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got my first iphone 3g bill...arghhh...
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I don't see the reason why.
iPhone 3g Bill
My bill was only $113.61. I did not get charged an activation fee and I am on a family plan. This is the break down of my plan.
2 Lines
$59.99
$5.00 200 Texting 1st
$5.00 200 Texting 2nd
$30.00 iPhone Data
Plus my 15% FAN (Foundation Account Number) Discount.
Total with tax/fees including the discount works out to be
only $95 dollars per month for 2 lines. Only 1 line has an iphone though.
Also, before I got the 15% FAN discount I was paying $81.41 per month for 2
regular phones. Only $14 extra a month to have an iPhone, not to shabby, I'd say.
My bill was only $113.61. I did not get charged an activation fee and I am on a family plan. This is the break down of my plan.
2 Lines
$59.99
$5.00 200 Texting 1st
$5.00 200 Texting 2nd
$30.00 iPhone Data
Plus my 15% FAN (Foundation Account Number) Discount.
Total with tax/fees including the discount works out to be
only $95 dollars per month for 2 lines. Only 1 line has an iphone though.
Also, before I got the 15% FAN discount I was paying $81.41 per month for 2
regular phones. Only $14 extra a month to have an iPhone, not to shabby, I'd say.
Received my first iPhone bill and it was, as expected about $14 less than it was with the Blackjack II,
noted and agreed... But the one thing on the bill that does question me is what exactly is the usage charge?
so seeing that the FAN discount can now be put on the data plan part. has anyone received their bill showing this?
and how in the world can we check if the FAN does apply to the data portion before actually applying the FAN to our wireless account?
last night i got on the premier website and was trying to determine what my bill would be when my iPhone comes in. when i added the data plan to the iphone, it showed the 22% off that my FAN discount gets.
if you already have your phone and service i honestly dont know how to check. but try the premier website
EDIT:
THIS IS WHAT IM TALKING ABOUT
how do I get a premier login? I had a FAN account but was never given the opportunity to create a premier login.
BTW, that's a reallllllly good discount. who do you work for? wanna share? :=P
thats not my actual discount in the pic. i stole the picture from howard forums. i work for fedex though. 22% off
the whole text messaging thing pisses me off. i want to know how much data a single, maxed out character, text message uses to send over the network. compared to a 2 minute phone call i bet its next to nothing. but they get away with charging us up the butt for text message fees
Since this seems to be the thread for listing crazy things for texts.
could someone explain to me what this is?
DATE TIME TO/FROM TYPE DIRECTION MSG/KB/MIN
08/19 02:39 PM wap.cingular Internet/MEdia Net Sent 168KB
08/19 02:32 PM wap.cingular Internet/MEdia Net Sent 364KB
08/19 01:31 AM wap.cingular Internet/MEdia Net Sent 2758KB
08/18 10:00 PM wap.cingular Internet/MEdia Net Sent 71KB
08/18 01:47 AM wap.cingular Internet/MEdia Net Sent 1852KB
08/17 09:47 PM wap.cingular Internet/MEdia Net Sent 40KB
08/17 09:31 PM wap.cingular Internet/MEdia Net Sent 34KB
08/17 02:32 PM wap.cingular Internet/MEdia Net Sent 66KB
08/17 02:37 AM wap.cingular Internet/MEdia Net Sent 183KB
Total this page 5536KB
Total 5536KB
why are these being applied to my text messaging and what the hell are they coming from? I dont use my phone at 1am, im not usually up, so im not sending texts at that time.
ive got the 450 minutes (w/rollover), 1500 texts, unlimited data.
and from what my current bill says, that 5mb is being applied to my unlimited data, those texts messages above.
heres the apps ive got on the phone, could one of these be sending a text out for info?
-aol radio
-aurora feint
-balance
-brain challenge
-breakclassic
-fire words
-flashlight
-idoodle2
-koi pond
-labyrinth lite
-lonley planet mandarin
-match
-movies app
-on core wordfind
-platinum solitaire
-pop quiz
-remote
-removem
-sketchy
-sudoku (free)
-german app
-weatherbug
-ypmobile
-weight tracker
-zxilophone (got when it was free)
so are any of those doing this? anyone else have this going on?
thanks much
Ryan
could someone explain to me what this is?
