Vodka or porn or huge phone bill?

["Kurt Grutzmacher" <grutz () jingojango net>]

http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyid=2007-12-14T165428Z_01_N13226822_RTRUKOC_0_US-PHONEBILL-1.xml

Lonely guy shocked to get $83,000 phone bill

By Claire Sibonney

TORONTO (Reuters) - A Canadian oil-field worker, stunned to get a
C$85,000 ($83,700) cell phone bill, has had the charges reduced to
C$3,400, but is still fighting them.

Piotr Staniaszek, a 22-year-old oil and gas well tester in rural
northwest Alberta, became a figure of international media attention
this week when his father went to the press to complain about the size
of his son's bill.

Staniaszek's father, also named Piotr Staniaszek, said his son thought
he could use his new phone as a modem for his computer as part of his
C$10 unlimited browser plan from Bell Mobility, a division of Bell
Canada.

He downloaded movies and other high-resolution files unaware of the
charges they would incur.

"He's working in the field sometimes, alone, in the shack. What to do?
Drink vodka or go on the Internet?" Staniaszek senior told Reuters on
Thursday from Calgary, Alberta.

"Now it's $85,000 and nobody told him," he said.According to his
invoice, the son rang up C$60,000 in charges in November, and they
have since climbed to C$85,000.

Staniaszek senior said Bell has agreed to reduce the charges to
C$3,400 for "goodwill".

"It's still high...Who can afford it?" he said, adding his son can
barely make payments on a new truck he bought for work, and will
continue to fight the charges.

A Bell spokesman said the plan is not intended for downloading files
to a computer, and that's clear in his contract.

Staniaszek said his son did not want to talk to the press after the
interest his story has received and that he is afraid to use his cell
phone and incur more long-distance charges.
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