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Oct. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Liz Szalay said she was shocked when she saw her 14-year-old son’s phone bill. Because he didn’t have a $30 data plan as part of his Verizon Wireless contract, he’d run up charges of $2,000 over two months for downloading songs.
“I would never have allowed my son to accrue such charges, if I had known,” said Szalay, a secretary in Niles, Michigan, who said she withdrew money from her 401(k) retirement plan to cover the expense. “What I did to prevent this from happening in the future was have his Internet access completely blocked by Verizon, but not before they made off with a boatload of money."
Surprise $2,000 Phone Bills Add to Scrutiny of Verizon, AT&T - BusinessWeek