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Record texters get $26,000 phone bill waived

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April 25, 2009, 12:30 PM — Two central Pennsylvania men with more time than sense decided to set a text-messaging record in March, exchanging over 217,000 messages in 30 days. Although they had an unlimited texting plan, they still got a $26,000 phone bill, which came in a box that cost $27.55 to send. Fortunately, T-Mobile agreed to waive the fees. As for the actual messages themselves, most, depressingly and predictably, consisted entirely of "Hello" or, worse, "LOL." Keep reading...

Amy Bennett is ITworld's managing editor. Follow her on Google+ and Twitter @atbennett

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