Snapper <snapper1@y7mail.com.invalid> wrote
> Rod Speed wrote

>>> As an article in the Green Guide suggested yesterday, it apparently
>>> uses data in the background and the data component supposedly
>>> can't be switched off. In the US this wasn't a problem as AT&T
>>> had unlimited data as a part of the contract. But with Telstra or
>>> indeed, any of the other carriers, this isn't the case.

>> It still obviously depends on what sites you choose to visit etc.

> Maybe.

No maybe about it.

> What about what the writer of that article is claiming?
> If the new iPhone does what the old one does, and to
> conduct "transactions" in the background without you
> actually browsing or downloading anything particular, what then?

If that amounts to more than the minimum datapack
provides, you're always welcome to go for a bigger one.

> If the wireless connection HSDPA, UMTS or whatever you want to call it is permanently
> active then you could be racking up data charges without even knowing it.

You'll soon know about it come the end of the month and you can check what its doing data wise anyway.

And under the TPA, if Telstra doesnt make that stuff clear, you can fuck them over using the TPA anyway.