I just called TM last week about this.The odd part is all my @Home lines had it too.
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This info was leaked by tmonews.com several months ago, but T-mobile has now been actively pushing the "Pay per Megabyte" data plan on all lines that currently do not have a data plan on it, regardless if it's a smartphone or a dumbphone.
For most people, this is a non-issue. People with dumbphones usually don't have ways of accessing the internet so incurring a accidental charge is unlikely.
HOWEVER, for those folks with smartphones but no data plans (people who got their smartphone from a friend/relative, bought it from Craigslist, etc), be cautious when going on the web. Make sure that you're on a wifi connection or you'll incur a charge.
I just called TM last week about this.The odd part is all my @Home lines had it too.
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Seems like they need more revenue. This is an easy way. Not many people will call up and complain (or even notice) a buck or two here and there.
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Sounds like they've been getting "advice" from AT&T on more ways to take advantage of their customers.
AT&T and T-Mobile SF Bay Area+ Cell Sites - with Cell ID labels
http://sfocellsites.com/
Over 1,100 AT&T sites in the 9 Bay Area counties + San Benito, Santa Cruz and Monterey counties
Now over 1,500 T-Mobile sites in these 12 counties
T-Mobile sent an email about this service this past summer. I followed the directions in the email and called them up to have it disabled. I was worried that it might be considered a material change in my service and force me into a contract (been off contract since 2006). I was told it was not the case and they happily (at least they didn't complain) removed pay per MB service from my account.
While I use a Motorola V360, which is considered a "dumb phone", it does have a WAP based web browser on it that could access data and thus ding me for data usage. I figured better safe than sorry by disabling it.
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What is your source for the information that they are putting it on dumbphone accounts?
The original article with T-Mobile screenshot said smartphone accounts:
http://www.tmonews.com/2011/08/t-mob...eptember-15th/
I cannot cite an official source BUT my dumb phone account had Pay-Per-Use listed as a feature on my account on my.tmobile.com. If not, the CSR would not have been able to remove it. I would have removed it myself but the fine print was unclear as to whether or not it would invoke a contract.
I have 3 lines 2 dumb phones and Vibrant. All lines have no data. All the lines were changed to per pay use without my knowledge. For one day I thought I have free internet on my Vibrant. Then my bill came and I had $50 charge for data usage. Oh well. I called and blocked data on all 3 lines.
They added the pay per use data plan on two of my lines which use dumb phones. I was not able to remove it online, and could not get a hold of a CR after 2hrs on the phone. My last resort was using T-Mobile Chat to remove the plan and add data blocks.
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