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12/16/2009

Verizon Charges Customer $21,917 for Using 1.4 Million Kilobytes

Verizon charged customer Ted Estarija a hefty $21,917 in overage charges after his son used 1.4 million kilobytes (1.33GB) of data. Normally this wouldn't be an issue, but Ted didn't have a limited / unlimited data plan active for the phone. However, Verizon just may waive the fees due to the story going public. *Update* It works out to be approximately $16/MB and not $1.99/MB as originally stated.

Apparently, the father made the bankruptcy-worthy mistake of failing to set the family up on a real data plan.
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This entry was posted on 12/16/2009 10:30am and is filed under Verizon, Weird .
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Posted at 12/16/2009 7:05pm by fugu
OK, who's the dope who wrote this? The title says 1.4 Million kilobytes, and the blurb says he was charged $1.99 per megabyte. Lemme see... 1.4 million kilobytes = 1,400 megabytes. roughly $2 per megabyte comes to $2,800, NOT $21,917. Someone needs to check their figures before they post this sort of nonsense.
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Posted at 12/30/2009 07:57am by CarlMb
Yeah, maths a bit wrong on this one, but it does kinda point out in no uncertain terms how ridiculous the charges on cell phones can be... If you think that supposed unlimited data plans cost $30 or so you wonder how they can justify $22000? I only use prepaid cell plans, they totally prevent this kind of exploitation by the carriers. Pay only for what you INTEND to use beforehand and there is no way you can get a surprise like this in the mail. Besides my current plan, Straight Talk, costs only $45 for unlimited everything on the Verizon network. Cheaper than any contract.
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