A Florida woman has been slapped with a monthly phone bill of over $US200,000 ($A195,417) after failing to switch off data roaming.
Celina Aarons received the jaw-dropping bill when younger brother, Shamir, returned home from a two week holiday in Canada.
The bill which totalled $US201,005.44 ($A196,055.33) and was 43 pages long came as a shock to Aarons, who usually pays $US175 ($A171) a month.
"I was freaking out. I was shaking, crying, I couldn't even talk that much on the phone. I was like 'my life is over!'" she told WSVN.
Aarons includes her two brothers on the plan as the two are deaf and mute, and use the smart phone extensively for texting and communicating more easily.
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"He's a sweetheart, and he goes to college and I would do anything for him," Aaron said of her younger brother Shamir.
But during Shamir's trip he failed to switch off the data roaming, texting over 2000 times and downloading videos which caused the bill to soar.
Upon receiving the notification, Aarons said she thought "it's never going to get paid... I can't pay that. That's like paying a nice house right now based on what houses are going for."
Though T-Mobile was not legally obliged to reduce her bill, the carrier wrote down her charges to $2500.
"The case of Ms Aarons was extraordinary, even if the amount was correct. T-Mobile cut her bill to $US2500 ($A2442) and gave her six months to pay," a T-Mobile spokeswoman said.
