Texting Teens Generating OMG Phone Bills

Last month, Washington high school junior Sofia Rubenstein used 6,807 text messages, which, at a rate of 15 cents apiece for most of them, pushed her family’s Verizon Wireless bill over $1,100. She and other teens are finding themselves in hot water after their families get blindsided with huge phone bills thanks to hefty a la carte text messaging charges.

Using a cell phone to send that many text messages is almost like buying a computer monitor just to play with it’s controls. This girl text messaged over 200 times per day! She must have thumbs of steel.

Source: Slashdot