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EU to cap 'shock' mobile phone bills

article published on 1 March, 2010

The European Commission has put into effect a new EU-wide rule that will cap 'shock' mobile phone bills built-up when users unsuspectingly surf the Internet for extended periods of time without a data plan or when roaming. Customers must now tell their carrier at what point to cut them off, and if they do not by July 1st, then the cap will be set at 50 euros. On the carrier side, the ... [ read the full article ]

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jony218
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_ 		1. March 2010 @ 19:37 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
they should do that in the US too, but they won't. The cellphone company's will say that it's the customer responsibility to read the extra small fineprint.
It's best to use prepaid, that's all I use now.
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chrialex
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_ 		4. March 2010 @ 10:20 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
US Cellular has free overage protection for texts/minutes, they let you know when you are getting close and when you reach your limit. However, I don't know if they have one for regular data since my smartphone plan is unlimited.
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