T-Mobile U.S. send warning SMS about data charges

snidely · **T-Mobile U.S. send warning SMS about data charges -** 24-05-2009, 20:58

I know this is a "prepaid" forum. However, Telna Mobile is post paid and some other cards here have post paid for business customers.
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There have been articles in the papers about people who come back with HUGE data roaming bills as a surprise. Eg. Some idiot downloaded a whole movie to his phone while in Mexico - bill $62,000.00!!

Earlier this month when in Senegal and Zambia - seemed to get the following SMS everytime i registered on a new system. Never got this before.
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Free T-Mobile Msg: Some applications and devices cause data roaming, please check your settings or data connections to control charges.
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I am surprised the carriers don't have a trigger that shuts down service when there is unusual activity. Credit card companies will call you and actually shut down the card if they see unusual activity and can't confirm the charges. (Card issuers suggest you call themin advance if you will be traveling.)

If/when Telna offers data on their post paid card - they should set a trigger that shuts down the data service if it reaches a certain point.

...mike

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snidely (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Expert Posts: 451 Join Date: 09 May 2005 Location: Berkeley, California and Miami Country:	T-Mobile U.S. send warning SMS about data charges - 24-05-2009, 20:58 I know this is a "prepaid" forum. However, Telna Mobile is post paid and some other cards here have post paid for business customers. === There have been articles in the papers about people who come back with HUGE data roaming bills as a surprise. Eg. Some idiot downloaded a whole movie to his phone while in Mexico - bill $62,000.00!! Earlier this month when in Senegal and Zambia - seemed to get the following SMS everytime i registered on a new system. Never got this before. === Free T-Mobile Msg: Some applications and devices cause data roaming, please check your settings or data connections to control charges. === I am surprised the carriers don't have a trigger that shuts down service when there is unusual activity. Credit card companies will call you and actually shut down the card if they see unusual activity and can't confirm the charges. (Card issuers suggest you call themin advance if you will be traveling.) If/when Telna offers data on their post paid card - they should set a trigger that shuts down the data service if it reaches a certain point. ...mike Make use of T-M's UMA/wifi free calling from any place in the world with access to wifi. I use an LG G6, wife an S7) A/o Oct 20, 2013 no need for intl prepaid as T-Mobile U.S. includes voice roaming at 20¢/min (in and out)., unlimited text (in and out), and unlimited data in 140+ countries. My Plan -[6 lines] U.S. T-Mobile unlimited minutes (incoming and outgoing), unlimited text, fast data on each line. that $145/mo. total! . (In U.S. no surcharge for calling a cell.) If a line exceeds 2G of data in a month, pay $10 more for that line. [That only happens a couple times/year.