Beware. If you brought your iPhone when travelling out of the country, please consider the roaming fees. Let’s learn about Mythbusters co-host Adam Savage case. He was surfing the Internet while on a trip to Canada for a few hours, AT&T charged him for some $11,000! They shut down his service until they get paid.
Adam Savage (@donttrythis), who has more than 57,000 followers on Twitter, tweeted:
Text messaging fees are stupid robbery? (they are), AT&T is attempting to charge me 11k for a few hours of web surfing in Canada. Pls RT!
And then, his next tweet:
Did I mention they’ve turned off my phone until I pay? #attsucks
[via TechDirt | photo credit]
It would be nice if people could read BEFORE posting articles… This was not an iPhone bill, rather a bill from a USB wireless internet modem.
Jack, you’re right. Adam Savage himself already clarified his tweet. His another tweet reads: “Sorry, bit of explanation: device in question wasn’t my phone, it was the AT&T USB connect Mercury modem.” (http://twitter.com/donttrythis/status/2349337674). So, it’s his AT&T bill.
Thanks.