{"id":299,"date":"2009-01-12T08:04:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-12T08:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2009\/01\/no-more-iphone-transmissions-from-southwest-asia.html"},"modified":"2009-01-12T08:04:00","modified_gmt":"2009-01-12T08:04:00","slug":"no-more-iphone-transmissions-from-southwest-asia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2009\/01\/no-more-iphone-transmissions-from-southwest-asia.html","title":{"rendered":"No more iPhone transmissions from Southwest Asia!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"Section1\">\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">I used my iPhone a few times since I\u2019ve been here.&nbsp; I used it quite a bit en route, uploading pictures and chatting on Facebook from Italy.&nbsp; My phone will officially stay in \u201cairplane mode\u201d for the rest of my time here!&nbsp; <o:p><\/o:p><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">So it\u2019s essentially an iPod touch, still quite useful to me.&nbsp; I can still access my tunes, my one movie (Star Wars the Clone Wars), and my notes, contact lists and games.&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p><\/o:p><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">I just checked my AT&amp;T bill and did the math:&nbsp; I\u2019ve done 5.07MB (5070KB) of data transmission via the iPhone on this trip, at $0.0195 per KB = $98.87!!!!<o:p><\/o:p><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">I knew this was coming\u2026I received a text message in Germany, Italy and my location here, each from the respective cell phone companies (Vodaphone, Voda-It, the one here) telling me the data transmission charges.&nbsp; My phone can hop on wireless here when it can find it, but as soon as the wireless drops, the cell phone network picks up the slack and suddenly the charges accrue.<o:p><\/o:p><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">Can\u2019t wait for that first paycheck from this trip to cover those charges!<o:p><\/o:p><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">-Patricia<o:p><\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I used my iPhone a few times since I\u2019ve been here.&nbsp; I used it quite a bit en route, uploading pictures and chatting on Facebook from Italy.&nbsp; My phone will officially stay in \u201cairplane mode\u201d for the rest of my time here!&nbsp; So it\u2019s essentially an iPod touch, still quite useful to me.&nbsp; I can [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[],"tags":[13,12,63,66],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5ycQ0-4P","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":305,"url":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2009\/01\/all-i-needed-was-a-little-fine-tuning.html","url_meta":{"origin":299,"position":0},"title":"All I Needed Was a Little Fine Tuning&#8230;","date":"18 January 09","format":false,"excerpt":"Today at \"The Bra\", I saw someone typing away on his iPhone. So I stopped and asked, \"Excuse me, are you paying for the websurfing?\"(You know me, I'm not going to sugar coat my question!)Anyway, this guy (a pilot, actually) showed me how to fine tune the settings on the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"air force reserves\"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":128,"url":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2008\/04\/the-great-iphone-debate.html","url_meta":{"origin":299,"position":1},"title":"The Great iPhone Debate","date":"30 April 08","format":false,"excerpt":"Me: \"I want an iPhone.\"Dave: \"How can you be such a slave to technology?\"Me: \"It's cool and it takes care of many of the things I want to do in today's wireless world. 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This software is in my iPhone. \u00a0It ties into the GPS in the phone and records location, distance, speed and time. \u00a0I've downloaded the free version, which has some sort of screen saver glitch that prevents me from\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"geek\"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":140,"url":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2008\/05\/techno-addicto-lady-now-with-photos.html","url_meta":{"origin":299,"position":5},"title":"Techno-Addicto-Lady: NOW WITH PHOTOS!","date":"15 May 08","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm sure that's what Dave's going to be calling me for the next few days.First of all, I want to share this hilarious blog entry that Dave showed me. I've felt this mother's pain, hm, EIGHT times and counting! 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