User gets $3,000 iPhone Bill When Overseas - Without Using It

Some consumers are finding out the hard way that their iPhones are connecting to the Internet in the background–for example, to check for new e-mail messages.

That’s normally not a problem for iPhone owners due to AT&T’s unlimited monthly data plans. Take a trip overseas, however, and everything changes, as The New York Times reports. Some folks were hit with a monthly bill of $800 or more, and in one case, $3,000, due to “international roaming data” charges from AT&T.

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