unexplained Data Charges

A friend has two Cingular phones, both have had unexplained Data
Charges for 2 months. Yesterday, he called Customer Service and had all
Data capabilities disabled on both accounts. The CSR could not explain
what initiated the Data Transfers. All of the Data Sessions were
out-bound. SMS is not used, nor is Web surfing, or email. Here is a
short example:

Detailed Statement of Cingular Wireless Charges (continued)

· · To/ Msg/ In/
· Date Time From Type KB Out
· 66.
· 04/07 19:08 Data Transfer MyWirelessWin 44 KB Out
· .44
·
· 67.
· 04/07 19:09 Data Transfer MyWirelessWin 42 KB Out
· .42
·
· 68.
· 04/08 14:59 Data Transfer MyWirelessWin 37 KB Out
· .37

Some days there were 3 or 4 sessions within a few minutes time-frame,
then there may not be another session for a week.

Any ideas what is going on here?
Tks,
gojlt2 at gmail dot com

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A friend has two Cingular phones, both have had unexplained Data
Charges for 2 months. Yesterday, he called Customer Service and had all
Data capabilities disabled on both accounts. The CSR could not explain
what initiated the Data Transfers. All of the Data Sessions were
out-bound. SMS is not used, nor is Web surfing, or email. Here is a
short example:

Detailed Statement of Cingular Wireless Charges (continued)

· · To/ Msg/ In/
· Date Time From Type KB Out
· 66.
· 04/07 19:08 Data Transfer MyWirelessWin 44 KB Out
· .44
·
· 67.
· 04/07 19:09 Data Transfer MyWirelessWin 42 KB Out
· .42
·
· 68.
· 04/08 14:59 Data Transfer MyWirelessWin 37 KB Out
· .37

Some days there were 3 or 4 sessions within a few minutes time-frame,
then there may not be another session for a week.

Any ideas what is going on here?
Tks,
gojlt2 at gmail dot com


sending emails or mms and its being sent wrong. thats about the right size
for a picture.. is it a branded or unlocked phone?

On 31 May 2006 13:57:09 -0700, "gojlt2" <[email protected]> wrote in
<[email protected]>:

>A friend has two Cingular phones, both have had unexplained Data
>Charges for 2 months. Yesterday, he called Customer Service and had all
>Data capabilities disabled on both accounts. The CSR could not explain
>what initiated the Data Transfers. All of the Data Sessions were
>out-bound. SMS is not used, nor is Web surfing, or email. Here is a
>short example:
>
>Detailed Statement of Cingular Wireless Charges (continued)
>
>· · To/ Msg/ In/
>· Date Time From Type KB Out
>· 66.
>· 04/07 19:08 Data Transfer MyWirelessWin 44 KB Out
>· .44
>·
>· 67.
>· 04/07 19:09 Data Transfer MyWirelessWin 42 KB Out
>· .42
>·
>· 68.
>· 04/08 14:59 Data Transfer MyWirelessWin 37 KB Out
>· .37
>
>Some days there were 3 or 4 sessions within a few minutes time-frame,
>then there may not be another session for a week.
>
>Any ideas what is going on here?
>Tks,
>gojlt2 at gmail dot com

Probably hitting the Cingular button, which takes you online with GPRS
data, charged pay-as-you-go if you don't have a data package. To avoid
that, you can have GPRS turned off.

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