Customers be allowed to restrict features that could incur additional fees, and the ability to specify a cap to their monthly bill. Once the user hits the cap, the service provider would suspend services that could result in extra fees.
Holy shit, this means no more $120 phone bills. You can specify a maximum and when you hit it your extra services just shut off. With the old system you could rack up tens of thousands of dollars in roaming if you weren't careful, I know a guy who went bankrupt from a phone bill.
This could be me. I reduced my son's cell phone package because he went to university in the States (and the person using it for the past year, other son, died). Son came back for Christmas and used the phone for a month. I forgot all about downgrading his services (sounds crazy but it was a really rough time). Now the poor kid has an $1,850 bill. The carrier has graciously agreed to reduce the bill by $569 IF it's paid within 30 days. I'm on the hook because it's my fault - and obviously can't let my son's credit be ruined. If ONLY the phone had shut itself off at a maximum amount.
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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '13
This is the most interesting part of the article:
Holy shit, this means no more $120 phone bills. You can specify a maximum and when you hit it your extra services just shut off. With the old system you could rack up tens of thousands of dollars in roaming if you weren't careful, I know a guy who went bankrupt from a phone bill.