Fan's $27K wireless bill.

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On November 2, Wayne Burdick (not pictured) was aboard a cruise ship in Miami waiting to depart on a Caribbean cruise. While still docked at the port, he set up his laptop and wireless card and accessed his Slingbox device which allowed him to watch a Chicago Bears game via an Internet connection. When the game was over, Burdick closed his computer, embarked on the cruise and returned home to find a bill from AT&T charging him over $27,000 for the three hours of Internet usage.

Apparently, AT&T had charged Brudick the international rate for the access. At two cents per kilobyte, the total charge was $27,788.93 for the time spent watching the game, which breaks down to about $6,500 per Rex Grossman interception.

Burdick pled his case to AT&T, saying he was still at the port and not in roaming territory. After speaking with nearly a half-dozen people at the company, he managed to get the bill down to $6,000, even though he provided documentation that he was still technically in Miami at the time he used his wireless card.

Eventually, the whole matter was settled after Burdick contacted Team Fixer at the Chicago Sun-Times and they contacted the phone company. AT&T acknowledged its mistake, saying that Burdick's device was picking up a signal it shouldn't have been.

At least Burdick's efforts were worth it. The Bears beat the Lions that afternoon, 27-23.

(Thanks to The Gadget Hound via Engadget HD for the tip.)

Related: Rex Grossman, Chicago Bears

[Jasman0717 9]

What a rip off AT&T should be embarrassed

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[scooter rider 0]

All cell phones are ripe offs they nickle and dime you to death then you need to call and cuss them for charging features your not using.

[EstebanTrabajos 7]

Telephone representatives are just that, they are not know to have a great sense of logic, math, knowledge besides following what the screen tells them to do.

That's the reason why when I encounter this kind of retards, I just ask to speak with the manager/supervisor in turn. End of problem.

Edited February 26, 2009 by TävôLuDô