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AT&T: No more hundred-page long detailed bills

Categories: Announcements, Apple, AT&T
By: , IntoMobile
Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007 at 11:01 PM

iPhone bill goes summarizedOn the upside, AT&T has finally seen the error in their ways. They’ll be sending out summarized paper bills instead of the 300-page long detailed bills that caused such a raucous recently. AT&T sent out a text message to this effect:

AT&T free msg: We are simplifying you paper bill, removing itemized detail. To view all detail go to att.com/mywirelesss. Still need full paper bill? Call 611

On the downside, it took an entire blogosphere’s outrage (and a cute little blond with her pretty eyes) to make AT&T see how wrong they were in sending out those bills in the first place.

Oh well, at least we won’t have to worry about any more YouTube videos showing a box full of AT&T wireless bills.

[Via: Gizmodo]

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Will hails from The City of Angels - Los Angeles, California. He spends his time playing with his numerous gadgets and looking forward to seeing what future holds for mobile technology. An avid promoter of a fully "digital" life, he promotes the widespread adoption of truly mobile, paper-less living. He dreams of the day when he can go completely digital. No more snail mail, paper receipts, bound books, notepads/spiral notebooks, credit cards, hard currency. He's a digital warrior - fighting for the converged life. He is an idealist and a realist - he has a perfect view of what the world should be but knows that the world is not perfect. Can we ever hope to see Will's dream become reality? We'll see...

  • The Dude

    I’m amazed at the sheer ego’s of some of these items. You make it sound like if it weren’t for this that AT&T would have continued to print up and spend lots of cash on paper and postage without noticing anything. Here’s a tip, business DO realize when something costs them a lot more money….