petition to investigate AT&T

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Originally Posted by The Toddfather

I just received a call from ATT saying that my roaming on partner networks is too high and if my usage isn't curtailed, I will have to find another carrier. I've had service for a year and haven't changed my traveling practices in that time. Has anyone heard of this before?

Say what?! Ask them to show you in your contract where it defines a "limit" on this, then, if they cancel you, sue THEM for contract breach...

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Originally Posted by The Toddfather

I just received a call from ATT saying that my roaming on partner networks is too high and if my usage isn't curtailed, I will have to find another carrier. I've had service for a year and haven't changed my traveling practices in that time. Has anyone heard of this before?

Yep. It's a standard practice with wireless carriers. The carrier that is affiliated with the ISP I run has a 70/30 rule (in writing) that basically says you have to use 70% of your usage IN NETWORK (non-roaming). Being an insider and seeing how the roaming agreements are changing, I suspect we will see an end to this in the next year or so. It is a sucky practice IMHO.

My advice is to fight it and see if they fight back.

Originally Posted by dturner

That would be Suncom. I was with them too. Boy,that was back in the day. A lot of members here probably were not even born yet.

actually Suncom is just one of the copanies that was baought up in the Cingular heyday....it was originally bell south mobility...and because bellsouth was bought by AT&T is why cingular "bought" at&t wireless and then eventually chnaged to at&t mobility

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^^ Now that is confusing

Originally Posted by projectdarkside

^^ Now that is confusing

just be thankful i gave ya the short story...we had to learn the whole dynasty story in training....for whatever that was worth....just learned and interesting but "private" fact about the new iPhone....for all those that "signed" a contract planning on canceling it so u can sell the phone on Ebay or unlock it and use it on another network....the iPhone has a built in program that AT&T can send a message that tells the phone it was stolen and it scrambles teh phone making it useless....called the brick feature..also with the Iphone if u cancel u have to return the phone or they charge u full price.....evil mwahahahaha

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um, I'm not swallowing that one unless there is some backup source confirming such a program. Call me dubious...