“AT&T Inc. has been accused in a lawsuit of ‘systematically’ overcharging iPhone customers for data usage with the popular Apple Inc. devices,” Cromwell Schubarth reports for The St. Louis Business Journal.
“The complaint filed by Patrick Hendricks in federal court in California claims a “significant portion” of his data bill is bogus, based on a test done by consultants hired by his lawyers,” Schubarth reports. “The lawyers are seeking class-action status on the suit, which would open it up to millions of U.S. iPhone and iPad owners who until now have only been able to get their service from AT&T.”
Schubarth reports, “Hendricks’ legal and tech team concluded that AT&T was overcharging after they bought an iPhone, turned off all push notification and location services, had no e-mail account configured and no active apps. Yet they say AT&T claimed in a bill that the unused phone had consumed 2.2MB of data.”
Full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: 2.2MB of data? Might as well be zero.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Edward W.” for the heads up.]