US teen clocks up 14,528 text messages in one month

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US teen clocks up 14,528 text messages

Greg Hardesty of the Orange County Register has described himself as "speechless" after his 13-year-old daughter "racked up 14,528 text messages in one month", as the shaken dad himself put it last week.

Hardesty, 45, explains that offspring Reina achieved the impressive SMS tally between 27 November and 26 December. Her 22-year-old sister Hana managed a "comparatively modest" total of 7,101 messages, while sibling Marina, 24, trailed with just 700.

While the paper bill for all three phones dispatched to the girls' mother stretched to just 23 pages, the online PDF version extended to 440 pages. Luckily, all three are signed up for unlimited texts, otherwise Reina alone would be looking at a bill of $2,905.60 - a "lot of chores", Hardesty notes.

Hardesty called AT&T Mobility to see if it kept records of outstanding texting efforts. The company's Katie Keating said no, and while "trying not to laugh", described Reina's marathon total as "a bit high"...

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Sky_Avenger (not verified) — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 - 21:12

ouah!!!!

if a text cost 5p then she must have spend hum...14000*0.05=700 quids!!!(sorry cant remember the exact figure and cant be bothered to go back)

i cant beat that, i only get 5 pounds a month=500/0.05=50 000/5=10 000 right? so icant onyl send 10 000 text... interesting, i hate talking on the phone, my parents shouldnt se that or ill get 5 pounds for 2 months 😂