A pair of friends in Pennsylvania decided to pursue the world record for text messaging. After they reached 217,000 texts, they learned that one of their providers, T-Mobile, really had an upper limit to "unlimited" texting, and sending 217,000 texts led to a $26,000 phone bill that cost $27 just to mail.

Theoretically, the plan is unlimited, but T-Mobile's system does technically have a limit of 100,000 messages. Procedures for what to do when a customer exceeds that limit didn't exist, since no customer ever had.

The member of the duo who had T-Mobile has been promised a credit to his account. No word yet on whether Guinness will accept the record.

http://consumerist.com/5223936/man-r...able-condition

 

Nothing better to do huh? These guys probably had to replace their phones

 

is that outgoing or both incoming and outgoing?

 

Why would they have to do that??

 

Worn out keypad, too much blood/skin from worn out fingers. I dunno. I'd think the phones would be like a brand new car with 100k miles on it. No thanks.

 

That's about ~7K txt's a day for 30 days. The heck is that possible. I do like 20 and I feel like it's too much.

 

my friend actuallly hit about 5k once

 

my max ever was 9000+ and average about 7000 a month. i have twitter updates and gf h:

 

I would be pissed if i ever got charged for text.

I use around 2,000 a month.. and 10-15 min of my 500 plan.

 

I think per month, I was hitting 500. Hope those idiots don't have to pay $26k though.