I know there is a big hubbub about the huge AT&T bills that month. The treasure trove of data typed out in single-spaced ink detailing your every documents transfer, phone shout and text notice. The thousands of trees crying out in pain as AT&T workers take chainsaws to their throats just so they can give you your gosh darn bill.

shout me crazy, but I happen to enjoy my huge phone bill. Yes, that’s right. I said, I enjoy my 29 page phone bill.

The reason is simple: Detail is good. And it is well-organized detail.

I enjoy knowing how many times my iPhone checks newsletter per hour. How I get more text messages amoung the times of 7:00 - 8:00 AM and 6:00 -7:00 PM than any other times. (They happen to be the times i am on the commuter train to and from work). I plus enjoy seeing how the details transfer sizes fluctuate all through the day. But the best part of that detail is it is well-organized. Anyone who has experienced a phone bill from Verizon would know what I’m talking about.

With AT&T, the charges are

all in order, listed on one sheet. Although I don’t enjoy paying the “Regulatory Cost Recovery Charge”, I certainly enjoy seeing it listed in an orderly manner right under the “Usage Charges” and above the “Government Fees & Taxes” sections every month. With Verizon, that charge is buried on the bottom of some random page giving me the impression they just don’t want me to even know it’s there.

AT&T has said they want to give detail where possible and that they have options for you to get a streamlined version of your bill. Granted I didn’t have to “uncrate” my bill. (29 pages still fits in an envelope). But even more detail would be nice. Like, what about a list of every webpage I have surfed. Or how about each text note. That way when my friend defames my character in a text notice, I can take my bill to court and sue the pants off of him.

Other folks can complain about their bill and downsize to a summary bill. For me, I’m sticking with the full-on version.

Original post by Chris