The answer? Fight for a good cause. Fight for what people are concerned about. Fight for what they want to change. I started two days ago and I’ve gathered 270 people already who “like” the idea on Facebook.

Here’s the Czech version of the video.

What is the cause all about? A couple of days ago, I discovered a strange thing on my May 2010 cell phone bill from the Czech T-Mobile. I’ve found they charged me for 800CZK for data (approximately $40) plus VAT. The actual amount they were supposed to charge me was 200CZK (approximately $10). Four times less! The data plan I’m using is called Surf&Mail and it’s not unlimited and FUP of the crappy 200MBs per month is applied. No complaints about the FUP, though, it’s fair for this price. At least when you compare it to the also crappy competition here in Czech. Whatever. What is not fair is that they started charging me 800 instead of 200. That is after 9 years of being their customer and after 18 months of using the data tariff with my iPhone and happily paying 200.

The thing is…. T-Mobile in Czech Republic thinks they can charge me whatever they want. They sold me the iPhone 3G back in 2008 with the data plan but since then they’ve started hating the iPhones probably. They’ve probably discovered that the data plans they were selling in 2008 cost them a lot of money so they did the sneakiest thing you could imagine. They just started to charge me more! I filed a complaint of course demanding my money back, but they just replied with a letter that everything is fine and that they can charge me this because the “not every type of traffic is included in the data plan”. What?? They were even unable to tell me what kind of apps I can and can’t use on my iPhone. They suggested me to turn off the internet. Which I did, having no other choice. My contract expires in 3 months and I’m currently taking steps to terminate it prematurely – due to change of terms – and I’ve also filled a complaint at some authorities and regulators about false advertising.

However, guess what? I’m not gonna stop here. I’m gonna fight back. And I’ve created this video to promote my new website and a page on Facebook where people who suffer the same can gather and coordinate next steps. My goal is not only to receive my money back but to actually make T-Mobile Czech to return the money to all people who’ve experienced the same and to change the data plan they are offering so that the 200CZK is the actual maximum amount paid by the customer. Anyway, here’s the box where you can see the current amount of fans on my page. The website’s address is 200misto800.cz (in Czech Only).