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AT&T customer gets $19,500 roaming bill for two days of accidental data use

Ellsworth Toohey
Jan 07, 2026
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AT&T building in Atlanta, Georgia (JHVEPhoto/shutterstock.com)

An AT&T customer traveling internationally racked up $19,500 in data charges over two days — roughly $110 per minute, or $6,500 per hour. According to a post on Reddit’s r/ATT forum, the customer had removed AT&T’s $12-per-day International Day Pass before the trip, planning to use local SIMs…

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