Unlimited mobile broadband for £41k

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Unlimited mobile broadband for £41k

15 December 2007, 12:18

http://www.bcs.org/server.php?show=conWebDoc.16499

"Mr Staniaszek said he thought he could use his new phone as a modem for his computer under his $10 (£5) unlimited mobile browser plan"

"Piotr Staniaszek said he was not aware that downloading high-definition movies and other large files through his mobile phone would rack him up a phone bill of £41,000."

And I thought we had it hard with 'unlimited' broadband.

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15 December 2007, 15:22

Good grief. On last contract I always used a Vodaphone GPRS modem in a laptop as was cheaper than BT wanted to connect the phone in the flat. Fairly cheap, reasonable speed.

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If using a GPRS, download dirty stories instead of porn pics. Much smaller files. There's a good website of mucky stories.

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