DEACTIVATING
THIS PHONE OR DOWNGRADING FEATURES OR RATE PLAN
MAY LEAD TO ADDITIONAL CHARGES
Important Information
Regarding Your Equipment Discount
Your price paid
includes an Equipment Discount of $250 that has
been provided to you by this AT&T Wireless
authorized agent for activating a new
non-substitute line of service with AT&T
Wireless, and maintaining this line of service
with the selected rate plan in good standing for a
minimum of 181 consecutive days.
By accepting this
Equipment Discount, you agree that for a period of
181 days after your new equipment is activated,
you
will pay your balance
due to AT&T Wireless each month
will not disconnect
this AT&T Wireless line of service
will not transfer this
equipment to another AT&T Wireless line of
service
will not change your
AT&T Wireless service rate plan to a lower
monthly service rate
will not deactivate
the email/data feature if one was required at the
point of purchase
If this is a new line
of service (not a contract extension or upgrade),
you also agree that you:
will not port an
existing phone number from another AT&T
Wireless account to this new line of service
will not use this new
line of service to replace an existing account
with AT&T Wireless
If these conditions
are not met OR you fail to return your phone and
all of the phone's related components in their
original, new condition under our Return &
Exchange policy, you herein provide authorization
for a $250 reimbursement to be charged to your
credit card by this AT&T Wireless authorized
agent without need for further approval. This
reimbursement of the $250 Equipment Discount will
only be charged if the above conditions are not
met.
WIRELESS TERMS
OF SERVICE
By checking "I have read and agree to the service
agreement", you will be bound to the following for the
two-year term of the agreement:
- The Terms of Service, including the binding
arbitration clause;
- The "Plan Terms" and other information regarding
your Rate Plan contained on the Rate Plan page; and
- The terms and conditions and other information
regarding features provided on the page where you
selected your features.
Privacy Policy: You acknowledge that
we are collecting your information for our use in
accordance with our privacy policy (available on our
website) which includes submitting it to one or more
carriers to fulfill your request for wireless service.
Contract Service Extensions & Upgrades:
If you presently have an AT&T contract and choose to
continue that line of service with AT&T by selecting a
new phone and plan, you may be assessed a processing
fee of up to $18.00 per line and a shipping fee of up
to $9.99 per order by this AT&T Authorized Agent. This
processing fee is separate from and in addition to any
activation fee(s) charged by AT&T.
Dispute resolution: To the fullest
extent permitted by law, we agree to settle all
disputes related to the purchase of wireless equipment
and/or accessories (except certain small claims) only
by arbitration governed by the Federal Arbitration Act
in the District of Columbia. We agree that by entering
into this Agreement, we are each waiving the right to
a trial by jury and agree to only bring claims in our
individual capacity and not as a plaintiff or class
member in any purported class or representative
proceeding.
TERMS OF SERVICE
“AT&T” or “we,” “us” or “our” refers to AT&T Mobility
LLC, acting on behalf of its FCC-licensed affiliates
doing business as AT&T. “You“ or “your“ refers to the
person or entity that is the customer of record.
PLEASE READ THIS AGREEMENT CAREFULLY TO ENSURE THAT
YOU UNDERSTAND EACH PROVISION. This Agreement requires
the use of arbitration to resolve disputes and also
limits the remedies available to you in the event of a
dispute.
SERVICE COMMITMENT; EARLY TERMINATION FEE
Your Service Commitment begins on the day we activate
your service. You have received certain benefits from
us in exchange for any Service Commitment greater than
one month. If we terminate your service for nonpayment
or other default before the end of the Service
Commitment, or if you terminate your service for any
reason other than (a) in accordance with the
cancellation policy; or (b) pursuant to a change of
terms, conditions, or rates as set forth below, you
agree to pay us with respect to each device identifier
or telephone number assigned to you, in addition to
all other amounts owed, an Early Termination Fee of
$175. For Service Commitments beginning on or after
May 25, 2008 the Early Termination Fee will be reduced
by $5.00 for each full month toward your minimum term
that you complete. (“Early Termination Fee“). The
Early Termination Fee is not a penalty, but rather a
charge to compensate us for your failure to satisfy
the Service Commitment on which your rate plan is
based. AFTER YOUR SERVICE COMMITMENT, THIS AGREEMENT
SHALL AUTOMATICALLY RENEW ON A MONTH-TO-MONTH BASIS
UNTIL EITHER PARTY GIVES NOTICE PURSUANT TO THE
TERMINATION PROVISION BELOW.
