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Title: Man gets $27,000 phone bill after watching Bears game on web Post by: gryeyes on February 25, 2009, 05:26:26 PM Sucks for that guy.
http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/shutdown_corner/post/Man-gets-27-000-phone-bill-after-watching-Bears?urn=nfl,144070 (http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/shutdown_corner/post/Man-gets-27-000-phone-bill-after-watching-Bears?urn=nfl,144070) Quote 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. Title: Re: Man gets $27,000 phone bill after watching Bears game on web Post by: Bandit on February 26, 2009, 01:13:21 PM Heh, it was a damn Lions game as well. At least common sense prevailed and he did not have to pay the charges.
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