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Cheapest way to get a replacement 3gs?

thinkTwice — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:52:36 GMT

How much does it cost to buy a replacement 3GS?

Would it be cheaper to just cancel my service, pay the termination fee, and then sign up for a new phone all over again? Would AT&T allow that?

crazy yet legal AT&T billing practice

NYCPrynne — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:35:18 GMT

I recently complained to both AT&T and the FCC with regards to being billed two minutes for calls significantly less than 1 minute (37 seconds, 32 seconds, 58 seconds), and the response I received from an AT&T response team member was:

In reviewing the terms of service, I found that it states the following: "("CHARGEABLE TIME") IS BILLED IN FULL-MINUTE INCREMENTS, AND ACTUAL AIRTIME AND USAGE ARE ROUNDED UP TO THE NEXT FULL-MINUTE INCREMENT AT THE END OF EACH CALL FOR BILLING PURPOSES. AT&T CHARGES A FULL MINUTE OF AIRTIME USAGE FOR EVERY FRACTION OF THE LAST MINUTE OF AIRTIME USED ON EACH WIRELESS CALL." Therefore, if a call starts at 6:42 and ends at 6:43, the portion of the call which took place during 6:42 will be rounded up to a full minute and the portion of the call which took place during 6:43 will also be rounded up to a full minute.

In other words, calls as short as 2-4 seconds that fall on either side of a change of time can be billed a full 120 seconds. Is it me, or does this sound absolutely ridiculous (whether it is written into the contract or not), and why isn't there any movement to stop this?

AT&T 7.2Mbps Service

secretagentdan — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:48:43 GMT

So this is suppose to roll out here towards the end of november in select cites; Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles and Miami. I'm just wondering if this will affect the iPhone at all. Is it equipped to use this service or not?

Switching to Apple iPhone 3gs

iLikeApple — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 06:24:24 GMT

My sister and I are planning on switching from a Blackberry Tour 9630, and a Sprint HTC Hero to iPhone 3gs 16gb. Have any Sprint users switch to AT&T, how is their customer service? I've have general experience with the OS having a 2nd gen iPod Touch, is jailbreaking the iPhone worth it? Has anyone living in Arizona used AT&T, and how is the coverage and data speeds?

AT&T 3G MicroCell in San Diego

JackmanL — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:19:32 GMT

Without question, San Diego is one of the more difficult regions for decent cellular coverage. AT&T finally offers 3G MicroCells to customers with little or nonexistent service to their homes and offices. I got mine this morning, and it works GREAT!!! Full bars of coverage and appears to provide faster data downloads. :) $150 with $100 mail-in rebate. Although the MicroCell connects to and uses your home or business internet connection, AT&T still counts the calls and data usage via your own internet access against your phone plan minutes. :eek: However, you can sign up for a $20 monthly unlimited MicroCell plan. :mad:

roll over minutes

modset — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:12:26 GMT

If I downgrade my minutes in my plan, will I lose all of my roll over minutes?

Needs Convincing

shambel87 — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:55:12 GMT

Hello all. I have been a Mac user ever since I can remember. And when the iphone came out, I thought, how cool would this be. It seems like it offers everything and them some more. However, here is the downfall. I have verizon and love their service and plans that they offer. I have heard some not nice things about AT&T and their service. I talk and txt like crazy on my phone now. I currently have the blackberry curve 8330 with verzion. It was cool when it first came out, but now seems out of date. I have messed around with the storms a lil bit, both 1 and 2, but do not like some of the features it offers and comes with. And after messing around with an iphone, it just felt so natuarl and felt like i need to have one. Only thing holding me back it the carrier. So, my main reason for this post is exactly what it means. I need people to convince me to get one. Wiegh the pros and cons. Any and all help is greatly appericated and I hope to get some feed back! :D

I have to get off some HEAT dealing with AT&T!!

loudrims_inc — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:41:22 GMT

...everytime i call them, i get the automated messaging system that asks me for my mobile # so i type it in then, either i get another messaging system or i get a rep asking me for my mobile # again...Its a pain in the hole!! So what i did today was, as soon as i heard the rep ask for my mobile #, i gave it all to him at once, Mobile#>>Name>>Last 4 of SSN!!

So today i called AT&T Int'l about some overage charges for Data Roaming and i told the rep that i added the int'l data package before i left to Canada so he did after completing a breif backgraound check(

How many minutes, text, and data do you use?

loudrims_inc — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:14:18 GMT

I was looking at my AT&T bill and noticed that i been good with the minutes but i been using text like crazy. Heres my breakdown:

Anytime Minutes: 305
Messaging: 4286
Data: 963.12 MB

Whats yours??

buying an iphone on ebay

chill13 — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:28:35 GMT

Hi i already have a contract and a data plan with at&t right now but i'm not eligible for upgrading so if i bought an iphone through at&t it would be like $400. Could I just buy an iphone off ebay and put my sim card in it and it would work?

AT&T A-List seem to be p'off Iphone customers?

vanityeverlastingbonet — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 03:54:28 GMT

on twitter AT&T customers are angry because w/there plans they can't benefit from A-list..
I am typing on my pre so I can't screen shot...but search twitter with "iphone a-list".....I tweeted back with they should start a petition.

iphone telus or bell

shacky — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 03:15:05 GMT

i own a unlocked iphone gs3 i do not know if it will work telus or bell could any body tell me, it has gsm hsdpa will this work on telus or bell hspa thanks

Verizon has iphone envy

Soco_Jon — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:37:11 GMT

Here's a link to an article on CNET...enjoy

Verizon has iPhone envy | Signal Strength - CNET News