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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/08/28/california-couple-slapped-with-8k-trans-pacific-phone-bill/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/08/28/california-couple-slapped-with-8k-trans-pacific-phone-bill/</guid><description><![CDATA[Your analysis is incorrect here. The EU price cap legislation applies to wholesale rates that carriers within the EU charge customers of other carriers in the EU. The US carriers all already have an agreement so that while traveling around the US and technically roaming, you never see that and are never charged. With respect to the EU legislation, we are already ahead of them since we don't have roaming caps, we simply arent charged extra at all. Until very recently the European situation was like a T-Mobile customer roaming into an AT&T zone and then getting charged $15 per meg.<br><br>The outrageous fees US based customers incur in other countries is a result of the foreign carrier sticking it to them. US carriers like Verizon are simply passing that rape on to you when you get your bill.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[BluesK1d]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 28th 2009 7:08PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/08/28/california-couple-slapped-with-8k-trans-pacific-phone-bill/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/08/28/california-couple-slapped-with-8k-trans-pacific-phone-bill/</guid><description><![CDATA[One would think people would check what kind of charges would apply to using their cell phones when traveling to another country. As always, don't assume responsibility for your own actions. Obviously it's the phone companies fault that she did not read the contract.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Falco]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 28th 2009 8:18PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/08/28/california-couple-slapped-with-8k-trans-pacific-phone-bill/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/08/28/california-couple-slapped-with-8k-trans-pacific-phone-bill/</guid><description><![CDATA[I CONCUR!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[LEIDYLUV123]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 28th 2009 9:06PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/08/28/california-couple-slapped-with-8k-trans-pacific-phone-bill/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/08/28/california-couple-slapped-with-8k-trans-pacific-phone-bill/</guid><description><![CDATA[Hmmm, you must work for these sleazy cell phone companies with their surreptitious rules that apply just when you least expect it. I had trouble with my "nationwide coverage" in an only slightly rural area of a state. I don't feel one bit sorry for any cell phone company; they prey on the consumer. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lily]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 29th 2009 5:15AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/08/28/california-couple-slapped-with-8k-trans-pacific-phone-bill/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/08/28/california-couple-slapped-with-8k-trans-pacific-phone-bill/</guid><description><![CDATA[Lily<br>No, I don't work for them. When I went to Iraq, the first thing I did is check with my cell carrier if use over there was possible and how much it would be. You do not have to work for cell company to use your brain. Those companies do take advantage of people, but a lot of those people let them by not reading the contracts they sign. When I got back I switched to a "pay as you go", which costs me about $20 every other month. I do not use my cell nearly enough to justify entering some 2 year or more contract and pay $50 + a month.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Falco]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 29th 2009 8:29AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/08/28/california-couple-slapped-with-8k-trans-pacific-phone-bill/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/08/28/california-couple-slapped-with-8k-trans-pacific-phone-bill/</guid><description><![CDATA[So f*cking self absorbed that you can't leave the cell phone home.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[junior]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 28th 2009 8:36PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/08/28/california-couple-slapped-with-8k-trans-pacific-phone-bill/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/08/28/california-couple-slapped-with-8k-trans-pacific-phone-bill/</guid><description><![CDATA[STUPID IS AS STUPID DOES! USING CELL IN FOREIGN COUNTRY   HOW CAN THINK YOU WON'T GET THE SHAFT!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[WILD WILLY]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 28th 2009 9:07PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/08/28/california-couple-slapped-with-8k-trans-pacific-phone-bill/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/08/28/california-couple-slapped-with-8k-trans-pacific-phone-bill/</guid><description><![CDATA[I leave my phone at home when I am out of the country.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Chuck]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 28th 2009 9:36PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/08/28/california-couple-slapped-with-8k-trans-pacific-phone-bill/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/08/28/california-couple-slapped-with-8k-trans-pacific-phone-bill/</guid><description><![CDATA[Come on. Who travels to another country, uses their cell phone and doesn't expect it to cost big time? First thing you do when you pick up the phone is check to find out what the charges would be. I'm tempted to say she deserves it for her stupidity.