[UPDATED: Check Justine's interview after the jump] Following this weekend's Gore Alert post, Justine Ezarik —of JustinTV fame— has just received her first iPhone bill. Three. Hundred. Pages. See her unwrapping the package from AT&T in the video after the jump.
Come back later to find out what she got for her 300 pages. For that size, I'd want oiled-up Greek boys—or failing that, Spanish ones.
UPDATED 2:20PM
Addy: What were you doing with your iPhone to merit a 300-page breakdown?
Justine: Mostly just texts, which I believe was almost 30,000. I only used about 200 of the 900 minutes [of talk.]
Addy: Was that more use than your Treo?
Justine: That's about average of what I've have on my Treo, which I still haven't got rid of it. Thankfully this bill didn't take into account the texts I still recieved on that phone of we'd have a few extra pages for sure.
Addy; So how much was the total?
Justine: The bill came to $274.81. Supposedly I have unlimited text/data so most of the charges I'm assuming were activation and a prorated bill. That's what it looks like anyway!
Addy: And how much did it cost AT&T to send that monster?
Justine: As far as sending the package, I ripped off the label, but I think it was around $7 to send.
Thanks Justine! [Tasty Blog Snack and Justine's live stream on Justin.tv]








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what's her iNumber?
/hotness is her...
That is a bill and a half. I'm interested to see if more than 10 of those pages has anything pertinent on them.
Also: Ye gods, she's gorgeous.
Love the quality of the vid. Must've been done on an Apple (snicker, snicker). I know it's At&T doing the billing, mostly. But do you think anyone nudged anyone else over the concept that an entire forest might need to be felled for itemised listings of multimedia phone use?
Oh Apple, you're so green! (And so are your followers)
This is clearly not the norm. AT&T would be loosing their arse if they had to mail everyone a giant monthly dissertation.
So, was this a weird mistake, or was she doing something absolutely ridiculous with her phone?
Well....What's on it? She seems like a talker-texter.
What phone bill? There's a phone bill in that video?
@aquaosx: It is the norm, actually. AT&T gives you a kilobyte by kilobyte breakdown of every data transfer, even if you have an unlimited data plan, like nearly everybody who has and iPhone does.
I know I'm being very stereo-typical, but I'm sure other people we're also thinking this. Doesn't she come off as the sort of person that talks to her girlfriends until her arm gets sore, and then messages them until her thumbs get sore? I could be very wrong...that just how it came off to me.
that's a lot of data usage... i use 2GB/month (at least) w/ my SE w810i, and my bill is about 40pgs long. i have 1500 data sessions.
Wow. Hot, and has an iPhone.
What more could you ask for.
I can't watch the video at work, but i just counted, and they fit 54 calls per page. add 6 pages of usage summary per account, which means, assuming she has an account with just one phone:
300 - 6 = 294 or so pages of usage:
294 * 54 = 15,876 usages.
the iPhone ad music was pure genius. pretty lady with a pretty iPhone. the world just isn't fair.
@aquaosx: Yup, B got it. Now that a month is up, people with the iPhone unlimited data plans are getting bills ranging from 70 pages all the way up to this, detailing every single data transfer. The worst of it is AT&T doesn't even tell you what you transferred, just "data."
Let's hope this hottie recycles.
Paper bills are such a waste of time (and paper) but a legal neccesity all the same... perhaps a carrier pigeon would be cheaper?
Uhhh, this might actually be interesting if we knew what was on the phone bill. But yeah, like people already said, she looks like a talker/text-er/custom ring tones kinda gal. Plus it sure it shows all the time you spent surfing the net and showing her friends that funny YouTube video.
Most likely, it's all the itemized edge data calls. She must leave her phone out on the table everywhere she goes; then she lets people paw through google maps.
I think she likes the attention.
/jussa guess
Wow! A surprisingly insightful well produced video made by what looks like a prissy sorority girl. Can't judge a phone bill by it's cover, I guess. And yes, I hear this is the norm for iPhone customers. ATT itemizes EVERYTHING. Each time you access the web, it's recorded.
I bet half her bill is just subsidizing the Color laser printer that they used to print her bill out (wow how recursive). Seriously, the paper might as well be free but the printing and mailing costs are astronomical. Those things cost about 10 cents a page, single sided. Just to print the bill alone was $30. Mailing it probably cost another $10.
So, AT&T don't hug trees I see. How much could they save a year by not doing that and not pass it along to the customer? Main bill elements only and the rest just goes on your iPhone to read? And, you know you're paying for that paper somewhere in that statement as well as the shipping fee - look hard enough and I'l bet you'll find it itemized on page 257.
I got an iPhone....give me a call, lets do lunch and let's review this "phone bill" of yours. ;-)
Part of me wishes that I hadn't signed up for Internet billing. Getting a box with your bill in it is just too funny. How friggin stupid can AT&T be, though? They act like they've never sold a data plan before.
Is it me, or does this lady look like Maureen McCormick and/or Christine Taylor aka Marcia Brady?
FYI - Got my AT&T bill/book on Saturday. The bulk of it is a list of all my text messages. Yes, they print out and list each and every text message date, time, number. Fun stuff. This woman is a texting pro. Typical.
What better way to make people not give a damn about the phone bill. Put a hot girl in the video so nobody cares what she is talking about.
HERRO RORA!!!!!!!!
"Doesn't she come off as the sort of person that talks to her girlfriends until her arm gets sore, and then messages them until her thumbs get sore?"
I'd like to do something with her until she's sore.
I'm glad i signed up for paperless billing, from the start.
She got them thar ker-AAAY-z eyes!
Get a freaking girlfriend you horny bastards!
