Mobile Roaming: Cheapest Calls When You're Abroad

buglawton

Letting subscribers roam automatically once they step off a plane with astronomic data tariffs, is tantamount to fraud. There will eventually be a big backlash against the dishonest players.

zagfles

grumbler wrote: »

All? In all honesty? How can they afford charging £0.2/Mb with Data Traveller when charging £3/Mb without it then?

And they're probably making a big profit with the £0.2/Mb tariff!

zagfles

buglawton wrote: »

Letting subscribers roam automatically once they step off a plane with astronomic data tariffs, is tantamount to fraud. There will eventually be a big backlash against the dishonest players.

Not so much fraud, but an unreasonable charge which could probably be challenged. The OFT have rules about excessive pricing which could well apply. Charging hundreds or even thousands of times the cost is excessive. I'd like to see a legal challenge...but I suspect the network would agree an out of court settlement and never let it get that far....

It's a bit like going into a pub and ordering a pint and then being charged £1000 for it. On complaining the barman points to the tariff at the side of the bar and says "you should have checked the price".

Wonder how many of the sanctimonious "you should have checked the charges" crowd always check the price before ordering a round at the pub??

crystal9

hi, can someone help me please, i'm a vodafone contract user and was told the new euro travleller is the best way to go,can i just make sure that if i use this that i don't turn off the data roaming?

i think this is quite a good deal really as no charges for incoming texts or calls and i still get my free texts and calls if needed.

mchale

crystal9 wrote: »

i think this is quite a good deal really as no charges for incoming texts or calls and i still get my free texts and calls if needed.

Bear in mind if you send 1 text or make a 2 second call it will cost you £3.00.

steveproxy

grumbler wrote: »

It will work in any unlocked 3g phone.

I have a 3G phone . Is there any simple procedure to unlock it ? Suggestions of my fellow members invited.

delboy_2-2

Can anyone advise me?just back from a 14 day holiday in Tunisia,after 12 days my mobile was disconnected.Arrived home phoned ORANGE,they informed me i had ran up £780 bill in roaming charges thats why they disconnected me and i am totally responsible for paying the bill.

mrcamp

It looks like you did not do much research before you left. See if they can work out a payment plan with you.

delboy wrote: »

Can anyone advise me?just back from a 14 day holiday in Tunisia,after 12 days my mobile was disconnected.Arrived home phoned ORANGE,they informed me i had ran up £780 bill in roaming charges thats why they disconnected me and i am totally responsible for paying the bill.

Dave1979

The new o2 travel is pretty good:

Relax. From July 2012 you can use your mobile in Europe without worrying about huge bills. Talk for longer and use the web without worrying about over spending. Now you're in control.

How does O2 Travel work?
- You'll only be charged £1.99 for the days that you use data in Europe - and you can use up to 25MB a day.
- There's a connection charge of 50p for all calls made and received in Europe. When you make a call you'll be using your UK minutes and calls received are free up to 60 minutes.

1jim

Dave1979 wrote: »

The new o2 travel is pretty good:

Relax. From July 2012 you can use your mobile in Europe without worrying about huge bills. Talk for longer and use the web without worrying about over spending. Now you're in control.

How does O2 Travel work?
- You'll only be charged £1.99 for the days that you use data in Europe - and you can use up to 25MB a day.
- There's a connection charge of 50p for all calls made and received in Europe. When you make a call you'll be using your UK minutes and calls received are free up to 60 minutes.

That's what I will be using when I go to Ireland soon, if you need more than 25Mb day you can text and pay £1.99 more for another 25MB