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Man racks up data roaming bill of $349,243 -- enough to buy a house

A man has apparently gotten himself into a fix by racking up a whopping $349,243 phone bill. The massive bill appears to be the result of data roaming charges incurred while the man was in Taiwan.

Says STOMPer Miso:

"I came across this on the internet.

"The guy's bill is also being shared on Facebook by the guy himself.

"Such scary charges...he could buy a house with the money!"

STOMPer shocker added:

"This bill is circulating on Facebook; I saw a tag link from my friend's post which show us this bill shocker.

"Look like the Smartphone is only smart to the Telco company and not for us. This Telco would love this customer.

"Advice to all users, especially those who are going overseas for the first time: Ensure your 3G setting is turned off and set to 2G BASIC mode in Singapore (even if you receive SMSes when overseas, you still need to pay).

"Or else, you may even need to pay more than what you spend during your trip overseas.

"The best way is to change to an old school phone without any internet connection built in.

"I wonder if the Telco would accept an appeal for the bill shocker, especially when it's a first timer who went overseas.

"If the Telco could send us a warning or instructions on how to how to turn off or auto disable 3G the moment a tag Telco is being detected (overseas Telco) would be the best."

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winner4519 said   on 2 Jan, 2012   Report as offensive  
Apply to oversea data roaming, then they are not entitle to us outside Singapore even with data plan as that's for local charges only..
winner4519 said   on 2 Jan, 2012   Report as offensive  
Telecom should come out regulation to bar people network from oversea. Eg, if they didn't apl
faizul10 said   on 31 Dec, 2011   Report as offensive  
The money i will gave to my mum !
gary11166 said   on 27 Dec, 2011   Report as offensive  
I do not see the different between a normal plan and a data plan. Both can surf Internet. Usually when people sign up a normal plan, they are not prepare to surf nets but when they accidentally press the Internet browser, provider will congrats you cos your coming bill will hit a "Jackpot", sky-high. I believe there are a lot of victims out there when they signed a new normal plan. No wonder the CEO is rich, living on those dividend000
WickedBrain said   on 26 Dec, 2011   Report as offensive  
Some country charge very high price for telecommunication and Taiwan is one of the highest in Asia.
justify.judge said   on 26 Dec, 2011   Report as offensive  
Actually they have a fix 3G service from all mobile service . It cost around 45sgd which allow unlimited excess. Duration I am not sure. Like what other r saying turn to 2g mode is safer.
Falcon88t said   on 25 Dec, 2011   Report as offensive  
STOMPer should have known that overseas data roaming is very very expensive.
greedyunlimited said   on 25 Dec, 2011   Report as offensive  
Hihi can use the money to travel first class round the world many times