How much was a T-Mobile bill that left customer Celina Aarons "shaking and crying"?

October 19, 2011 By Chad Vander Veen

Answer:

$201,000. The enormous bill wasn't in error. Rather, according to PCMag.com, Aarons' younger brother Shamir, "who is legally deaf, spent two weeks in Canada where he rang up a 43-page, $201,000 cell phone bill. During his trip Shamir had texted more than 2,000 times, at $0.20/text according to T-Mobile's international messaging rates, and downloaded videos at a price of $10 per MB."

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Dave | Commented October 20, 2011

2000 texts at $.20 per text is $400 or 0.2 percent of the bill. Why is that even part of the story? Some idiot downloads $200,600 worth of videos and you waste a whole line of type (and put it first) to say he spent $400 on texting?

Thats Funny | Commented October 20, 2011

I guess Shamir needs to put on something pretty and go shake his money maker...He's got a bill to pay off...

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