Tuesday, November 04, 2008

$200,000 internet bill racked up - Yang's status knocked off

A PUBLIC servant has racked up a $200,000 bill for downloading movies to his taxpayer-funded mobile phone.

The man is being investigated by police for incurring "significant debt" on his work phone, the Northen Territory News reports.

He voluntarily left his job with the Northern Territory government and took the SIM card with him.

The government said the case was investigated as soon as the first bill came in after the man had quit. A source claimed most of the debt was accumulated within about a month.

The rise of mobile internet use has led to some nasty surprises on user's bills - last December, a Canadian oil field worker was shocked to receive a $96,000 bill for surfing the internet on his mobile.

http://www.news.com.au/technology/story/0,25642,24585654-5014239,00.html

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