507,000 phones. Assuming no dropped calls and in use 24/7 ;-) -----Original Message----- From: Ray Champagne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 12:26 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: and I thought my phone bill was bad....
Hrm....November. My b-day month. Jacob wrote: > 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:5:203736 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=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
