Big WTF Moment with US Phone networks

[daveon]

 So, after a discussion with somebody on an Anticipation thread who got upset that people were contradicting them (note: don't disagree with other fen... *sigh*), I decided to do a double check on the T&Cs for AT&T in case there really was something as dumb arsed as the person had been told...

The answer was yes, in part, AT&T are ripping the public off.

The root of the problem was whether or not you pay for the phone to ring when you're roaming internationally.  The short answer is no, no you don't.

HOWEVER - if the phone punts the call to Voicemail, you pay for call to be routed to Voicemail - twice in fact.

As I said, WTF!

Comments

[sarahx.livejournal.com]

From what I can tell, it's the same with the UK networks. If you take your phone to continental Europe, as soon as you activate it on a non-UK network, you'll get charged for your phone going to voicemail- even it's turned off - until it's reactivated on your home network. Total theft.

[daveon.livejournal.com]

I think that depends on the network - I certainly didn't notice that on O2 or Orange when I used them. But I wasn't paying too much attention. It is theft though.