Activation Fee Question?

Upgrade fees goes on to your next bill, not paid up front.

 

iPhone activation fee is $36.00 with a new account.
It is added to your next bill. Just remember though if you are a new customer, you get prorated and billed twice on the first bill. After that you get a regular bill cycle.

 

What about the $18 upgrade fee?

I had a 2G/Edge for 2 years (bought on launch day) and the contract should have been up when I got my 3GS on Sunday. Do I have to pay the $18 upgrade fee? I got an e-mail from AT&T showing the charge on my account. WTF?

 

The upgrade fee is standard, is automatically waived in some cases, and in others you can get it waived.

 

upgrade fee is the standard $18, theres no way of getting out of it unless you have a special offer on your account (only in cases where the account hasnt been upgraded in a very long time)

 

Billed twice?

Hmm... how much money should I have prepared if am going to be buying
a 16 gig iphone with 450 minutes and unlimited texting?

I know the phone is $199 plus the bill of about $100. Should I have $300 ready? But how much is the activation...?

 

I really don't understand that $36 activation fee for new comers. If you want others to switch party and join you, why create an entrance barrier?? How much does it cost AT&T to activate a new account?? Even if it costs some, AT&T shouldn't charge it. AT&T will make plenty of money from any new account. Why the barrier??? Verizon doesn't charge it.

 

Well, which wireless phone carrier "doesn't" have an activation fee?

 

ATT if you buy online the wave the fee.

 

In the Apple store, you pay for the phone.

Your AT&T invoice (the first one) will have the next month, and the pro-rate for the partial month. I just ported from Verizon, and my first invoice (up to 7/21, it's online already) has two days of the 'prior month' and the 6/21-7/21 charges. You aren't billed 'twice' but you need to 'catch up', which means paying for the partial month. After that, your invoice is one month, of course.

That make sense?

 

Hmm for me it just seems like the one month started the day I got service... Like, the cycle restarts the 29th.