AT&T, Apple Begin Paying $40 to U.S. iPad 3G Purchasers After Unlimited Data Lawsuit

This is still BS that was one of the worst moves in recent history to advertise the service in the keynote and 6 months later kill it. They should have given them back the full difference between the 3g and wifi models

OT: always amazes me that the US uses checks. i dont think ive actually touched or seen a check first hand in my entire life

OT: always amazes me that the US uses checks. i dont think ive actually touched or seen a check first hand in my entire life

As opposed to cash?

This is still BS that was one of the worst moves in recent history to advertise the service in the keynote and 6 months later kill it. They should have given them back the full difference between the 3g and wifi models

They should be held responsible for what they offered. Imagine if customers were allowed to say:

"I have lowered my monthly rate. If you feel this change negatively effects you, then you have until I pay my bill to reimburse me for my equipment."

OT: always amazes me that the US uses checks. i dont think ive actually touched or seen a check first hand in my entire life

So what's your preferred method? Also, they are hoping people don't cash them too...

I still have unlimited, and it is not throttled at all. The post you linked to even says that.

If you use enough data they will throttle you. I've experienced it and it's noticeable and constant until the next billing cycle.

but the company also began throttling unlimited users in October of 2011

I still have unlimited, and it is not throttled at all. The post you linked to even says that.

OT: always amazes me that the US uses checks. i dont think ive actually touched or seen a check first hand in my entire life

You're easily amazed I suppose.

And what would money transfer involve (that is different than using a check)?

I lived in Switzerland for 3 years....they don't have checks. All bills come with an identically formatted blue payment slip which can be taken to a bank/post office and paid for with cash, or can be machine read by an ATM and the money is taken from your account, or you can enter the info from them into your online banking account and pay your bill. Nobody mails a payment back to the biller, all paying is done through the banking system. There are pink versions of the same slips that can be filled in manually and used for one off payments to individuals, charities, etc. Store transactions are all by debit or credit card.

I lived in Australia for 3 years....checks do exist, but nobody has them for personal use. The only one I ever got was when I sold my car and was paid with a bank check. Store transactions are all done with EFTPOS (Electronic Funds Transfer Point of Sale) which is your debit card. Bills come with the biller's BSB and Account number which is equivalent to a Routing and Account Number here. You use online banking to push money to their account. You also make payments to individuals by pushing money from your account to another person's BSB/Account Number. A difference from the US ACH system is that having someone's BSB/Account Number only allows you to push money into their account....having someone else's account info can't be used to pull money from their account. For instance if you have a recurring payment to someone, you go to your bank's website and set up to have a recurring payment pushed to the biller; You don't give your details to the biller to have them regularly pull the money. This seems to eliminate any security risk of having someone know your account details....the worst they could do is give you money!

So other countries are way ahead of the US's antiquated system.

we use "SEPA" to transfer money to recipients all over europe for free. you just put in the number of the bank and the private account id and the money gets taken from your account to his.

That presumes you have a bank account. The payer can't assume that in a class action suit. It's easier to just send a check to everyone, than to have some interaction where they request your preferred method and then send it out multiple ways.

I rarely use checks nowadays, but there are occasions where it just makes sense.

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I used to write Forty Even but now I just write Forty ----------------------------- Dollars

Stupid to write forty dollars when the check already says dollars, so I just draw a long line to make it so people can't tack anything before or after it.

The first time I read this, I thought you meant you write "Forty (censored) Dollars."