Error leaves Ohio man with $16M cable TV charge

BEAVERCREEK, Ohio (AP) — Try fitting this charge into the monthly budget.

An Ohio man says his payment for television service was rejected because it wouldn’t cover the $16.4 million he was told he owed Time Warner Cable instead of the usual $80.

Daniel DeVirgilio of Beavercreek tells the Dayton Daily News he wanted to watch the NCAA basketball tournament’s Sweet 16 but didn’t expect it to cost a million dollars per team.

He jokes if he’d known that, he’d have added Showtime to his channels because the charge of a few extra dollars doesn’t seem big in comparison.

Time Warner says human error is to blame for the payment problem. Officials say a worker typed the wrong amount owed, and a letter to DeVirgilio was automatically generated. They’re working to resolve the issue.