Oregon Family Receives $19,370 Cell Phone Bill
by Peter Mychalcewycz, posted Sep 5th 2008 at 8:25PM
You've all heard the Iphone bill horror stories and gasped at other outrageously high wireless bill mishaps...Well here's another one.
A family In Portland recently opened their AT&T wireless bill and found this number staring back at them: $19,370.
And you thought your wireless bill was high! The culprits in this particular case are a laptop AirCard and a less than forthcoming AT&T employee.
In July of this year, the Terry Family, of Portland Oregon, sent their son off to Canada with a AirCard equipped laptop so he could email and send photos of his trip. According to the Terry's, they had discussed the service with an AT&T employee prior to purchasing it. The employee allegedly said nothing about international fees, leaving the Terry's under the impression that, well, there were no international fees.
There were.
The Terry's received a mammoth, 200 page bill detailing the international charges that had accumulated with each of the 21 times their son had used the service. The family, who, according to their father has an average monthly bill of around $300, contends that not only were they not told about possible fees, but that AT&T never warned them of their escalating bill. In response, AT&T has stated that they are looking seriously into the matter.
Meanwhile, back in Oregon, we are sure the Terry's are seriously looking into changing service providers. [From: WFTV.com]
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