30-DAY CANCELLATION PERIOD/TERMINATION
You may terminate this Agreement within thirty (30)
days after activating service without paying an Early
Termination Fee. You will pay for service fees and
charges incurred through the termination activating
the service. Also, you may have to return any handsets
and accessories purchased with this Agreement. If you
terminate after the 30th day but before expiration of
the Agreement’s Service Commitment, you will pay AT&T
an Early Termination Fee for each wireless telephone
number associated with the service. Either party may
terminate this Agreement at any time after your
Service Commitment ends with thirty (30) days notice
to the other party. We may terminate this Agreement at
any time without notice if we cease to provide service
in your area. We may interrupt or terminate your
service without notice for any conduct that we believe
violates this Agreement or any terms and conditions of
your rate plan, or if you behave in an abusive,
derogatory, or similarly unreasonable manner with any
of our representatives, or if we discover that you are
underage, or if you fail to make all required payments
when due, or if we have reasonable cause to believe
that your Device is being used for an unlawful purpose
or in a way that may adversely affect our service, or
if you provided inaccurate credit information or we
believe your credit has deteriorated and you refuse to
pay any requested advance payment or deposit.
CHARGES AND DISPUTES
You are responsible for paying all charges for or
resulting from services provided under this Agreement.
You will receive monthly bills that are due in full as
shown thereon. YOU MUST, WITHIN 100 DAYS OF THE DATE
OF THE BILL, NOTIFY US IN WRITING AT AT&T, BILL
DISPUTE, SUITE 1400, 5565 GLENRIDGE CONNECTOR, P.O.
BOX 16, ATLANTA, GA 30342 (“AT&T’S ADDRESS”) OF ANY
DISPUTE YOU HAVE WITH RESPECT TO THE BILL, INCLUDING
ANY CHARGES ON THE BILL AND ANY SERVICE WE PROVIDED
FOR WHICH YOU WERE BILLED, OR YOU WILL HAVE WAIVED
YOUR RIGHT TO DISPUTE THE BILL OR SUCH SERVICES AND TO
BRING, OR PARTICIPATE IN, ANY LEGAL ACTION RAISING ANY
SUCH DISPUTE. Charges include, without limitation,
airtime, roaming, recurring monthly service,
activation, administrative, and late payment charges;
regulatory cost recovery and other surcharges;
optional feature charges; toll, collect call and
directory assistance charges; restoral and
reactivation charges, any other charges or calls
billed to your phone number; and applicable taxes and
governmental fees, whether assessed directly upon you
or upon AT&T. To determine your primary place of use
(“PPU”) and which jurisdiction’s taxes and assessments
to collect, you are required to provide us with your
residential or business street address. If you do not
provide us with such address, or if it falls outside
our licensed service area, we may reasonably designate
a PPU within the licensed service area for you.
Subscriber must live and have a mailing address within
AT&T’s owned network coverage area.
PURCHASES AND AUTHORITY TO USE
Your AT&T phone can be used to purchase goods and
services including ring tones, graphics, games or news
alerts (including subscription plans) from AT&T or
elsewhere from third parties (“Goods, Content, and
Services”). Goods, Content, and Services may be
purchased directly with any phone assigned to your
account or on-line. Charges for Goods, Content, and
Services will appear on your bill. Data transport
charges are also incurred in the purchase of mobile
content and such charges appear separately on your
bill. Unless you have a data plan, in which case you
will be billed according to your data plan, you will
be billed at the standard per kilobyte charge for the
mobile content transport when delivered. You have
full-time access to your Goods, Content, and Services
transaction history on our website. You are
responsible for all phones and other Devices
containing a SIM assigned to your account (“Devices”).
Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, if
such Device is used by others to purchase Goods,
Content, and Services, you are responsible for all
such purchases and all associated charges. You are
giving those other users your authority 1) to order
Goods, Content, and Services from those Devices,
including subscription services, and to incur charges
for those Goods, Content, and Services that will
appear on your bill and 2) to give any consent
required for those Goods, Content, and Services,
including the consent to use that user’s location
information to deliver customized information to that
user’s Device, or to make any representation required
for those Goods, Content, and Services, including a
representation of the user’s age, if requested. Usage
by others can be restricted by use of parental
controls or similar features. Visit our website to
learn more.
LOCATION-BASED SERVICES
Your Device may be location-enabled meaning that the
Device is capable of using optional Goods, Content,
and Services, at your request or the request of a user
on your account, offered by AT&T or third parties that
make use of a user’s location (“Location-Based
Services”), using location technology such as Global
Positioning Satellite (“GPS”), wireless network
location, or other location technology. Please review
the terms and conditions and the associated privacy
policy for each Location-Based Service to learn how
the location information will be used and protected.
