OSNews: http://www.osnews.com/story/21655/AT_T_To_Price-Gouge_iPhone_Users_with_Surcharges_ Exploring the Future of Computing en-us Copyright 2001-2009, David Adams adam+nospam@osnews.com Wed, 02 Dec 2009 01:24:33 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews.gif OSNews.com http://www.osnews.com Comment by kaiwai http://osnews.com/thread?368045 http://osnews.com/thread?368045 Anyone surprised? The US is the country where the receiving party pays for the call - why not have a little more price gouging given that you're already gouging them when it comes to calls. Things won't change until there is a monumental overhaul in the way things are done in the US telecommunications sector. Thu, 11 Jun 2009 23:21:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (kaiwai) Comments RE: Comment by kaiwai http://osnews.com/thread?368069 http://osnews.com/thread?368069 I really want this iphone. But it looks like the only way that makes some sense is to buy a hacked one from e-bay and put t-mobile on it.

text messages cost no bandwith to the telco companies. its basically free space that isn't used anyway. yet they make a killing on it. This is just a huge scam. Fri, 12 Jun 2009 01:34:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Bitterman) Comments RE: Comment by kaiwai http://osnews.com/thread?368085 http://osnews.com/thread?368085 Actually on most carriers, both parties pay. Its not free for the sender.

But, one of the smaller companies US Cellular has changed that policy. So its subscribers pay nothing for incoming calls. It doesn't appear that the other carriers will adopt policy. Us cellular has always seemed like a better deal, but they just screw you in other ways: bad service, roaming fees, and fees on long distance calls depending on the plan chosen. Fri, 12 Jun 2009 04:58:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Bill Shooter of Bul) Comments RE[2]: Comment by kaiwai http://osnews.com/thread?368091 http://osnews.com/thread?368091
Actually on most carriers, both parties pay. Its not free for the sender.

But, one of the smaller companies US Cellular has changed that policy. So its subscribers pay nothing for incoming calls. It doesn't appear that the other carriers will adopt policy. Us cellular has always seemed like a better deal, but they just screw you in other ways: bad service, roaming fees, and fees on long distance calls depending on the plan chosen.


Yeah, I know the sender pays but that goes without saying anyway.

There was the same debate in New Zealand over how we're getting screwed, well, apparently getting screwed. It wasn't until the telecommunications expert pointed out the royal screw job American customers get when most actually realise things aren't as bad as they think.

Reminds me of computers in New Zealand how New Zealanders look to America and say how cheap it is - ignoring the fact that in New Zealand pretty much all computers are quoted with a screen by default rather than just the computer by itself as well as also having a lot stringent consumer protection as well.Edited 2009-06-12 05:25 UTC Fri, 12 Jun 2009 05:24:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (kaiwai) Comments ATT / Apple http://osnews.com/thread?368098 http://osnews.com/thread?368098 ATT is just trying to figure out a way to nickel and dime you. It is fitting though to have ATT and Apple in bed together. Apple fans are loyal and seem to be made of money, so they'll pay anything. I wonder if Apple is going to take hints from ATT and make desktop wallpapers go through iTunes so they can charge $1 for you to change wallpapers.

I guess I find it funny that Apple spends a lot of time saying that the iPhone is a computer. They say it runs the same OSX that their other computers use. So its pretty silly that ATT says to tether an iPhone to a computer is against their policy when Apple says their iPhone "IS" a computer.

Maybe they just don't want users using their network to download torrents. I was going to say what is topping them from downloading a torrent directly to their iPhone but then I forgot about the AppStore gestapo.

Mark this comment down for trolling... I don't care. Apple and ATT (and actually all other US carriers) are evil. Fri, 12 Jun 2009 05:56:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (FunkyELF) Comments What do you expect? http://osnews.com/thread?368131 http://osnews.com/thread?368131 If it's anything like O2, the UK provider of the iPhone then yes - http://shop.o2.co.uk/update/internet.html - it's certainly going to be an uncompetitive offer.

What did we expect when Apple tied themselves to single providers in various countries? The profits may be good but the service isn't always going to be great when you pick carriers which are more interested in profit themselves.

I think Apple needs to be careful here. Faithful Apple fans are annoyed at being locked into rather long contracts when new iPhones come out more frequently and they've got almost no option to upgrade. It's one thing to pay a price premium on Apple products, but when another company tries to enter the relationship (the mobile providers) and join in the price gouging, people are starting to resent it. Fri, 12 Jun 2009 11:19:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (-APT-) Comments I'm just totally stunned... http://osnews.com/thread?368527 http://osnews.com/thread?368527 ...that the first iPhone article on OSNews since the release of both the Pre and the new iPhone is a negative one... *removes tongue from cheek* Sun, 14 Jun 2009 13:33:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (mrhasbean) Comments