Singtel user racks up $350,000 overseas phone bill!

[hurley]

A gigantic mobile phone bill has become a talking point on the Internet after a SingTel customer made a posting on his Facebook account.

In a case that has highlighted high data charges users may face for using smartphones to surf the Internet and access applications overseas, Mr Kave Goh claimed online that he was billed almost $350,000 after spending 17 days in Taiwan last month.

He posted on his Facebook page a screen shot of a portion of his bill. But SingTel says the bill stated clearly that he would have to pay about $12,000 - not the entire sum. Most of the charges were waived because Mr Goh had used SingTel's Bridge DataRoam plan while in Taiwan, a SingTel spokesman said.

So for a flat charge of about $14 a day, he could have unlimited data access as long as he connected through SingTel's affiliated telco Taiwan Mobile. He downloaded the bulk of the data, about 15GB worth, under this plan. But on three instances, he had logged on to another network, Far EasTone, and used about 600MB

 

[singveld]

SINGAPORE - Mr Kave Goh who revealed his shocking phone bill of $350,000 on Facebook has removed his posting.

The Straits Times reported that SingTel said Mr Goh had to settle only $12,000 of his bills as he had been on SingTel's Bridge DataRoam plan while he was in Taiwan.

SingTel explained that Mr Goh was charged a flat rate of $14 a day as long as he was connected to SingTel's affiliated telco, Taiwan Mobile. He had downloaded 15GB worth of data on this network, choking up a bill of $349,243.25. The telco, later said, $336,000 would be waived off.

However, he was connected to Far East Tone on three instances and used about 600MB of data, hence he would be charged a bill totalling up to $12,000.

SingTel is currently in negotiations with Mr Goh about his bill.

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