We may also use location information to create
aggregate data from which your personally identifiable
information has been removed or obscured. Such
aggregate data may be used for services like
traffic-monitoring. It is your responsibility to
notify users on your account that the Device they are
using may be location-enabled. The use of certain
Location-Based Services or the disclosure of location
information may be restricted by use of parental
controls or similar features. Visit our website to
learn more.
AT&T 411 Info
In some cases our directory assistance service (411)
will use the location of Device to deliver relevant
customized 411 information based upon the user’s
request for a listing or other 411 service. By using
this directory assistance service, the user is
consenting to our use of that user’s location
information for such purpose. This location
information may be disclosed to a third party to
perform the directory assistance service and for no
other purpose. Such location information will be
retained only as long as is necessary to provide the
relevant customized 411 information and will be
discarded after such use. Please see our privacy
policy at att.com/privacy for additional details about
our use and protection of your personal information.
UNAUTHORIZED CHARGES TO YOUR PHONE:
(CALIFORNIA CUSTOMERS ONLY)
You are not liable for charges you did not authorize,
but the fact that a call was placed from your phone is
evidence that the call was authorized. You may submit
documents, statements, and other information to show
any charges were not authorized. Unauthorized charges
may include calls made to or from your phone or other
Device after it was lost or stolen. (See section “IF
YOUR PHONE IS LOST OR STOLEN”). If you notify us of
any charges on your bill you claim are unauthorized,
we will investigate. We will advise you of the result
of our investigation within 30 days. If you do not
agree with the outcome, you may file a complaint with
the California Public Utilities Commission and you may
have other legal rights. While an investigation is
underway, you do not have to pay any charges you
dispute or associated late charges, and we will not
send the disputed amount to collection or file an
adverse credit report about it.
UNLIMITED VOICE SERVICES
Unlimited voice services are provided solely for live
dialog between two individuals. Unlimited voice
services may not be used for conference calling, call
forwarding, monitoring services, data transmissions,
transmission of broadcasts, transmission of recorded
material, or other connections which do not consist of
uninterrupted live dialog between two individuals. If
AT&T finds that you are using an unlimited voice
service offering for other than live dialog between
two individuals, AT&T may, at its option terminate
your service or change your plan to one with no
unlimited usage components. AT&T will provide notice
that it intends to take any of the above actions, and
you may terminate the agreement.
OFF-NET USAGE
If your minutes of use (including unlimited services)
on other carrier networks (“off-net usage”) during any
two consecutive months exceed your off-net usage
allowance, AT&T may, at its option terminate your
service, deny your continued use of other carriers’
coverage or change your plan to one imposing usage
charges for off-net usage. Your off-net usage
allowance is equal to the lesser of 750 minutes or 40%
of the Anytime Minutes included with your plan. AT&T
will provide notice that it intends to take any of the
above actions, and you may terminate the agreement.
BILLING AND PAYMENT
Except as provided below, monthly service and certain
other charges are billed one month in advance, and
there is no proration of such charges if service is
terminated on other than the last day of your billing
cycle. Monthly service and certain other charges are
billed in arrears if you are a former customer of AT&T
Wireless and maintain uninterrupted service on select
AT&T rate plans, provided, however, that in either
case, if you elect to receive your bills for your AT&T
services combined with your landline phone bill (where
available) you will be billed in advance as provided
above. You agree to pay for incoming and outgoing
calls, and data services sent to and from your Device.
AIRTIME AND OTHER MEASURED USAGE (“CHARGEABLE TIME”)
IS BILLED IN FULL-MINUTE INCREMENTS, AND ACTUAL
AIRTIME AND USAGE ARE ROUNDED UP TO THE NEXT
FULL-MINUTE INCREMENT AT THE END OF EACH CALL FOR
BILLING PURPOSES. AT&T CHARGES A FULL MINUTE OF
AIRTIME USAGE FOR EVERY FRACTION OF THE LAST MINUTE OF
AIRTIME USED ON EACH WIRELESS CALL. DATA TRANSPORT IS
BILLED IN FULL-KILOBYTE INCREMENTS, AND ACTUAL
TRANSPORT IS ROUNDED UP TO THE NEXT FULL-KILOBYTE
INCREMENT AT THE END OF EACH DATA SESSION FOR BILLING
PURPOSES. AT&T CHARGES A FULL KILOBYTE OF DATA
TRANSPORT FOR EVERY FRACTION OF THE LAST KILOBYTE OF
DATA TRANSPORT USED ON EACH DATA SESSION. NETWORK
OVERHEAD, SOFTWARE UPDATE REQUESTS, AND RESEND
REQUESTS CAUSED BY NETWORK ERRORS CAN INCREASE
MEASURED KILOBYTES. If you select a rate plan that
includes a predetermined allotment of services (for
example, a predetermined amount of airtime, megabytes
or text messages), unless otherwise specifically
provided as a part of such rate plan, any unused
allotment of services from one billing cycle will not
carry over to any other billing cycle. We may bill you
in a format as we determine from time to time.
