How To Rack Up $28,000 In Roaming Without Leaving the US

pmbasehore writes “While waiting for his cruise ship to depart, a man decided to use his AT&T wireless card and Slingbox account to watch the Bears vs. Lions football game. When he got his bill, he was slammed with ,067.31 in ‘International Roaming’ charges, even though he never left American soil. The bill was finally dropped to 0.65, but only after the media got involved.” He might have left the soil (the story says he was already aboard the ship), but shouldn’t the dock count?

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