Bell Touch & Tethering

[timpower42]

Well the thing is... I wasn't warned... and my plan is unlimited internet so I thought.... but for some reason using it on the computer is worse even though i can access everything from my phone as I can the computer.... so they argued with me for 2 hours and did nothing in the end.... does anyone know a number to call which is actually a Bell Rep and not some gay call center?

[Evader]

Originally Posted by timpower42

does anyone know a number to call which is actually a Bell Rep and not some gay call center?

as I found out the hard way:

1-888-457-7304 is to reach head office. They will waive your first data charges as a measure of goodwill. it is their policy.

[djsmoisin]

HAHA Try This on for Size:

I had purchased my HTC Touch back in March...
I Tethered for 2weeks, Downloading at miraculous speeds of 100kbps+ for EV-DO.

I Received a phone call at the end of the 2 Weeks that was an automated message that stated "Hello, This is an Important Announcement from Bell Mobility..... You are near your credit limit. Please contact Bell Mobility Regarding your current usae and balance."

I Though it was my First/Second Month Payment, and Fun Bundle package and a few other add ons....

hahaah...... ADDONS?

$18,328.67 DATA CHARGES.

What I did was the following:

1. Went directly to the store I had purchased the phone from, and Got a photocopy of my contract.
2. By looking at the reps additional contract Terms handwritten states:
UNLIMITED DATA USAGE: $20/mth"
3. Looked at the sales person, said I want these fees to be credited as per the Contract signed at initial Term states "DATA" not "MOBILE BROWSER".
4. THey called Headoffice and spoke in the back office for about 15minutes.

Now, I get every Tether fee waived per month....

They got themselves in quite the situation with me.
I love Bell Now ahahahahah

[ikaris]

Originally Posted by jackojack

Well I've been able to tether on telus with bluetooth. Just link your device with bluetooth, install the dial-up networking service. Run it and use "#777" as the number to dial, no login/password. It should connect and you'll be good to go!

I did this on Bell and got charged. Bell definitely can see the difference with at least this method (fortunately they credited me after I complained). Not sure about Telus though.

I've used ICS in the past and now PDANET and haven't been charged since.

[OMJ]

Originally Posted by djsmoisin

HAHA Try This on for Size:

I had purchased my HTC Touch back in March...
I Tethered for 2weeks, Downloading at miraculous speeds of 100kbps+ for EV-DO.

I Received a phone call at the end of the 2 Weeks that was an automated message that stated "Hello, This is an Important Announcement from Bell Mobility..... You are near your credit limit. Please contact Bell Mobility Regarding your current usae and balance."

I Though it was my First/Second Month Payment, and Fun Bundle package and a few other add ons....

hahaah...... ADDONS?

$18,328.67 DATA CHARGES.

What I did was the following:

1. Went directly to the store I had purchased the phone from, and Got a photocopy of my contract.
2. By looking at the reps additional contract Terms handwritten states:
UNLIMITED DATA USAGE: $20/mth"
3. Looked at the sales person, said I want these fees to be credited as per the Contract signed at initial Term states "DATA" not "MOBILE BROWSER".
4. THey called Headoffice and spoke in the back office for about 15minutes.

Now, I get every Tether fee waived per month....

They got themselves in quite the situation with me.
I love Bell Now ahahahahah

lol...that is INSANE!

[jesso2k]

Getting charged for my data has always been my greatest fear.
I use my touch as my primary source for internet right now, as I'm in a different province weekdays for work.
I heard good things about pdanet, tried it out and was so impressed I paid $30 for the license.
My first bill just came back... over 6gigs of data costing me, $0!!
Very easy to use, and now with the GPS working, the touch with a data plan is the best deal going.

[SkylineGTS]

Originally Posted by djsmoisin

HAHA Try This on for Size:

I had purchased my HTC Touch back in March...
I Tethered for 2weeks, Downloading at miraculous speeds of 100kbps+ for EV-DO.

I Received a phone call at the end of the 2 Weeks that was an automated message that stated "Hello, This is an Important Announcement from Bell Mobility..... You are near your credit limit. Please contact Bell Mobility Regarding your current usae and balance."

I Though it was my First/Second Month Payment, and Fun Bundle package and a few other add ons....

hahaah...... ADDONS?

$18,328.67 DATA CHARGES.

What I did was the following:

1. Went directly to the store I had purchased the phone from, and Got a photocopy of my contract.
2. By looking at the reps additional contract Terms handwritten states:
UNLIMITED DATA USAGE: $20/mth"
3. Looked at the sales person, said I want these fees to be credited as per the Contract signed at initial Term states "DATA" not "MOBILE BROWSER".
4. THey called Headoffice and spoke in the back office for about 15minutes.

Now, I get every Tether fee waived per month....

They got themselves in quite the situation with me.
I love Bell Now ahahahahah

now my situation was different... it wasnt tethering.. (ill get to my tethering point in a minute) but i had a verbal agreement when i had my bell 6800... they gave me the "unlimited data plan for the touch" (yes she used those exact words about 10 times in the conversation) as a "sorry" for the issues i had up to that point, this was when they didnt know the stipulations of the unlimited mobile browser plan for the touch yet (first few days after release of the touch and that deal). needless to say in 3 days i downloaded 1583mb at $12 per mb... yes thats a $19k data bill in 3 days. they waived it because she told me i had unlimited data use, and she didnt know that i wasnt able to have it.
as for tethering... any way you tether will get you billed unless you use PDA Net. however its done in PDANet it is not detectable from bell. i have it on good authority that they are trying to figure it out. but... as for now... its still your only option, but it works.

[mfpreach]

Just wait until they do figure out PDAnet and all you guys have 18k phone bills too.

[Balkar]

I downloaded seriously about a 6-7 gig torrent files with my phone and PDAnet active and when i received my bill at the end of the month, i was only charged for like 7 or 8 at max Meg of download... Which was probly my phone usage.

Anyways...

[jesso2k]

Originally Posted by SkylineGTS

however its done in PDANet it is not detectable from bell. i have it on good authority that they are trying to figure it out. but... as for now... its still your only option, but it works.

Who's good authority? Well I'm sure they're aware of it they'd be fools not to. Then again so does every cell phone company yet pdanet has yet to be compromised.

I just wish you wouldn't rain on my parade with those comments, now I'm freaked out lol.