Additional charges may apply for additional copies of
your bill, or for detailed information about your
usage of services. Charges for usage of services on
networks maintained by other carriers or on networks
acquired by AT&T after August 31, 2004, may appear on
your bill after the billing cycle in which the usage
occurred. Chargeable Time begins for outgoing calls
when you press SEND (or similar key) and for incoming
calls when a signal connection from the caller is
established with our facilities. Chargeable Time ends
after you press END (or similar key), but not until
your wireless telephone’s signal of call disconnect is
received by our facilities and the call disconnect
signal has been confirmed. All outgoing calls for
which we receive answer supervision or which have at
least 30 seconds of Chargeable Time, including ring
time, shall incur a minimum of one minute airtime
charge. Answer supervision is generally received when
a call is answered; however, answer supervision may
also be generated by voicemail systems, private branch
exchanges, and interexchange switching equipment.
Chargeable Time may include time for us to recognize
that only one party has disconnected from the call,
time to clear the channels in use, and ring time.
Chargeable Time may also occur from other uses of our
facilities, including by way of example, voicemail
deposits and retrievals, and call transfers. Calls
that begin in one rate period and end in another rate
period may be billed in their entirety at the rates
for the period in which the call began. If your
wireless phone or other Device is lost or stolen, you
must contact us immediately to report the Device lost
or stolen. AT&T will take into account the information
provided by the customer to evaluate on an individual
basis whether grounds exist for further relief. You
also remain responsible for paying your monthly
service fee if your service is suspended for
nonpayment. We may require payment by money order,
cashier’s check, or a similarly secure form of payment
at our discretion.
IF YOUR PHONE IS LOST OR STOLEN
You are not liable for charges you did not authorize,
but the fact that a call was placed from your phone is
evidence that the call was authorized. (California
Customers see section “Unauthorized Charges to Your
Phone”.) Once you report to us that the Device is lost
or stolen you will not be responsible for subsequent
charges incurred by that Device. You can report your
Device as lost or stolen and suspend service without a
charge by contacting us at the phone number listed on
your bill or at www.att.com/wireless. If there are
charges on your bill for calls made after the Device
was lost or stolen, but before you reported it to us,
notify us of the disputed charges and we will
investigate. You may be asked to provide information
and you may submit information to support your claim.
We will advise you of the result of our investigation
within 30 days. While your phone is suspended you will
remain responsible for complying with all other
obligations under this Agreement, including, but not
limited to, your monthly fee. We and you have a duty
to act in good faith in a reasonable and responsible
manner, including in connection with the loss or theft
of your Device.
DISHONORED CHECKS AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS
We will charge you $30 or the highest amount allowed
by law, whichever is less, for any check or other
instrument (including credit card chargebacks)
tendered by you and returned unpaid by a financial
institution for any reason. You agree to reimburse us
the fees of any collection agency, which may be based
on a percentage at a maximum of 33% of the debt, and
all costs and expenses, including reasonable
attorneys’ fees, we incur in such collection efforts.
