MythBuster Twitters Out of $11,000 Wireless Data Bill

MythBusters' Adam Savage did not understand clearly the limitations and roaming charges for his AT&T data plan while in Canada, managed to run up $11,000 in data charges using a USB modem on a laptop computer.

How did he bust the myth "You can't win with the phone company"?

He twittered about his disgust with tweets such as "AT&T is attempting to charge me 11k for a few hours of web surfing in Canada. Pls RT!," "Almost forgot: Hey AT&T! I will fight this bull****," and then "They're claiming I uploaded/downloaded 9 million kilobytes (9 gigs) while in Canada. Frakking impossible."

Savages' twitter feed titled donttrythis has 68,000 followers on Twitter which AT&T could not ignore.

Eventually, Savage busted that phone company myth and tweeted, ""Today the tweeps became twoops. Just got off the phone with AT&T and they've taken care of everything to my great satisfaction.#twitterrules."

Before traveling to another country this summer be sure to check with your wireless carrier if you will be charged roaming charges or additional fees.