What is Internet/MEdia Net on my Data Usage?

[Beepers]

I found the solution

DATA USAGE SOLVED

Since I got this done I have averaged 4mb sent and 10 mb received !

It's over !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[BostonG]

Hi,

Thanks for your post. I'm also suspecting of my husband having an affair and is been happening for over a year now, cause he is always texting, Y-messaging etc..  He has an iphone and in one ocassion he left his  iphone on the table while he went  outside to his car and thats when I  saw hundred's of msm messages sent to this local girl in town with photos.  I inmediately registered myself under ATT online and there it was! more than 150 texts per day with that same girls tel.number, She also exists on FB and to tell you more, he even called her while we were both home.  GRRRR...  I was shocked!  to know that he will do something like this to his good and beautifull wife of 7 years and to add more; one time he came home and was not wearing his wedding ring..... thruly, thruly unacceptale and I really want the divorce papers,  he knows i'd been  a great wife, friend and companionship... but,  He ruined our relationship and now he swears not having an affair,   RE: internet/media net..I can't see nothing there. but some of the texts do say multimedia wich means picuture/video was sent  via text.  Do you know how can I print all his text and or merge from his phone to my phone/email.  Thank you, and good luck to you.

[cfitzgerald1616]

I was wondering it never shows up on my phone just my girlfriends phone. It just says Internet/media what does this mean is it just data usage or what

[boboutthere]

simple what is  Internet/MEdia Net. is it on online testing . that no really traceable 

[ktulina]

I was told this was Skype or Ichat. I don't like nor trust this crap. My husband is up to no good with this

[ktulina]

My husband also has this show on his text bill at least once a day. And what is pta?

[ktulina]

I tricked my husband into thinking I already knew he was having [word filter avoidance].  Now the online bill show "pta" and internet/media net.  This is all bull I want to know more details.

[FallenAnjel]

Wow, even I'm not THAT paranoid, lol.  

This has absolutely nothing to do w/ a spouse cheating, unless I'm scitzophenric and cheating on myself, lol  I have it too on my bill and I'm sure there's a very valid explanation for it.  The trick is to call ATT about a billion times to get a billion answers and then go with the one that makes the most sense.  

[dmrd79]

Hi internet/media net is added to your data when you are looking at web pages with 3g or 4g. So it dose not mean that anyone is or is not cheating.

[Sphilips1909]

My husband cheated. Try using spokeo.com. You can search his name possible screen names email addresses etc to see what sites he belongs to.

[derbygirl40]

I do agree that At&T will keep you on the phone for hours with no answers.

FYI, Comic Sans font should never be used unless you are an 8 year old girl writing about unicorns. The purple makes it even more difficult to take this post seriously.

[gemeinschaftges…]

My hemorrhage of KB's labeled "Internet/MEdia Net as well as my wife's started on Jan. 19, 2013. No ATT rep in a store or on the web has been able (or willing) to explain why this is happening.

I changed my email "fetch" to manual and also am closing all open apps but this still has not had any effect on this highly suspicious development

[ATTJulieCS · Accepted solution]

Here is a breakdown of Media Net as well as FAQ's.  This should sum it all up for you. 

~ Julie Rae 

[sandart65]

Thank you for clarifying. My 18 year old daughter is in college away from home and according to her Iphone data she is on the phone all day and night long even when she is supposed to be asleep or studying.
I was just about her ask her if there is a reason she is on her phone when she should be asleep or in class. Your indept information is very much appreciated.

[Patndre]

I've been having the same problem, thinking the same thing-cheating. No one at at&t support could help me. I'm glad we have an answer now, thank god. Thank you everyone for your support and help.

[tc570]

extreme Media Net/Internet data usage...

the company i work for a businee account with 27 phone (24 iphones and 3 other)  2 of our users experience these date usage issues.  one of them is to the extreme of costing addition fees for overages.  in three weeks this Media Net/Internet has transfered over 6GB of data... thats double allowed in our plan.  IN THREE WEEKS.  and the time of the usage seem to be right around the same time almost every day.

 the user who has the phone is not tech saavy so she does not us the iphone 4s for anything other than work calls and to take photos of her baby.  she does know enough to close all apps when not in use.  

our at&t rep was not able to help at all.  as of yet, searching forums has been no help either.  nothing stands out in the setting that would seem to be the cause.  

with as many users as it seems to be having this similar issue, it sure would be nice if at&t (or Apple itself even) would step in with more details as to what/why, how to prevent, or some other solution to help out its subscribers. MY T-MOBILE ANDROID SMARTPHONE DOES NOT TRANSFER 6GB OF DATA ON ITS OWN IN THE BACKGROUND, WITH NO SETTINGS TO PREVENT IT.   

[FallenAnjel]

FYI, I LIKE Comic Sans and purple is my favourite colour.  I'm sorry you don't like it but then again I don't care because if I did I wouldn't be me.  Oh and I like CATS too!    

     

[tc570]

julie,
your link explains nothing as to why or how to prevent this issue. this issue has cause data usage more than double the plan allowed - costing out company even more money. this issue has transferred over 6GB of data in three weeks ALL ON ITS OWN.

why doesn't ATT offer more assistance in resolving this issue for all of its users instead of saying ... we dont know why, while continuing to charge for the overages?

not using major features of the phone is NOT an acceptable solution.

[jamileh]

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tc570 wrote:
julie,
your link explains nothing as to why or how to prevent this issue. this issue has cause data usage more than double the plan allowed - costing out company even more money. this issue has transferred over 6GB of data in three weeks ALL ON ITS OWN.

why doesn't ATT offer more assistance in resolving this issue for all of its users instead of saying ... we dont know why, while continuing to charge for the overages?

not using major features of the phone is NOT an acceptable solution.

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It is very likely that the user, you noted she is not tech savvy, is using an application like streaming radio/video that is causing a lot of data use. 

It's also possible that a family member is using the phone for something data intensive without her knowledge. 

AT&T cannot force an application on the phone to use data. Please take some time to research this issue more closely with your user. You're welcome to please send a private message to ATTCustomerCare with your name, account number, email address, phone number and the best time to contact you so we can review the account. You may also want to take a look at our Business Community since this involved a business account. 




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