CHANGES TO TERMS AND RATES
We may change any terms, conditions, rates, fees,
expenses, or charges regarding your service at any
time. We will provide you with notice of such changes
(other than changes to governmental fees, proportional
charges for governmental mandates, roaming rates or
administrative charges) either in your monthly bill or
separately. You understand and agree that State and
Federal Universal Service fees and other
governmentally imposed fees, whether or not assessed
directly upon you, may be increased based upon the
government’s or our calculations. IF WE INCREASE THE
PRICE OF ANY OF THE SERVICES TO WHICH YOU SUBSCRIBE,
BEYOND THE LIMITS SET FORTH IN YOUR RATE PLAN
BROCHURE, OR IF WE MATERIALLY DECREASE THE
GEOGRAPHICAL AREA IN WHICH YOUR AIRTIME RATE APPLIES
(OTHER THAN A TEMPORARY DECREASE FOR REPAIRS OR
MAINTENANCE), WE WILL DISCLOSE THE CHANGE AT LEAST ONE
BILLING CYCLE IN ADVANCE (EITHER THROUGH A NOTICE WITH
YOUR BILL, A TEXT MESSAGE TO YOUR DEVICE, OR
OTHERWISE), AND YOU MAY TERMINATE THIS AGREEMENT
WITHOUT PAYING AN EARLY TERMINATION FEE OR RETURNING
OR PAYING FOR ANY PROMOTIONAL ITEMS, PROVIDED YOUR
NOTICE OF TERMINATION IS DELIVERED TO US WITHIN THIRTY
(30) DAYS AFTER THE FIRST BILL REFLECTING THE CHANGE.
If you lose your eligibility for a particular rate
plan, we may change your rate plan to one for which
you qualify.
CONTINGENT BENEFITS
You may receive or be eligible for certain rate plans,
discounts, features, promotions, and other benefits
(“Benefits”) through a business or government
customer’s agreement with us (“Business Agreement”).
Any and all such Benefits are provided to you solely
as a result of the corresponding Business Agreement,
and such Benefits may be modified or terminated
without notice. If a business or government entity
pays your charges or is otherwise liable for the
charges, you authorize us to share your account
information with that entity and/or its authorized
agents. If you are on a rate plan and/or receive
certain Benefits tied to a Business Agreement with us,
but you are liable for your own charges, then you
authorize us to share enough account information with
that entity and/or its authorized agents to verify
your continuing eligibility for those Benefits and/or
that rate plan. You may receive Benefits because of
your agreement to have the charges for your service
billed (“Joint Billing”) by a landline company
affiliated with AT&T (“Affiliate”) or because you
subscribe to certain services provided by an
Affiliate. If you cancel Joint Billing or the
Affiliate service your rates will be adjusted without
notice to a rate plan for which you qualify.
DEVICE
Your Device must be compatible with, and not interfere
with, our service and must comply with all applicable
laws, rules, and regulations. We may periodically
program your Device remotely with system settings for
roaming service, to direct your Device to use network
services most appropriate for your typical usage, and
other features that cannot be changed manually.
Devices designed and purchased for use on AT&T’s
system are designed for use exclusively on AT&T’s
system (“Equipment”). You agree that you will not make
any modifications to the Equipment or programming to
enable the Equipment to operate on any other system.
AT&T may, at its sole and absolute discretion, modify
the programming to enable the operation of the
Equipment on other systems. You can get details on
AT&T policies for modifying Equipment by calling
1-866-246-4852.
ADVANCE PAYMENTS AND/OR DEPOSITS
We may require you to make deposits or advance
payments for services, which we may offset against any
unpaid balance on your account. Interest will not be
paid on advance payments or deposits unless required
by law. We may require additional advance payments or
deposits if we determine that the initial payment was
inadequate. Based on your creditworthiness as we
determine it, we may establish a credit limit and
restrict service or features. If your account balance
goes beyond the limit we set for you, we may
immediately interrupt or suspend service until your
balance is brought below the limit. Any charges you
incur in excess of your limit become immediately due.
If you have more than one account with us, you must
keep all accounts in good standing to maintain
service. If one account is past due or over its limit,
all accounts in your name are subject to interruption
or termination and all other available collection
remedies.
LATE PAYMENT CHARGES
Late payment charges are based on the state to which
the area code of the wireless telephone number
assigned to you is assigned by the North American
Numbering Plan Administration (for area code
assignments see
http://www.nationalnanpa.com/area_code_maps). You
agree that for amounts not paid by the due date, AT&T
may charge, as a part of its rates and charges, and
you agree to pay, a late payment fee of $5 in CT,
D.C., DE, IL, KS, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, NH, NJ, NY, OH,
OK, PA, RI, VA, VT WI, WV; the late payment charge is
1.5% of the balance carried forward to the next bill
in all other states.
