Should I tell my Mom about online friends???

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I called my online friend in West Virginia (I'm in Rhode Island) and my Mom got the bill today, but she doesn't know it was me and she doesn't allow me to talk to people online (because of pedophiles). I called my friend six times on different days and sometimes talked for over an hour. I can't say I called a wrong number and I don't have any real-life (non-internet) friends or siblings to blame. Now the telephone company is investigating. I kind of want to tell my Mom because there are so many secrets between us; it's a burden. My friends are all I have; without them, I wouldv'e killed myself already. And I'm 99.99% sure my best friend isn't a pedophile. What should I Do???

if the issue is sinking deep, you'd just have to be honest, and if possible... proove to her, who your friend is?
let your mother call him, to check him up.

i remember chatting to this chick, years ago, and one time her mother logged on, pretending to be her. i never talked dirty or anything to the girl in the first place, so the conversation went ok, just a bit weird, cus she didnt seem like herself (obviously)

after a couple of minutes, she told me she was the mother, and yay, i had passed the test

Tell your mom, it'll make things less stressful for her as well as for you. She'll be angry for about two seconds, then she'll realise that it took a lot of courage to tell her and she'll respect you for it.

In future use online voice-chat - either Skype, AIM, Windows Live Messenger (formerly MSN Messenger) - all of these can do voice calling, and even video calling if you have a webcam and a broadband connection.

Yes, you need to tell her. But think it through first. Maybe you could start by saying something about having no friends so that she is sad for you. (This will probably work better with a Mom than with a Dad.) It's hard to find people who share your interests or your sense of humor or whatever it is that you like to talk about with this friend. THEN talk about the phone bill. She should talk to your friend's parents and make sure that they are nice.

Then you could talk about new rules you have made for yourself. Like, people on-line are fine, but If you ever want to give personal information, an adult should know about it.

Something like that she's going to find out one way or another, might as well just tell her, you'll be in less trouble.