I've been starting to research AT&T before I buy an iPhone. Here's some fun fine print:
- Email/SMS: International messages not included. Charges for international messages sent from the U.S. are 20¢ for Text Messages and 50¢ for Picture/Video Messages. Additional charges for premium messages and content apply. Messages over 300 KBs billed an additional 50¢/message.
- Attachements: Mobile E-mail attachments can not be sent, downloaded, read, or forwarded on the mobile device.
- "Unlimited" data: Data Service sessions prohibited uses include, but are not limited to, using services; ...for any machine-to-machine applications (peer-to-peer, automatic data feeds, webcam posts or broadcasts, jpeg file transfers); ...for voice-over-ip; ...for uploading, downloading or streaming of video content (e.g. movies, tv), music or games; ...as substitute or backup for private lines or dedicated data connections; ...for any applications that tether the device (through use of, including without limitation, connection kits, other phone/pda-to-computer accessories, bluetooth® or any other wireless technology) to laptops, pcs, or other equipment for any purpose.
- Wifi: To ensure that the Wi-Fi Service is not being used fraudulently, AT&T limits your usage of the Wi-Fi Service to 150 uses per month.
But why would AT&T care about your use of WiFi? I mean, at that point, you're doing exactly nothing at all on the AT&T network. What am I missing?
The contract states..."To ensure that the Wi-Fi Service is not being used fraudulently, AT&T limits your usage of the Wi-Fi Service to 150 uses per month." I think it's mostly a control thing. The more you might use wifi, the less you use the phone and minutes which they don't like. The more you use AT&T services the more money they make in the long run. It's all about lock in.