*4 now reports data usage at 0MB allotment

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I was just checking *4 today when it reached the part in the msg where it
normally says I have unlimited data but it gave me a listing instead. Now
it appears to report my usage as having 0MBs. It even lists me as having
used all of my allotment and even going over my allotment of "0"MBs by a
few KBs (viewed some pages on the phone a day ago). I have had unlimited
vision since it came out and I'm wondering if this has shown up on anyone
else's usage information.

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Central wrote:
> I was just checking *4 today when it reached the part in the msg where it
> normally says I have unlimited data but it gave me a listing instead. Now
> it appears to report my usage as having 0MBs. It even lists me as having
> used all of my allotment and even going over my allotment of "0"MBs by a
> few KBs (viewed some pages on the phone a day ago). I have had unlimited
> vision since it came out and I'm wondering if this has shown up on anyone
> else's usage information.

YIKES! I just called *4.

"Your data plan includes ZERO megabytes. You have used all of your
avaiable megabytes and have exceeded the plan amount by 21 Megabytes and
9 kilobytes." (That's when happens when you have a Treo 650. )

Just called *2 (30 second wait time, take that, Phillipe). They do
verify that I have the Vision plan on my account, and that I'm not being
billed for usage. Apparently this is just an indicator that they're
more accurately tracking usage now, and that the actual usage can be
accessed by us end users as well as SPCS reps.

I agree though that the whole zero megabyte thing is confusing.

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Jason wrote:
> It shows on my *4 that I was exceeding my data usage, also.. I called
> SPCS and they were confused on the subject as well as I was. They
> made a note on my account if I was charged for extra Vision usage
> that I would get it credited. I looked at my bill for last month,
> and it shows NO additional usage for vision on my account.. So, it's
> either a glitch or it is a way to show actual usage of vision, even
> on unlimited vision packs..
>
> Very confusing for me.... but, as long as I didn't get charged for
> usage, it's cool...
>

I just called and got the message about having zero bytes on my plan,
but it didn't mention anything about exceeding that "limit" at all. I
should note I have used Vision on my phone (Sanyo 8200) almost daily.
But this month I have not used my phone as a modem at all.

I wonder if this is the beginning of the end of the "don't ask, don't
tell" quasi-policy on using your phone as a modem?


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