22 year old Piotr Staniaszek, an oil and gas well tester in Alberta, Canada, hooked his laptop up to his Bell Mobility cellphone and burned through C$85,000 worth of bandwidth, downloading movies and "other high-resolution files".
We understand completely. You're working on the lonely Alberta oil fields, living in a shack. What to do on your long nights alone? According to Staniaszek's father, Piotr senior, the options were "Drink vodka or go on the Internet". (Hint: both).
Staniaszek thought he would be covered by his C$10 per month "unlimited" data plan, but Bell has stated that tethering the phone to a computer is a violation of contract. The company has, however, reduced the bill to C$3,400. The lesson here, should it need to be stated, is to never, ever view porn in Hi-Def.
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