While I appreciate the insight of how much state/local, Federal taxes & surcharges you’re paying, the additional charges are not a big surprise. There’s a simple moral to this story & experience, simply being, do NOT go over you minute allocation for your plan! Each carrier gives you the ability to check where you are with your used minutes at any time during the month – USE IT! Not paying any attention to it will yield the above result.

Further, if you think this is bad regarding T-Mobile, consider what the other carriers would have charged you for the same amount of minutes used. Here’s a hint, they’re more expensive. In the past, TMO has been fairly good at wanting to ‘work’ with folks that really exceed their allocation and create quite a bill. In any event, we’re talking about a delta between your ‘adjusted’ bill and your normal bill of $37.87. That’s not all that bad. Meaning, it could have been a LOT worse. Especially when you throw teens into that equation!

Mobile phone operators are scamming us. US has one of the highest per minute charges in the world. Compare this with India’s 5 cents/min. There is no plan less than $30/month and that too with a 2-year contract!

Indus