Unexplained data usage with AT&T and the iPhone, many people reporting it!

Various iPhone forums | 06/18/2010 | TMMT

[The Magical Mischief Tour]

AT&T recently did away with their unlimited data plans. Forcing folks into plans for either 200 MB a month or 2GB a month, with fees if you exceed these caps.

Now Apple, AT&T and IPhone forums are a buzz with many people complaining about unexplained transfers of data occurring between 1AM and 3AM via AT&T's 3G network.

All this data is being billed against your data cap. many people are seeing up to 10MB per night being used and AT&T nor Apple can explain where its going, or why.

iPhone 3GS is sending lots of data on its own!

Unknown data usage early morning

[savedbygrace]

Knock it off, unless you enjoy the sound of black helicopters hovering silently around your home...

There's something seriously wrong with that sentence, but I can't quite put my ear on it.

;-)

[itsahoot]

Thanks, but they sure told me otherwise. Hope they don’t change their mind again, I have had the iPhone since the first day, and sure plan on getting the new one, but I am not about to camp out in front of a store, like the moron in Dallas.

[RandallFlagg]

I talked to a guy at the AT&T shop about that, and he said that even if you upgrade, you keep your plan.

[The Comedian]

There's something seriously wrong with that sentence, but I can't quite put my ear on it.

Quiet! I smell something...

Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

[savedbygrace]

We’ve been meaning to talk to you about that.

[RachelFaith]

I am going to wait for the WHITE iPhone.

[antiRepublicrat]

The consciousness of AC encompassed all of what had once been a Universe and brooded over what was now Chaos. Step by step, it must be done.

And AC said, “LET THERE BE LIGHT!”

And there was light——

[PugetSoundSoldier]

So, upon reading this, I checked my Verizon phone. I don’t have texting or browsing, no data plan, just old school cell usage. I found a file for “data calls” and clicked on it. It seems that Verizon is calling my phone every day between 7 & 8 for 15 seconds.

I get those, too... However, since it comes from Verizon, we don't lose minutes, and it doesn't use data bandwidth. I'd be rather upset if my carrier was using up a big chunk - or, in the case of the guy with the 10 MB per day, if he had a 200 MB plan) all - of my data allowance.