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AT&T's Bad Math Strikes MythBusters' Savage

Posted by Soulskill on from the do-they-know-he-has-explosives dept.

etherlad writes "MythBusters' Adam Savage got a bill charging him $11,000 for 'a few hours' of Web surfing while in Canada, using his AT&T USB Mercury modem. AT&T gave him a quote on the data rate: '.015 cents, or a penny and a half, per kb.' Looks like AT&T didn't learn from Verizon's inability to do math. AT&T is also claiming Savage downloaded over 9 GB, which he calls 'frakking impossible.' Savage's huge following on twitter got him a speedy response by AT&T."

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  1. Re:Its 1.5 cents per KB by pushf+popf · · Score: 5, Interesting

    AT&T clearly states on their website its $0.015 which translates to 1.5 cents per KB.

    I've been around since data was shoveled through modems that were so slow that you could actually type faster than the modem could transfer, and data was sent dial-up over expensive long distance phone lines.

    And it was still cheaper than 1.5 cents/KB.

    Does AT&T send a free jar of Vaseline with each new contract?