DATE TIME TO/FROM TYPE DIRECTION MSG/KB/MIN
08/19 02:39 PM wap.cingular Internet/MEdia Net Sent 168KB
08/19 02:32 PM wap.cingular Internet/MEdia Net Sent 364KB
08/19 01:31 AM wap.cingular Internet/MEdia Net Sent 2758KB
08/18 10:00 PM wap.cingular Internet/MEdia Net Sent 71KB
08/18 01:47 AM wap.cingular Internet/MEdia Net Sent 1852KB
08/17 09:47 PM wap.cingular Internet/MEdia Net Sent 40KB
08/17 09:31 PM wap.cingular Internet/MEdia Net Sent 34KB
08/17 02:32 PM wap.cingular Internet/MEdia Net Sent 66KB
08/17 02:37 AM wap.cingular Internet/MEdia Net Sent 183KB
Total this page 5536KB
Total 5536KB
why are these being applied to my text messaging and what the hell are they coming from? I dont use my phone at 1am, im not usually up, so im not sending texts at that time.
ive got the 450 minutes (w/rollover), 1500 texts, unlimited data.
and from what my current bill says, that 5mb is being applied to my unlimited data, those texts messages above.
heres the apps ive got on the phone, could one of these be sending a text out for info?
-aol radio
-aurora feint
-balance
-brain challenge
-breakclassic
-fire words
-flashlight
-idoodle2
-koi pond
-labyrinth lite
-lonley planet mandarin
-match
-movies app
-on core wordfind
-platinum solitaire
-pop quiz
-remote
-removem
-sketchy
-sudoku (free)
-german app
-weatherbug
-ypmobile
-weight tracker
-zxilophone (got when it was free)
so are any of those doing this? anyone else have this going on?
thanks much
Ryan
I just got my first bill, which I talked about in another thread. Very happy! $86.54 for the nation 600 plan. Not getting charged for 1500 text or upgrade fee.
How bout ya
How bout ya
Anyone know if spam texts are going to cost us? I've gotten hit with a couple dozen spam messages in the past couple of weeks and I really don't want to pay for these. I don't want and won't ever use SMS so I don't want to pay for the service and certainly don't want to pay for spam. I've already set up blocking via AT&T's mymessages control page but it's done nothing to stop them.
Can/will AT&T shut off SMS?
Can/will AT&T shut off SMS?
Yes AT&T can totally disable the SMS on your iPhone, I just had them do this for me today. I don't text people so I don't have a message plan and I didn't want to get hit with any charges for recieving any SMS messages. So all incoming an outgoing SMS's will be blocked so there is no way to get charged for any messages. Also you will still be able to get the free messages from AT&T that tell you your current bill or remaining minutes.
Don't worry about it. My first billing cycle started 8/2/08 (exactly one month before yours), and I did not get the first bill posted online until 8/8/08. I bought and activated my iPhone on 7/19/08. Naturally, my first bill included the partial charge for July and a full charge for August.
Beejive = free SMS.
In the USA, the basic plan is 200 msgs for free, and 10cents for each one above that.
If you use any of the iPhone apps that use AOL AIM (Beejive is my favorite), then you can SEND msgs to any SMS phone for free. The problem with that (that no-one ever mentions) is that you have to keep Beejive open to recieve a reply.
Of course you can jailbreak your iPhone and use the great Backgrounder app to keep it running in the background.
In the USA, the basic plan is 200 msgs for free, and 10cents for each one above that.
If you use any of the iPhone apps that use AOL AIM (Beejive is my favorite), then you can SEND msgs to any SMS phone for free. The problem with that (that no-one ever mentions) is that you have to keep Beejive open to recieve a reply.
Of course you can jailbreak your iPhone and use the great Backgrounder app to keep it running in the background.
