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    ?27,322 Mobile Phone Bill

    A factory worker from Darlington in Yorkshire had a bit of a shock when he opened his monthly mobile phone bill.

    Ian Simpson, 29, was more than a little shocked to find out he had managed to tot up a ?27,322 mobile bill, according to the Daily Mirror.

    Simpson had allegedly manage to build up such huge costs by wiring his mobile up to a laptop to download TV shows.

    He later said that he did not realise that his ?41.50-a-month Vodafone deal didn't include unlimited web use.

    But his first bill made him only too aware that his web-use hadn't been unlimited after all. The bill had hundreds of extra charges for online use - some at ?18 a minute. Simpson said: "My mate told me how to wire my mobile to my laptop as a modem. It meant I could download faster than on the handset and get a proper internet connection in my flat.

    "I probably downloaded 20 or 30 TV shows and four albums. I assumed it'd be OK, but they cut me off. I rang up and they said I owed them nearly ?30,000.

    "If I'd known it would cost so much I wouldn't have done it."

    Simpson told the national rag that upon opening the bill, he thought he would face bankrupcy.

    He said: "I just laughed out loud. How on earth could I afford to pay that?"

    Vodafone has since pointed out to Simpson that the rules of his package do clearly state that he has a limit of 120 megabytes of downloads - designed for casual use to check emails, browse and download songs.

    A spokesman told the Daily Mirror: "Few customers exceed the fair usage. But it seems clear Ian has run up these charges legitimately."

    And it seems that Simpson is to be let off with a warning.

    Vodafone told the tabloid: "The intensity of Ian's downloading was such that by the time our systems flagged anything up he had already racked up a massive bill.

    "Our advice would be to never use a mobile as a modem. We will try to come to some sympathetic arrangement. And we hope he won't make the same mistake again."
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    18 quid a minute Hidden Content , if he had any brains he would have said he lost his phone. Well at least they are letting him of with it.

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    Re: ?27,322 Mobile Phone Bill

    there goes my plan of usingmy mobile as a modem when im using someone elses computer

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    Re: ?27,322 Mobile Phone Bill

    not a great idea?

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    Re: ?27,322 Mobile Phone Bill

    nope certainly not!
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