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To: S100 who wrote (3273)	8/2/2001 3:11:10 PM
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Here is how the operators pay for 3G services. Euro 3G bills to look like this? snip Her bill was $17,350.24, which was up considerably from the $60 to $70 a month she normally pays for combined wireless and residential phone service. Burlowski's huge bill was the result of exceeding the 100 free minutes on her monthly wireless phone plan. In one case, an additional one-minute cost $699.75, Burlowski said. Other calls in excess of the free minutes were billed for different amounts -- she was billed $386.55 for a five-minute wireless call. One Minneapolis customer received a bill for $57,346.20, a WCCO-TV report said. Some 14,000 of Qwest's wireless phone customers in 14 states were vastly overcharged, said spokesman Bryce Hallowell. The errors resulted from a glitch in a new Qwest computerized billing system. snip startribune.com