My brother is under house arrest, quite possibly for the next decade. Options

[*Libertie*]

So my brother, 18, has been using the phone a LOT lately. Last night I found out that he's actually been calling some girl in Australia. I didn't know about this or I'd have said something, but he told my mom that he was just using regular anytime minutes. When I found out about this, I flipped out and showed them the Cingular site where it had the rates listed (upwards of $3 per minute!). This prompted my mom to check out her phone bill. The grand total is so unbelievable that it needs to sit on its own line:

SIX. THOUSAND. DOLLARS.

My mom's credit is already bad enough, so this is a nightmare. I'm gonna have to go with her and take out a loan so she can pay the bill, and I honestly don't know what's gonna happen to my brother. This is insane.

[pandamonium]

omg something like this happened to my best friend. she didnt know she was getting charged with every text message cause she thought she was on an unlimited plan. so she texted away and she ran the bull to 900 dollars.

i feel bad for you guys cause thats a freaking whole lot. but you know you should try calling your phone company and asked them if they can investigate the calls, sometimes they will lower the bill down. my friend posed as her mother and got the bill to go down from 900 to 680 dollars. so try to talk to the company and tell them you didnt know it was three dollars a minute.

but for your brother he deserves it. lol ahah. sorry i feel bad for you guys i hope you guys get out of this fine.