$85,000 Cell Phone Bill!

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  1. kronos

    kronos PSN = METROPLEX_84

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    Now THAT is a cell phone bill. I LOL'ed at the bold part!
     
  2. Omnius

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    I've gone over my free data allowance before, but not quite to the same extent as that guy! :eek: 
     
  3. Jeremy.B

    Jeremy.B Leader Blackout LIVES!!!

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    HOLY CRAP! I would have just not paid it. The Cell phone company knows they are wrong for charging that exhorbant fee, and that something must have been a miss...
     
  4. Dark_Convoy

    Dark_Convoy Old Bastard Veteran

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    Well, they did knock $81,757 off his bill.
     
  5. kronos

    kronos PSN = METROPLEX_84

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    I freaked when I got a bill for $375 from sprint! I could not imagine that!
     
  6. tikgnat

    tikgnat Baweepgranaweepninnybong.

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    Am I the only one who thinks he was an idiot aloowing it to go that high in the first place?

    He said somehting about how they should have informed him?
     
  7. Methos

    Methos ...Hail Megatron

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    Then again some people just don't have any commonsense.
     
  8. Scrappy

    Scrappy smiling a blacktooth grin

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    I think its silly to use a cell phone as a modem to connect to the net. Most people on phones do what? Check weather and stocks and stuff. This guy probably downloaded like a gig worth of hard core porn and now he has to face the charges.

    On the flip side; when a person hears "unlimited internet access" you really don't think of having a limit. They should say "unlimited access up to _______" a year/month/bill cycle.

    It was nice that they took off over 80 grand. I'd like to see how this turns out. To bad it'll take several months and I'll probably loose interest like everyone else.
     
  9. seeker311

    seeker311 The Collector

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    All that damn porn
     
  10. IACON

    IACON "That's Vector Sigma?" TFW2005 Supporter

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    I am so happy that I pay a flat rate fee. I can talk and text as much as i want!
     
  11. Ravenxl7

    Ravenxl7 W.A.F.F.L.E.O.

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    I can't imagine having a cell phone bill that large, but, then again, I barely use mine as it is, which is probably why I just have a cheap little Tracfone.
     
  12. kronos

    kronos PSN = METROPLEX_84

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    I am leaving Sprint for Revol. They have a phone coming out soon that I am really interested in. Its a OgO 2.0. Its a more feature packed Sidekick clone!
     
  13. Dark_Convoy

    Dark_Convoy Old Bastard Veteran

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    I have a blackberry my job gave me with an unlimited data plan - they even sent out an e-mail to everyone showing how to use it as a modem!
     
  14. Gnaw

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    I just goggled it. How the fuck does it work as a phone?
     
  15. kronos

    kronos PSN = METROPLEX_84

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    To be quite honest I am unsure LOL. I know thaur is a clip adapter that gives you a mini handset. Its basically a bluetooth headset! Its weird. But it seems that all the reviews I have seen are good ones!

    clips are here http://www.ogo.com/ogoClips.aspx

    for those curious

    http://www.ogo.com/default.aspx

    BINGO! http://www.ogo.com/downloads/ogo_QuickStartENGL.pdf its the bottom illustration third from the left! Thats how you talk!
     
  16. Takeshi357

    Takeshi357 "Research"

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    Haha @ you north-americans and your silly bandwidth limits.

    No traffic limits on internet connections over here! :D 
     
  17. Aaron

    Aaron Master of Crystalocution Moderator Content Contributor

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    Wow, this is why I always automatically disable Internet options on my cellphone.
     
  18. Jarodimus

    Jarodimus the guy with that scan Veteran TFW2005 Supporter

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    Jeebus. I considered shooting my wife* when she went over her minutes and hit $201 a few years ago. $85K OR $3.2K -- it wouldn't matter -- that's spontaneous human combustion dollars, right there.


    * - No, not really.
     
  19. Belgrath

    Belgrath Boom! Nutshot!

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    All I can say is this: Yikes.

    85,000$ for a cell phone bill is just crazy.
     
  20. Team Jetfire

    Team Jetfire Pop-POP!

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    It is different in Canada as they make us pay WAY more for downloads. It is one of the reasons that we don't have the I Phone yet, as normal use would cost the average person a small fortune every month.

    I do not feel sore for the guy, he is a douche for using it to over 18 hours of high res video...