300 pages?! That's beyong screwed up. They better be using recycled paper ... and my guess is that they're not. This makes me sick.
It sounds kinda dumb (what would you expect from AT&T), but what if this is AT&T's way of getting people to switch to paperless billing? They just annoy their customers by sending them ungodly amounts of paper in the mail every month until they switch... Sounds dumb, but I know I just made the change...
And sure, this girl's cute, but has anyone ever heard of "high maintenance"? I mean, look at her phone bill! She obviously spends more time talking to a piece of metal and plastic than she does talking to people in the flesh. F* that!
AT&T's bills are this huge. Mine are usually 30-40 pages on a normal month. They need to cool it down a bit 'cause that's a lot of paper wasted away.
Oh, and BTW, hotness is her - the blond - instant iSchwing!!!!
All phone service providers seem to think it's necessary to give you sufficient back up that you will not question the bill, as that sucks up time and money from their company via the customer service department. The dopes.
So they include phone numbers, date and time of the activity (text, data or calls), duration of the activity, and perhaps a brief description of the activity. So if you send a few hundred messages, make a few hundred phone calls, and perform a use a few hundred data services each month (you know, the normal stuff), you are going to get a very large statement.
The logical thing to do seems to be go with electronic statements to avoid all the paper waste. But consumers for the most part really like that paper. Do you hear that? That's the sound of trees screaming.
Justine said it is true shes been texting a lot. go to Justin.tv and find her there.
Save a tree get paperless billing.
:::eating veal and baby seal soufflé out of non-bio degradable styrofoam box, while driving SUV with gas take top off, running air conditioning with windows down:::
Mmmmmmmm.... "trees screaming."
wow these comments sure are hateful. Nice video, girl-who's-name-i-forgot-by-the time-i-got-down-to-the-comment-post-box. I don't hate you for having an iphone and being good looking. Make sure you recycle!
Maybe it's all the incoming date propositions and her declines.
OK, she IS hot, but here eyebrow STILL LOOKS LIKE A SPERM!
Paper is good. With a paper bill, I'm more likely to remember to pay on time. But a summary statement showing current charges would be adequate. Keep the detail for the web. And as many have noted, the bill detail is useless. Here's a randomly selected entry:
66 WED 06/13/2007 6:20AM Data Transfer Data 302 KB PDVU AT GPRR Out 0.00
Yeah, that helps.
30,000 text messages?! This chick sends 1000 text messages a day? Are you kidding me?
Don't get me wrong, the giant bill is ridiculous, but I'm a little more disgusted by the insane texting.
they are going to have to go paperless or start condensing down the bill [or only sending the summary]. al gore will be all over them in a hot minute.
@aquaosx: yeah, it's a little nuts. Assuming awake for 16 hours, that's 62.5 texts an hour, or about one text every minute.
nuts. I consider myself a heavy text, but only send/receive about 900/month. insane
Uhm, I agree with the other posts -- it's called paperless billing. Any self-respective true techie would be signed up for it already. Not only does it save trees but it's accessible from your iPhone via it's wonderful "Real Internet". ;^)
This is just stupid on AT&T's part. I have unlimited data through T-Mobile and use it all day every day. My bill is 2 pages every month.
@nutbastard:
It's called subliminal advertising...
That 20-amp outlet is pretty sweet.
"Mostly just texts, which I believe was almost 30,000"
That is very nearly 1 text every minute of a 16 hour day for 31 days! That's just insane. No wonder she got a 300 page bill.
I might be a little harsh but, she looks like the kind of person I'd love to hate. I wouldn't want an iPhone anaways or even an American rate plan. I myself use a low-end LG phone from Telus. 10 Canadian dollars a month for unlimited calling when I need it (between 3 and 7) and unlimited text, data and various other things for another 15. 25 canadian dollars a month with no access fee as it's prepaid but, still uses my Mastercard for monthly withdrawls.
I suspect that providing all this detail suppresses the call-in rate from customers - with all that information, who's going to bother reviewing it? But it gives the impression that ATT is carefully managing messaging details, so people probably think , "Hmm, I guess this looks OK". If all they get is a "Please pay this amount" notice, there'd be lots more questions. It's much more expensive to answer a phone call from a customer than to send a bill, even a many paged bill.
In other words, I just assume they are doing this intentionally - one of their many ways of saying "screw you" to their customers.
If you watch her on JTV you will see that she checks her phone about every minute. She is addicted to texting. Plus she most likely has it set to receive a text when she gets facebook notifications. She's a cute girl with loads of facebook friends. You can just imagine how many people are sending her facebook messages.
Giz, if you're going to show us sexy webcam action, show us the whole thing.
i hate texting
You would think with a chick that hot, she'd convince her man to be getting the bill.
Thats why they have an option to opt out of paper billing you tree killers.
@qbrad: paperless billing option from at&t saves trees
She texts more than I speak.
Jesus christ! About 3 quarters of these comments are about how hot the woman is! Are you people all having viagra in your coffee or something? What's wrong with you?!
My bill was 58 pages. It's ridiculous.
@SecretAZNMan: You betcha. You should see the 2653 pages of data sent to the NSA detailing the IP addresses of every source and destination. They know what you've been Googling, so you better be good, for Goggle's sake.
Verizon Wireless gives me a one page bill in a normal sized envelop.
30k text messages? Christ on a crutch! Someone tell her to go outside... and visit me in my house.
Er. Yeah.
30,000 Texts!!??? How did she find time to make this video??
Well my bill was 4 pages. Yes I have an iPhone and the unlimited data plan and I use that phone all the time. I just don't send out 30,000 text messages. How does one even do that???