Re: Teen Runs Up $22,000 Verizon Bill

SMS wrote:
Jim Higgins wrote:
Talk and Surf at the same time with AT&T iPhone wrote:
Teen Runs Up $22,000 Verizon Bill
from Consumerist by Ben Popken

After a man added his 13-year old son to his Verizon plan, his
cellphone bill rocketed to nearly $22,000.

In a month's time, the boy downloaded almost 1.4 million kilobytes
of data. The family didn't have a data plan, so Verizon charged
them by the megabyte.
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The father said he would be removing his son from his Verizon
cellphone plan.

;>)

How about downsizing the family and firing the 13 year old idiot?

A 13 year old sees a web browser on a phone, and unless told in
advance that it's not free, proceeds to use whatever capabilities the
phone has.

Yeah, let's blame the kid for what sounds like might be weak parenting.


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