Jeeze thought I was doing well when mine goes over £50
Ian Simpson, a factory worker from Darlington, was no doubt revelling in just how good surfing the Net via his mobile phone was until he got his latest bill from Vodafone. The £27,000 heart-stopper was laughed at, at first, but now the poor sod's facing bankruptcy
Simpson had his mobile connected to his laptop as a modem and downloaded over 20 TV shows and some albums before the bill pointed out that his £41.50 per month contract did not include unlimited Net downloads. Oops.
In fact, it only covered a measly 120Mb of downloads a month. That said, after he exceeded the amount, Vodafone started charging him at an extortionate rate, sometimes up to £18 per minute
As far as I’m concerned, that’s criminal and I hope they never see a penny of it.
Simpson and Vodafone are now in talks to reduce the amount to a more manageable sum. A spokesperson for the operator told the Northern Echo:
Brain of Britian.
