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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Guardian staff

US man returns from Europe to $143,000 T-Mobile bill for using phone overseas

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A T-Mobile store in Orlando, Florida. Photograph: Paul Hennessy/Sopa Images/Rex/Shutterstock

A Florida man was stunned to come back from a European trip and – upon checking his phone bill – realize that he had been charged a staggering $143,000 by his phone company for using his device while overseas.

ABC Action News reported that Rene Remund and his wife had toured Switzerland last September and had even gone to a T-Mobile store to share his travel plan with his phone provider before leaving.

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