SERVICE LIMITATIONS; LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
Service may be interrupted, delayed, or otherwise
limited for a variety of reasons, including
environmental conditions, unavailability of radio
frequency channels, system capacity, priority access
by National Security and Emergency Preparedness
personnel in the event of a disaster or emergency,
coordination with other systems, equipment
modifications and repairs, and problems with the
facilities of interconnecting carriers. We may block
access to certain categories of numbers (e.g. 976,
900, and international destinations) or certain
websites at our sole discretion. We may, but do not
have the obligation to, refuse to transmit any
information through the service and may screen and
delete information prior to delivery of that
information to you. There are gaps in service within
the service areas shown on coverage maps, which, by
their nature, are only approximations of actual
coverage. WE DO NOT GUARANTEE YOU UNINTERRUPTED
SERVICE OR COVERAGE. WE CANNOT ASSURE YOU THAT IF YOU
PLACE A 911 CALL YOU WILL BE FOUND. Airtime and other
service charges apply to all calls, including
involuntarily terminated calls. AT&T MAKES NO
WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, OF MERCHANTABILITY OR
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, SUITABILITY, OR
PERFORMANCE REGARDING ANY SERVICES OR GOODS, AND IN NO
EVENT SHALL AT&T BE LIABLE, WHETHER OR NOT DUE TO ITS
OWN NEGLIGENCE, for any: (a) act or omission of a
third party; (b) mistakes, omissions, interruptions,
errors, failures to transmit, delays, or defects in
the service provided by or through us; (c) damage or
injury caused by the use of service or Device,
including use in a vehicle; (d) claims against you by
third parties; (e) damage or injury caused by a
suspension or termination of service by AT&T; or (f)
damage or injury caused by failure or delay in
connecting a call to 911 or any other emergency
service. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if your
service is interrupted for 24 or more continuous hours
by a cause within our control, we will issue you, upon
request, a credit equal to a pro-rata adjustment of
the monthly service fee for the time period your
service was unavailable, not to exceed the monthly
service fee. Our liability to you for service failures
is limited solely to the credit set forth above.
Unless applicable law precludes parties from
contracting to so limit liability, and provided such
law does not discriminate against arbitration clauses,
AT&T shall not be liable for any indirect, special,
punitive, incidental or consequential losses or
damages you or any third party may suffer by use of,
or inability to use, service or Equipment provided by
or through AT&T, including loss of business or
goodwill, revenue or profits, or claims of personal
injuries. To the full extent allowed by law, you
hereby release, indemnify, and hold AT&T and its
officers, directors, employees and agents harmless
from and against any and all claims of any person or
entity for damages of any nature arising in any way
from or relating to, directly or indirectly, service
provided by AT&T or any person’s use thereof
(including, but not limited to, vehicular damage and
personal injury), INCLUDING CLAIMS ARISING IN WHOLE OR
IN PART FROM THE ALLEGED NEGLIGENCE OF AT&T, or any
violation by you of this Agreement. This obligation
shall survive termination of your service with AT&T.
AT&T is not liable to you for changes in operation,
equipment, or technology that cause your Device or
software to be rendered obsolete or require
modification. SOME STATES, INCLUDING THE STATE OF
KANSAS, DO NOT ALLOW DISCLAIMERS OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES
OR LIMITS ON REMEDIES FOR BREACH. THEREFORE, THE ABOVE
LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. THIS
AGREEMENT GIVES YOU SPECIFIC LEGAL RIGHTS, AND YOU MAY
HAVE OTHER RIGHTS WHICH VARY FROM STATE TO STATE.
ACCOUNT ACCESS
You authorize us to provide information about and to
make changes to your account, including adding new
service, upon the direction of any person able to
provide information we deem sufficient to identify
you.
VOICEMAIL SERVICE
We may deactivate your voicemail service if you do not
initialize it within a reasonable period after
activation. We will reactivate the service upon your
request.
DISPUTE RESOLUTION BY BINDING ARBITRATION
Please read this carefully. It affects your rights.
Summary:
Most customer concerns can be resolved quickly and to
the customer’s satisfaction by calling our customer
service department at 1 800-331-0500. In the unlikely
event that AT&T’s customer service department is
unable to resolve a complaint you may have to your
satisfaction (or if AT&T has not been able to resolve
a dispute it has with you after attempting to do so
informally), we each agree to resolve those disputes
through binding arbitration or small claims court
instead of in courts of general jurisdiction.
Arbitration is more informal than a lawsuit in court.
Arbitration uses a neutral arbitrator instead of a
judge or jury, allows for more limited discovery than
in court, and is subject to very limited review by
courts. Arbitrators can award the same damages and
relief that a court can award. Any arbitration under
this Agreement will take place on an individual basis;
class arbitrations and class actions are not
permitted. AT&T will pay all costs of arbitration, no
matter who wins, so long as your claim is not
frivolous. Moreover, in arbitration you are entitled
to recover attorneys’ fees from AT&T to at least the
same extent as you would be in court. In addition,
under certain circumstances (as explained below), AT&T
will pay you and your attorney a special premium if
the arbitrator awards you an amount that is greater
than what AT&T has offered you to settle the dispute.
