I was gonna say that the company prolly would catch wind of that many phones in use at once and would figure it out, but considering the article, I'm not so sure... :)
Jacob wrote: > 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:5:203740 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
