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Cellular Phone Forum / Providers / ATT Wireless / July 2008$6/MB roaming in EU?
http://www.intomobile.com/2008/06/23/what-out-for-iphone-3g-data-roaming- charges.html OUCH! > http://www.intomobile.com/2008/06/23/what-out-for-iphone-3g-data-roaming- > charges.html > > OUCH! Practically a bargain! ;-) My carrier, T-Mobile charges $15/MB anywhere outside the US- even when using a European T-Mobile network! (Needless to say, I shut my phone's cellular data off when outside the USA!) >> http://www.intomobile.com/2008/06/23/what-out-for-iphone-3g-data-roami >> ng- charges.html [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > (Needless to say, I shut my phone's cellular data off when outside the > USA!) Ouch turns into WOUNDED! How awful....and I bet their system bandwidth just goes wasted making them nothing.... > > Practically a bargain! ;-) > > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > How awful....and I bet their system bandwidth just goes wasted making them > nothing.... Probably, but from their POV, gouging the few business travelers on expense accounts willing to pony up $15/MB gets them more revenue than charging everyone a fair price to check their e-mail! As an Americans used to a flat-rate unlimited plan, what per MB price sounds fair? A buck? A dime? Any metered plan sounds like a screwing! T-Mo UK offers a decent data rate on their prepaid plans- it's a metered per/kb plan but has a £1/day cap- once you hit a pound, you stop being charged until tomorrow. That's acceptable for vacationing, IMO, but that'd cost me $50/month if it was my home rate! > T-Mo UK offers a decent data rate on their prepaid plans- it's a metered > per/kb plan but has a £1/day cap- once you hit a pound, you stop being > charged until tomorrow. That's acceptable for vacationing, IMO, but that'd > cost me $50/month if it was my home rate! If you are staying for a while Three UK will sell a week of data on a prepaid plan for £2.50, or a month for (I think) £5.00. This will also get you service on their sister networks in Ireland, Italy and Austria. The only catch is that you need a phone with Euro 3G band coverage. While some places have good deals on data with a local prepaid SIM, however, no one has decent roaming rates for data; the charges are always obscene. In fact, if you travel often and need data access that $149/month international data plan AT&T sells begins to look attractive. Dennis Ferguson |
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