$62,000 Cell Phone Bill: Data charges for downloading Prison Break abroad

A Manchester- based IT consultant returned from a holiday in Portugal to a hefty £31,500 ($62,000) telephone bill. Digital Lifestyles reports.

"Iayn Dobsyn downloaded an episode of Prison Break and a load of MP3s by using his mobile phone as a modem.

Sadly, for Mr Dobsyn, he’d failed to check the limits set on his data plan, and he joined the long queue of punters who have been hit with Everest-sized bills when using data abroad.

Earlier this year, a Vodafone customer was slapped down to the tune of £27,000 ($3,000), after he’d downloaded a load of television shows via his mobile data package in the mistaken belief that he was on an unlimited data plan."

emily | 9:47 AM | TV on Cell Phones |
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