Assuming ≤10,000 text messages, that's around $1,350 per MB.
Regardless of the rightness or wrongness of the actions of the family in question, that seems somewhat perverse.
Regardless of the rightness or wrongness of the actions of the family in question, that seems somewhat perverse.
which I think shows charging $2k for a few weeks worth of texts is pretty unconscionable
https://support.bell.ca/Mobility/Rate_plans_features/What-ar...
Canada to US is $.40 per message sent. US to Canada is $.30 per message received.
So $.70 per two way exchange with her American friends and an $1800 bill means she had around 2600 text exchanges. Over a month that's 86 a day.
There is an error though - the bill was $2000 to begin with and $1800 after Bell gave a discount. So it was actually around 95 messages sent and 95 messages received per day.
It's interesting some people say that's a normal amount of texting for a business. Maybe for some businesses. I doubt his bricklaying business used that many, which is probably why he went for the cheapest plan he could get. They also have things like 500 texts for $5 or $7, in addition to the $12 extra for unlimited. If one doesn't make texts very often, saving the $5 or $12 can make sense. My own mobile plan charges around 11 cents per text since I don't pay for unlimited and that works for me since I do at most a dozen texts a year. I don't think these rates of .35 and such are unreasonable at all for someone who basically never texts and wants to save $12 a month. But it is a rip off that they don't just have a ceiling. Doesn't have to be at $12. Could be $100. Like the "max rate" at parking garages, so you can still get your car back. Bell obviously intentionally doesn't have a max rate coupled with intransigence regarding the contract because they regularly catch people with this scheme. Unfortunately there's no law preventing Bell's scheme at present and the guy signed a contract so he's stuck.