Tag: CELL PHONE BILL

Ted Estarija's Verizon cell phone bill last month might not reach the astronomical heft of the $85,000 charge we reported about a while back, but $21,917 isn't anything to scoff at, especially in these lean times. According to CBS News, the Hayward, California resident was surprised with a bill for more than 20 grand after he added his son to their mobile plan. He thought it would cost a mere ...

With story after story of outrageous cell phone bills, you'd think people would know better. But with online bill payment services, we often only give a quick glance to our statements, enter our credit card information, and never give it a second thought. After reading about the recent troubles of one California man, though, we'll be sure to look a little closer next time we pay our cell phone ...

A couple of very bored Pennsylvania men decided to gun for the world record number of text messages sent in a month, and, over the next four weeks, went about clogging the airwaves with 217,000 SMS messages. The pair, Nick Andes, 29, and Doug Klinger, 30, were a little shocked, however, when T-Mobile went about clogging Andes's mail box with a $26,000 cell phone bill. Despite having an unlimited ...

We in America get up in arms every time we hear about a waste of taxpayer dollars or abuses by public servants. It seems that Australia is trying to upstage the States when it comes to ethically questionable behavior from public employees. According to the Northern Territory News, an unidentified public servant, who has since left his post, racked up a $200,000 ($135,380 in U.S. dollars) mobile ...