iPhone bills are huge (in size, too) -- TONIGHT on ABC News

Maybe tonight, according to Ars Technica's Infinite Loop:
When we received our first iPhone bill, we were surprised both by how large it was and the reaction the story received. Yes, we know you can call AT&T or go online and cancel the paper billing or remove the itemized data listings, but that didn't help all the iPhone users who received their first box of papers a month after the iPhone's release.
By "large," they mean number of pages:
One of our bills is a whopping 52 pages long, and my own bill is 34 pages long. They're printed on both sides, too. What gives?
The AT&T bill itemizes your data usage whenever you surf the Internet via EDGE, even if you're signed up for the unlimited data plan. AT&T also goes into an incredible amount of detail to tell you—well, almost nothing. For instance, I know that on July 27 at 3:21 p.m. I had some data use that, under the To/From heading, AT&T has helpfully listed as "Data Transfer." The Type of file? "Data." My total charge? $0.00.
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ABC News is hoping to do a story on-air tonight about the iPhone bill issue, and Charlie Gibson wants to hold up an especially egregious example of these monstrosities.
They're looking for New Yorkers, so if you've got a story, go to the Ars site and do tell.





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