ARBITRATION AGREEMENT
(1) AT&T and you agree to arbitrate all disputes and
claims between us. This agreement to arbitrate is
intended to be broadly interpreted. It includes, but
is not limited to:
• claims arising out of or relating to any aspect of
the relationship between us, whether based in
contract, tort, statute, fraud, misrepresentation or
any other legal theory;
• claims that arose before this or any prior Agreement
(including, but not limited to, claims relating to
advertising);
• claims that are currently the subject of purported
class action litigation in which you are not a member
of a certified class; and
• claims that may arise after the termination of this
Agreement.
References to “AT&T,” “you,” and “us” include our
respective subsidiaries, affiliates, agents,
employees, predecessors in interest, successors, and
assigns, as well as all authorized or unauthorized
users or beneficiaries of services or Device under
this or prior Agreements between us. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, either party may bring an individual
action in small claims court. You agree that, by
entering into this Agreement, you and AT&T are each
waiving the right to a trial by jury or to participate
in a class action. This Agreement evidences a
transaction in interstate commerce, and thus the
Federal Arbitration Act governs the interpretation and
enforcement of this provision. This arbitration
provision shall survive termination of this Agreement.
(2) A party who intends to seek arbitration must first
send to the other, by certified mail, a written Notice
of Dispute (“Notice”). The Notice to AT&T should be
addressed to: General Counsel, AT&T, 5565 Glenridge
Connector, 20th Floor, Atlanta, GA 30342 (“Notice
Address”). The Notice must (a) describe the nature and
basis of the claim or dispute; and (b) set forth the
specific relief sought (“Demand”). If AT&T and you do
not reach an agreement to resolve the claim within 30
days after the Notice is received, you or AT&T may
commence an arbitration proceeding. During the
arbitration, the amount of any settlement offer made
by AT&T or you shall not be disclosed to the
arbitrator until after the arbitrator determines the
amount, if any, to which you or AT&T is entitled. You
may download or copy a form Notice and a form to
initiate arbitration at http://att.com/arbitration-forms.
(3) After AT&T receives notice at the Notice Address
that you have commenced arbitration, it will promptly
reimburse you for your payment of the filing fee. (The
filing fee currently is $125 for claims under $10,000
but is subject to change by the arbitration provider.
If you are unable to pay this fee, AT&T will pay it
directly upon receiving a written request at the
Notice Address.) The arbitration will be governed by
the Commercial Dispute Resolution Procedures and the
Supplementary Procedures for Consumer Related Disputes
(collectively, “AAA Rules”) of the American
Arbitration Association (“AAA”), as modified by this
Agreement, and will be administered by the AAA. The
AAA Rules are available online at www.adr.org, by
calling the AAA at 1-800-778-7879, or by writing to
the Notice Address. (You may obtain information that
is designed for non-lawyers about the arbitration
process at
http://att.com/arbitration-information.) All
issues are for the arbitrator to decide, including the
scope of this arbitration provision, but the
arbitrator is bound by the terms of this Agreement.
Unless AT&T and you agree otherwise, any arbitration
hearings will take place in the county (or parish) of
your billing address. If your claim is for $10,000 or
less, we agree that you may choose whether the
arbitration will be conducted solely on the basis of
documents submitted to the arbitrator, through a
telephonic hearing, or by an in-person hearing as
established by the AAA Rules. If your claim exceeds
$10,000, the right to a hearing will be determined by
the AAA Rules. Except as otherwise provided for
herein, AT&T will pay all AAA filing, administration,
and arbitrator fees for any arbitration initiated in
accordance with the notice requirements above. If,
however, the arbitrator finds that either the
substance of your claim or the relief sought in the
Demand is frivolous or brought for an improper purpose
(as measured by the standards set forth in Federal
Rule of Civil Procedure 11(b)), then the payment of
all such fees will be governed by the AAA Rules. In
such case, you agree to reimburse AT&T for all monies
previously disbursed by it that are otherwise your
obligation to pay under the AAA Rules.
