Has anyone noticed the extra charge listed in the last sentence of the iPhone service agreement. It says:
Minimum new 2-year wireless service plan and activation fee required to activate iPhone features, including iPod; plans are subject to AT&T credit approval. AT&T also imposes monthly a Regulatory Cost Recovery Charge of up to $1.25 to help defray costs incurred in complying with State and Federal telecom regulations; State and Federal Universal Services Charges; and surcharges for customer-based and revenue-based state and local assessments on AT&T. These are not taxes or government-required charges. 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 300KBs billed at additional 50¢ per message.
Does this mean if you receive an email message over 300K its an additional .50 cent charge per message?
It would appear that “Unlimited web/email” isnt exactly “unlimited” so to speak. Or it might be “unlimited” as long as you dont receive emails or message with a 300K or more attachment? Or does this just apply to SMS?
With all the clear cut legal speak in the service agreement why the ambiguity on the statement about the extra charge?
Now if you change http:// to https:// it redirects back to the http://. This is confusing because the .mac security policy clearly says “When you log in, .Mac uses industry-standard SSL encryption to protect the confidentiality of your member name and password.”
So a week or so ago I purchased a wireless keyboard and some other things from the local Apple Store.
During the transaction I was pretty shocked at all of the information they request from you. The employee asked for my phone number, zip code, address, etc. Umm… WHY? I understand they use it for metrics concerning where their customer base is coming from, and how many customers from what location. That alone can help them best decide where to build a new Apple Retail Store. However its not REQUIRED for them to have for any transaction. Whats worse is they do not tell you that its optional. In fact, what happens if you move? Are you not allowed to purchase future products until you notify their postmaster? Anyway, on to the point…
