December 14, 2007

Man gets £41,000 phone bill

Signing for mobile phone that costs only $10 per month for unlimited mobile browsing sounds like a great idea, which is why Piotr Staniaszek from Canada signed up for it, but when he received his first bill, he could not believe his eyes, the total was around $65,000.

Clearly this was a mistake, so he left it and waited for the next bill as this would naturally be corrected and he could pay the $20. However when the bill come in and the total was $85,000! The reason for this high cost is he thought that it could use as a computer modem.

He had been downloading HD films and other big files, thinking that this was going to cost him nothing, he continued to do so for the two months, but all time he was running up a huge bill. Fortunately for him the company have lowered the bill to $3,243 and matched him up with a phone and tariff that will give him what he wants.

Source [BBC News]