(4) If, after finding in your favor in any respect on
the merits of your claim, the arbitrator issues you an
award that is:
• equal to or less than the greater of (a) $5,000 or
(b) the maximum claim that may be brought in small
claims court in the county of your billing address;
and
• greater than the value of AT&T’s last written
settlement offer made before an arbitrator was
selected, then AT&T will:
• pay you the greater of (a) $5,000 or (b) the maximum
claim that may be brought in small claims court in the
county of your billing address (“the premium”) instead
of the arbitrator’s award; and
• pay your attorney, if any, twice the amount of
attorneys’ fees, and reimburse any expenses that your
attorney reasonably accrues for investigating,
preparing, and pursuing your claim in arbitration
(“the attorney premium”).
If AT&T did not make a written offer to settle the
dispute before an arbitrator was selected, you and
your attorney will be entitled to receive the premium
and the attorney premium, respectively, if the
arbitrator awards you any relief on the merits. The
arbitrator may make rulings and resolve disputes as to
the payment and reimbursement of fees, expenses, and
the premium and the attorney premium at any time
during the proceeding and upon request from either
party made within 14 days of the arbitrator’s ruling
on the merits.
(5) The right to attorneys’ fees and expenses
discussed in paragraph (4) supplements any right to
attorneys’ fees and expenses you may have under
applicable law. Thus, if you would be entitled to a
larger amount under the applicable law, this provision
does not preclude the arbitrator from awarding you
that amount. However, you may not recover duplicative
awards of attorneys’ fees or costs. Although under
some laws AT&T may have a right to an award of
attorneys’ fees and expenses if it prevails in an
arbitration, AT&T agrees that it will not seek such an
award.
(6) The arbitrator may award injunctive relief only in
favor of the individual party seeking relief and only
to the extent necessary to provide relief warranted by
that party’s individual claim. YOU AND AT&T AGREE THAT
EACH MAY BRING CLAIMS AGAINST THE OTHER ONLY IN YOUR
OR ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, AND NOT AS A PLAINTIFF OR
CLASS MEMBER IN ANY PURPORTED CLASS OR REPRESENTATIVE
PROCEEDING. Further, unless both you and AT&T agree
otherwise, the arbitrator may not consolidate more
than one person’s claims, and may not otherwise
preside over any form of a representative or class
proceeding. If this specific provision is found to be
unenforceable, then the entirety of this arbitration
provision shall be null and void.
(7) Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement to
the contrary, we agree that if AT&T makes any change
to this arbitration provision (other than a change to
the Notice Address) during your Service Commitment,
you may reject any such change and require AT&T to
adhere to the language in this provision if a dispute
between us arises.
MISCELLANEOUS
This Agreement, the signature or rate summary sheet,
the terms included in the rate brochure(s) describing
your plan and services, terms of service for products
and services not otherwise described herein that are
posted on applicable AT&T websites, and any documents
expressly referred to herein or therein, make up the
complete agreement between you and AT&T and supersede
any and all prior agreements and understandings
relating to the subject matter of this Agreement. If
any provision of this Agreement is found to be
unenforceable by a court or agency of competent
jurisdiction, the remaining provisions will remain in
full force and effect. The foregoing does not apply to
the prohibition against class or representative
actions that is part of the arbitration clause; if
that prohibition is found to be unenforceable, the
arbitration clause (but only the arbitration clause)
shall be null and void. AT&T may assign this
Agreement, but you may not assign this Agreement
without our prior written consent. The law of the
state of your billing address shall govern this
Agreement except to the extent that such law is
preempted by or inconsistent with applicable federal
law. Your caller identification information (such as
your name and phone number) may be displayed on the
Device or bill of the person receiving your call;
technical limitations may, in some circumstances,
prevent you from blocking the transmission of caller
identification information. You consent to the use by
us or our authorized agents of regular mail,
predictive or autodialing equipment, email, text
messaging, facsimile or other reasonable means to
contact you to advise you about our services or other
matters we believe may be of interest to you. In any
event, we reserve the right to contact you by any
means regarding customer service-related
notifications, or other such information. The original
version of this Agreement is in the English language.
Any discrepancy or conflicts between the English
version and any other language version will be
resolved with reference to and by interpreting the
English version.
Connecticut Customers/Questions About Your
Service
If you have any questions or concerns about your AT&T
Mobility service, please call Customer Care at
1-800-331-0500, dial 611 from your wireless phone or
visit www.att.com/wireless. If you have questions
about the Unlimited Local or Unlimited Long Distance
service, please call 1-800-288-2020 or visit
www.att.com. If you are a Connecticut customer and we
cannot resolve your issue, you have the option of
contacting the Department of Public Utility Control (DPUC).
Online: www.state.ct.us/dpuc; Phone: 866-381-2355;
Mail: Connecticut DPUC, 10 Franklin Square, New
Britain, CT 06051.