MythBusters' Adam Savage did not understand clearly the limitations and roaming charges for his AT&T data plan while in Canada, managed to run up $11,000 in data charges using a USB modem on a laptop computer.
How did he bust the myth "You can't win with the phone company"?
He twittered about his disgust with tweets such as "AT&T is attempting to charge me 11k for a few hours of web
surfing in Canada. Pls RT!," "Almost forgot: Hey AT&T! I will fight this
bull****," and then "They're claiming I uploaded/downloaded
9 million kilobytes (9 gigs) while in Canada. Frakking impossible."
Savages' twitter feed titled donttrythis has 68,000 followers on Twitter which AT&T could not ignore.
Eventually, Savage busted that phone company myth and tweeted, ""Today the tweeps became twoops. Just got off the phone with AT&T
and they've taken care of everything to my great
satisfaction.#twitterrules."
Before traveling to another country this summer be sure to check with your wireless carrier if you will be charged roaming charges or additional fees.