August 20, 2007 6:28 PM PDT

Ungreen iPhone paper bills

by Kevin Ho
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In July, I got an invoice from AT&T that I thought was an aberration--it was slightly longer than my previous bills with my Razr, but my last invoice spanned the period where I had both phones--maybe that was it, right? Well, I just got my latest iPhone-only bill, and it turns out that the eco-unfriendly bill was not an aberration.

So, while my monthly total bill is now a noticeable $10 cheaper because I changed my data and SMS text plans, my monthly paper invoice has grown noticeably larger and heavier--89 pages in total--about 30 percent bigger than my Razr bills. (I guess I'm lucky: I've read reports of invoices being more than 300+ pages!)

I think I will switch to the paperless, online billing invoice AT&T offers, but as a lawyer, somehow I feel some need for paper invoices for evidence or record-keeping. I still feel this even though I know that electronic versions of documents and invoices are more portable and easy to keep track of--call it my inner Luddite. That aside, AT&T, I'm not sure it's necessary to track every kilobyte of data, or is it?

Originally posted at Living with the iPhone
Kevin Ho is a San Francisco attorney and the owner of a brand new iPhone. He'll be writing about the experience for the CNET Blog Network, and is not an employee of CNET. Disclosure.
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AT&T is the culprit
by wourawsome August 20, 2007 7:50 PM PDT
Just remember this isn't Apple's fault, its AT&T's phone bill so don't get made at
apple.
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I'm not "Made"
by nateman_99 August 20, 2007 8:55 PM PDT
Wow... is there a more obvious sign of an Apple fanboy rushing to Apple's defense... this person was in such a hurry they typed "made" instead of "mad".

I think everyone knows who publishes the bill. Relax, skippy. I've not seen anything pointing the finger at Apple.
unlock your iphone and get rid of that pesky bill
by aadil421 August 24, 2007 8:39 AM PDT
http://iphonejtag.blogspot.com/

unlocked iphone instructions and details...it works.
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