Cellphone How To

Digital Trends is reporting that Piotr Staniaszek, a Canadian man, has received an $85,000 phone bill for his brand new cell phone. He bought the new cell phone because he thought it had a $10 per month "unlimited use" plan, so he hooked it up to his PC as a cellular modem. Thinking it was a good deal, he downloaded all kinds of things, including HD movies and such. Then the following month he received a bill in the mail for $65,000. Turns out the unlimited plan for was unlimited "browser" use on the cell phone only, not using it as a cellular modem. By the time he got the bill and called the company, the bill was up to $83,500. Supposedly as a "goodwill" gesture they lowered it to $3,200 - he says he's going to fight that. Like he said at the end of the article, they turned off his phone for being $100 over his limit, but they allowed him to rack up $85k in charges without even calling. This is unbelievable - they should just waive the entire month's bill to get away from all the bad publicity that this is going to bring. If I were them I'd take advantage and use him in a commercial! Oh, and if you're in Canada - the carrier was Bell Mobility (equivalent to US Sprint?). Got a comment? Leave one now!