A factory worker from County Durham has run up a £27,000 phone bill by using his mobile as a modem for his PC.
Ian Simpson, 29, was charged up to £18 per minute for downloads, in spite of the fact he had paid his supplier Vodafone for a £41.50 per month tariff that allowed him to surf the Internet.
Simpson may now apply for bankruptcy, according to his local paper, the Northern Echo.
The factory worker had downloaded to his PC between 20 and 30 television shows and four music albums using his phone as a connection after taking technical advice from a friend.
Vodafone, which eventually cut off Simpson's connection, said that customers of the deal were limited to 120MB of downloads per month, which is equivalent to less than one album.
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