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[kimk20554]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 28th 2009 9:47PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/08/28/california-couple-slapped-with-8k-trans-pacific-phone-bill/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/08/28/california-couple-slapped-with-8k-trans-pacific-phone-bill/</guid><description><![CDATA[Jesus 8k? What did she talk on the phone nonstop? She had to have been calling all the time and texting in between....]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[BReaves1986]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 28th 2009 10:09PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/08/28/california-couple-slapped-with-8k-trans-pacific-phone-bill/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/08/28/california-couple-slapped-with-8k-trans-pacific-phone-bill/</guid><description><![CDATA[I am a verizon customer and I had a smart phone that had a hidden data plan......I removed the data plan and the next month my phone bill was $6800. Thankfully a called verizon and they dropped the charges!!!!!!!!!!!!!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[crazed69696]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 28th 2009 10:09PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/08/28/california-couple-slapped-with-8k-trans-pacific-phone-bill/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/08/28/california-couple-slapped-with-8k-trans-pacific-phone-bill/</guid><description><![CDATA[Sounds like my daughter when she was a teenager!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hmadden]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 28th 2009 10:13PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/08/28/california-couple-slapped-with-8k-trans-pacific-phone-bill/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/08/28/california-couple-slapped-with-8k-trans-pacific-phone-bill/</guid><description><![CDATA[Wow!  Talked 4571 minutes (76 + hours) or sent 3200 text msgs home...or a combination of both, to get an $8000 bill.  Hope She enjoyed her trip.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[wyldesteve]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 28th 2009 10:34PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/08/28/california-couple-slapped-with-8k-trans-pacific-phone-bill/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/08/28/california-couple-slapped-with-8k-trans-pacific-phone-bill/</guid><description><![CDATA[way to go verizon showing your true colors]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[ron]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 28th 2009 10:48PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/08/28/california-couple-slapped-with-8k-trans-pacific-phone-bill/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/08/28/california-couple-slapped-with-8k-trans-pacific-phone-bill/</guid><description><![CDATA[Hey Mr. ADHD, could you try to stay on topic?  Does everything have to be about politics?  ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[ehm]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 28th 2009 11:02PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/08/28/california-couple-slapped-with-8k-trans-pacific-phone-bill/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/08/28/california-couple-slapped-with-8k-trans-pacific-phone-bill/</guid><description><![CDATA[Wow!  "Almost" missed a mortgage payment.  Those poor people.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[J Lea]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 28th 2009 11:07PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/08/28/california-couple-slapped-with-8k-trans-pacific-phone-bill/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/08/28/california-couple-slapped-with-8k-trans-pacific-phone-bill/</guid><description><![CDATA[Yeah I noticed that too - wow!  lol<br><br>ALMOST damn !  ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sue]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 29th 2009 2:08AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/08/28/california-couple-slapped-with-8k-trans-pacific-phone-bill/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/08/28/california-couple-slapped-with-8k-trans-pacific-phone-bill/</guid><description><![CDATA["Verizon"... Go figure!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ish]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 28th 2009 11:57PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/08/28/california-couple-slapped-with-8k-trans-pacific-phone-bill/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/08/28/california-couple-slapped-with-8k-trans-pacific-phone-bill/</guid><description><![CDATA[Why is it that its always the company providing the service thats the problem? Whatever happened to people taking  responsibility for their actions? You bought a service and were told that if you left the country you would pay roaming rates for using those services  because the other country chanrges that much for you to do it because youre an American andd they think you can afford it. It has nothing ot do with your provider or theri service and everyting to do with your own ignorance. I hope Verizon does stick it to them. Complaining to the media should not be an outlet to get out of paying your contractual obligation. When do we get to do this with our other utility providers? Someone let me know so that I can stop paying my gas bill in the winter.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe123]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 29th 2009 12:22AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/08/28/california-couple-slapped-with-8k-trans-pacific-phone-bill/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/08/28/california-couple-slapped-with-8k-trans-pacific-phone-bill/</guid><description><![CDATA[LMAO Someone with that many mistakes in his post should not discuss ignorance. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lily]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 29th 2009 5:15AM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
