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The News Of Tomorrow, Today
Bill Shock
Adam Wells
Ron Dorff, 83, uses dial-up to connect to the internet as one of AOL’s 2.2 remaining customers. In the space of two months, he racked up $US24,000 in AT&T charges when his modem erroneously dialled an international number to get online. What’s the most ridiculous bill you’ve received from a…
Anyone who has ever had a mobile phone service in this country — be it pre- or post-paid — has a bad experience to share. Bill shock, bad service, crappy coverage: we’ve seen it all. But there’s one overarching problem that is more significant than all of those combined: the…
If I got a phone bill for $14.8 quadrillion, I don’t think the words “bill shock” would quite cover it. I think the cause of my sudden death would have been “bill coronary”. Some people are braver than me though, like one French woman who beat a phone bill of…
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