“In response to the devastating tornado that hit Oklahoma City on Monday, U.S. wireless carrier AT&T announced it will be waiving all overage charges for those affected through June 30,” AppleInsider reports.
“On Monday afternoon local time, Oklahoma City saw a massive tornado system rip through parts of the city and surrounding areas, leaving flattened buildings and at least 91 fatalities in its wake,” AppleInsider reports. “Hours later, AT&T announced it would be supporting efforts by waiving voice, data and text overage charges through the end of June for affected areas. ”
AppleInsider reports, “AT&T also reminded customers that they can contribute $10 to Red Cross humanitarian efforts by texting “REDCROSS” to 90999. The donation will be charged as part of a user’s monthly bill.”
Read more in the full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Lynn Weiler” for the heads up.]
A better gesture would be to waive all fees during this disaster. Overage fees? Give me a break. Sounds nice but who ever goes over when you have roll-over minutes. I wonder how many of their towers were destroyed. AT&T might not even work there right now.
How about for the rest of the year!
I want all waived !!! And a free iPhone 5 .
I agree with the first poster… If ATT was really sympathetic, they’d just wave all payments for 30 days…
But they are not really sympathetic… this is nothing short of a publicity stunt for ATT
I think it is a nice gesture. But of course everything and everyone gets attacked on this forum. Nothing is ever good here, just nag nag nag. Biggest bunch of losers in the world.
Why not just make it free for 2 weeks too.