Which month? -----Original Message----- From: Ray Champagne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 12:01 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: and I thought my phone bill was bad....
*pats head* Good job! I was too lazy to figure it out. So - since you're having fun, how many phones would you have to clone to get that many minutes racked up in a month? :) Jacob wrote: > At cruise ship rates, of 9.95 per minutes, it would take over 41,000 years > to rack up those charges. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ray Champagne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 11:03 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: and I thought my phone bill was bad.... > > I like this line: > > "It wasn't clear whether the bill was a mistake, or if Yahaya's father's > phone line was used illegally after after his death." > > WTF? How freakin' long would one have to be on the phone, even at an > insane rate, to get to that amount? I haven't done the math, but I'm > not even sure it is even possible.... > > Loathe wrote: >> I saw that in the Washington Post Express this morning, could you freaking >> imagine? I would have died of heart failure. >> >> >> -- >> Timothy Heald >> Analyst, Architect, Developer >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> W: 202-228-8372 >> C: 703-300-3911 >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Ray Champagne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 11:52 AM >> To: CF-Community >> Subject: and I thought my phone bill was bad.... >> >> Man Gets $218 Trillion Phone Bill >> >> Mon Apr 10, 7:37 PM ET >> >> KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - A Malaysian man said he nearly fainted when he >> recieved a $218 trillion phone bill and was ordered to pay up within 10 > days >> or face prosecution, a newspaper reported Monday. >> >> Yahaya Wahab said he disconnected his late father's phone line in January >> after he died and settled the 84 ringgit ($23) bill, the New Straits Times >> reported. >> >> But Telekom Malaysia later sent him a 806,400,000,000,000.01 ringgit >> ($218 trillion) bill for recent telephone calls along with orders to > settle >> within 10 days or face legal proceedings, the newspaper reported. >> >> It wasn't clear whether the bill was a mistake, or if Yahaya's father's >> phone line was used illegally after after his death. >> >> "If the company wants to seek legal action as mentioned in the letter, I'm >> ready to face it," the paper quoted Yahaya as saying. "In fact, I can't > wait >> to face it," he said. >> >> Yahaya, from northern Kedah state, received a notice from the company's >> debt-collection agency in early April, the paper said. Yahaya said he > nearly >> fainted when he saw the new bill. >> >> Government-linked Telekom Malaysia Bhd. is the country's largest >> telecommunications company. >> >> A company official, who declined to be identified as she was not > authorized >> to speak to the media, said Telekom Malaysia was aware of Yahaya's case > and >> would address it. She did not provide further details. >> >> http://tinyurl.com/h6k5c >> >> >> >> > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:203721 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
