Cramming: When BS charges get added to your phone bill

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It's called cramming.

What happens is that unscrupulous companies add bogus charges for things you never ordered and don't need to your phone bill.

Has this ever happened to you? Cram this: a firsthand account of my recent cramming by Nate Anderson at Ars Technica explains his tale of woe.

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