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T-Mobile will be offering Family Allowances, allowing parents manage when and how their family members use their T-Mobile phones and service.

With Family Allowances, parents can give their teens an upfront monthly wireless allowance that works on all the phones T-Mobile offers. The feature lets parents set and change limits for minutes, messages and downloads (e.g., games, ringtones and wallpaper) using an online tool.

Once the allowance is reached, the feature shuts off service for that specific element and parents receive a notification. Parents can stay in contact with their family members by setting up "Always Allowed" numbers that will continue to connect, even after allowances have been spent. Any unlimited calling features that are included in a family's plan, such as myFaves and T-Mobile-to-T-Mobile, can also still be used, which preserves the value of the calling plan. Additional controls are available so parents can choose to set allowances on unlimited calling features, if desired.

After finding problems with 911 connectivity, AT&T is temporarily suspending its "Smart Limits" plan which lets parents set  limits on their children's wireless phone activity. No matter what limits were set kids, could dial 911 but there appeared to be problems if a 911 operator need to call the phone back if the call was disconnected.

Customers money will be refunded while they resolve the issue.

The controls allowed parents to block text messages and calls to and from specific numbers, disallow calling  during certain times (school hours or late night) and also block wireless Web content.