Cell Phone Mayhem

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When you add your children to your cell phone plan, you better explain what they can and can't do with the privilege. Ed Estarija, of Hayward, California, found that out the hard way after his 13-year-old son downloaded about 1.4 million kilobytes of data in one month. That was something the family's plan with the cell phone company didn't cover; and, Estarija received a bill for $22,000. To his great relief, Estarija said that, after media coverage of his problem the company agreed to waive the bill. He quickly suspended his son's account.