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Downloading Wall-E costs a man $62,000 on a holiday in Mexico
Alberto, who was vacationing in Mexico must have expected nothing but a good relaxing time away from all the hassles of the world. During this holiday, I think he assumed he could finally catch one of the best animated flicks, Wall-E. He must have thought the fastest way is to download it over his wireless carrier's network. Little did he know that this would result in a sky high bill of $62,000. Even Wall-E and Eva's love isn't worth
that much money! Obviously, he complained to the carrier about this and they decided to bring down the cost. They only charged him bandwidth costs which still amount to a whopping $17,000.
I'm shocked that a 700MB file could result in that much money. Gives me shudders to think about what would happen if it was me! That's why, remember to always get a roaming plan when you are an vacation! I wish Alberto would've given us a clue as to what network this is, so we might avoid it in the future.
[Gizmodo]
by kim, on April 27, 2009 - 10:50 AM in Other Stuff | Comments () -
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