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Every flight I've taken I've asked if I can use my iPhone in airplane mode during takeoff and landing and every single time I've been told to turn the phone off completely.

On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 2:50 PM, Bill Sardone <wsardone@optonline.net>wrote:
>
> I believe that to be true. That is one of issues AT&T has been dealing with
> ...the apps continually fetching new info....which in US is not a big deal
> if you are on unlimited data..but international is another story.
>
> I agree....airplane mode when international..and hope for wifi.
>
> The pressure
>
> Thanks
>
> Bill
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: apple-iphone@yahoogroups.com <apple-iphone%40yahoogroups.com>[mailto:
> apple-iphone@yahoogroups.com <apple-iphone%40yahoogroups.com>] On Behalf
> Of Jack Tang
> Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 2:22 PM
> To: apple-iphone@yahoogroups.com <apple-iphone%40yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: Re: [apple-iphone] Re: Airplane mode
>
> Here was my wife's experience with AT&T that I would like to share with
> you.
>
> She had her e-mail turned OFF and the Airplane mode turned ON when she
> traveled to Asia. We received a phone bill with over $500 international
> roaming charge during that period. She called AT&T for explanation of the
> charge The answer was her "Fetch New Data" was ON. I don't know if this is
> true but we got charged over $500 for international roaming. AT&T waved $250
> for this charged.
>

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