Tag: BIG BILLS

Next time you are traveling abroad and feel the need to download a movie, you may want to think twice. If you don't believe us, just listen to the sad story of this man that called into CNN to chat with Financial Expert Clark Howard. The caller, whose name is Alberto, was on a trip to Mexico when, as a gift for his nephew, he downloaded the film 'Wall-E' to his computer. Alberto, who used a ...

Remember last year's tale of the unfortunate (and unidentified) public servant who managed to rack up a $200,000 phone bill by downloading numerous movies over a non-unlimited cellular data plan? His wasn't the first such outrageous bill we've seen, nor even the second, but at least he can take solace in knowing he won't be the last, with news coming of a Spanish city councilwoman receiving a ...

If you thought absurdly high and encyclopedia-sized iPhone bills were the only game in town when it comes to ridiculous cell phone charges, you were sadly mistaken. In fact those 300 page, $3,000 and $4,000 iPhone bills have nothing on what some poor Canadian oil field worker was charged by Bell Mobility. After picking up a new phone that he could tether to his laptop and a $10 unlimited data ...