data usage, but Microsoft says that has been resolved.

http://www.upi.com/Business_News/2011/02/01/ATT-faces-lawsuit-over-billing/UPI-87561296594363/

http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/02/02/027250/ATampT-Sued-For-Systematic-iPhone-Overbilling

Comments

[silveradept]

Skim a little off the top, why not, everyone else does it to your cell phone bills...

[thewayne.livejournal.com]

The ridiculous thing is that we are one of the world's alleged economic power houses, yet we pay the most for cell service and have the least functional cell phones and features.

Silly me! I'd forgotten that we're not a democratic capitalistic society, we're a corporatocracy!

[silveradept]

I get daily reminders of that reality, every time another corporate tax loophole is introduced or another job gets outsourced.