American teens clock up huge text bills

Link: For Texting Teens, an OMG Moment When the Phone Bill Arrives – washingtonpost.com

Sofia Rubenstein, 17, got in trouble the way a lot of teens do these days.

Last month the Washington high school junior used 6,807 text messages, which, at a rate of 15 cents apiece for most of them, pushed the family’s Verizon Wireless bill to more than $1,100 for the month. Sofia knew she’d been texting a lot but couldn’t believe the “incredible” number she hit. “I just thought, oh my God, my life is over,” she said.

That’s a lot of text.. and a lot of $$ for a kid to rack up just on texts alone. How did she manage it? Apparently her plan only gave her 100 inclusive texts each month. Hmm, time to change the plan? Or perhaps her parents should just stop paying her phone bills 🙂