New carrier and new number. I also put my Verizon iPad (3) on the bill so I can share the data plan and save $10 per month that way.
Overall it's more expensive than AT&T (even with my corporate discount of 22%, which only comes off the "phone" part of the bill, as in not the "data" part of the bill) but the speed increase.
New number? Can't you port it to the new provider? Over here, the government made that mandatory for all telcos. Used to take a while, not they are obliged to do the porting within 15 days (calendar, not working days)
I feel sorry for you guys with these telcos and their crazy high bills I'm reading. I pay € 30 for 300 minutes/SMS and 500MB. Although it is getting higher and higher, it's still pretty reasonable. Just a shame we don't get the phone for 'free' anymore. I paid € 50 for the iPhone3G, now they're charging like € 300 - € 500. And that's only for the 16GB model, they don't even have the 32 or 64. So long subsidized phones; just buy them full price from Apple directly.
UPDATE to ATT small hourly data leakage. With the help of DataMan Pro, I tracked down what was leaking data on an hourly basis despite the iPhones being connected to Wifi. Turns out it is APPLE! It is their push notifications. I found an apple support doc (TS4264) that clearly states, "When connecting to APNs (Apple Push Notifications), iOS devices will use the cellular data connection if it's available. Only if the cellular connection is not available or viable will the device switch to Wi-Fi for APNs connections."
In my case at an average rate of 2KB per hour per iPhone, two iPhones, that racks up just short of 3MB over the course of a month. Now I do have a 4GB plan and most likely will not come close to reaching my cap, but still COULD cause someone to break their data cap and incur the $15 overage charge.
The sad thing is that only way to stop this data leak is to turn off the cellular side of the iPhone. Apple needs to fix this to default to WiFi and switch to cellular when WiFi is not available.
New number? Can't you port it to the new provider? Over here, the government made that mandatory for all telcos. Used to take a while, not they are obliged to do the porting within 15 days (calendar, not working days).
Yeah, we've had that for many years now. It's also pretty much instant as far as I know.
I was traveling around extensively and have finally found a place to settle down in a new area code. I wanted a local exchange so I made the switch.
I am experiencing this problem with my iPad. I have contacted Verizon and Apple and they both tell me there is no fix available. Does anyone know if a fix is planned?
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New number? Can't you port it to the new provider? Over here, the government made that mandatory for all telcos. Used to take a while, not they are obliged to do the porting within 15 days (calendar, not working days)
I feel sorry for you guys with these telcos and their crazy high bills I'm reading. I pay € 30 for 300 minutes/SMS and 500MB. Although it is getting higher and higher, it's still pretty reasonable. Just a shame we don't get the phone for 'free' anymore. I paid € 50 for the iPhone3G, now they're charging like € 300 - € 500. And that's only for the 16GB model, they don't even have the 32 or 64. So long subsidized phones; just buy them full price from Apple directly.
UPDATE to ATT small hourly data leakage. With the help of DataMan Pro, I tracked down what was leaking data on an hourly basis despite the iPhones being connected to Wifi. Turns out it is APPLE! It is their push notifications. I found an apple support doc (TS4264) that clearly states, "When connecting to APNs (Apple Push Notifications), iOS devices will use the cellular data connection if it's available. Only if the cellular connection is not available or viable will the device switch to Wi-Fi for APNs connections."
In my case at an average rate of 2KB per hour per iPhone, two iPhones, that racks up just short of 3MB over the course of a month. Now I do have a 4GB plan and most likely will not come close to reaching my cap, but still COULD cause someone to break their data cap and incur the $15 overage charge.
The sad thing is that only way to stop this data leak is to turn off the cellular side of the iPhone. Apple needs to fix this to default to WiFi and switch to cellular when WiFi is not available.
david
Yeah, we've had that for many years now. It's also pretty much instant as far as I know.
I was traveling around extensively and have finally found a place to settle down in a new area code. I wanted a local exchange so I made the switch.