What Happened – using my mobile blog app, I hit publish on a blog post, and it failed to upload.

Fine, I’ll post from my laptop then.

Tethered my phone > opened a new browser > this page is there:

1. an alert: you have exceeded your monthly data plan by $50, you’re now denied access to all data
2. to restore data, text TELUS “Yes”, you understand, and agree, to additional data costs
3. or instead of text, call. Which I did, because I’m not clicking on something so odd

And it’s TELUS, so I got back an educated, helpful answer:

To avoid bill shock, the CRTC has set a cap on additional phone charges. Once the cap is reached, the data connection is shut off unless the consumer actively agrees to spend more.

Caps are: $50 data – $100 phone calls

That feeling, when I had no data: gah

All my accounts out there, all logged in, alone and unattended.

To get online I’d have to leave the house, and even then it wouldn’t be on my phone, my usual tool, where all my information is… find a computer, import contacts, good thing I have a copy of my contacts… do you… here’s how to properly backup.

A giant wave of “how will I run my life tomorrow, if I can’t use my phone?”.

I wouldn’t be able to. Gah.