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- 11-04-2006, 01:20 AM #16MichaelGuest
Re: What is the cheapest GSM Roaming
"Paul Day" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 30 Oct 2006 22:49:16 +1100 Emjaye may have written:
>> We were still getting bills two months after she got back. All up it
>> cost us something like $500 or so. I can't remember exact figures.
>>
>> And no, the phone wasn't used that much. But when it was, it was
>> expensive.
>
> For $500, it _must've_ been used "that much". Roaming's expensive -
You are right, I roamed for 9 days and the total bill was only $160 - that
included two ten-minute calls back home.
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- 11-04-2006, 01:21 AM #17MichaelGuest
Re: What is the cheapest GSM Roaming
"Emjaye" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Michael said....
>
>>> And no, the phone wasn't used that much. But when it was, it was
>>> expensive.
>>
>> Thats because you werent smart about its usage
>
> I admit that the first lot of data usage was more of the novelty and
> trying it out phase. Now that I'm over that, have my bookmarks saved on
> the phone, etc., can you advise how one can be smart about using this
> service?
Use it as little as possible - that keeps the cost down.
Check out whether there is a data bundle for your plan that will save you
money
- 11-04-2006, 01:23 AM #18MichaelGuest
Re: What is the cheapest GSM Roaming
"Emjaye" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Paul said....
>
>>> And no, the phone wasn't used that much. But when it was, it was
>>> expensive.
>>
>> For $500, it _must've_ been used "that much". Roaming's expensive -
>
> Sorry mate, but what I said is correct. The phone was used to make one,
> maybe two short calls a day. Where a lot of the costs came was from when
> someone from here called her over there. She was charged for both
> receiving the call and from Telstra for the roaming bit.
Perfectly normal.
Your phone is based in Oz. So when you receive a call when OS, your network
is forwarding the call from Oz to O/S. So you generally pay for a call from
Oz to O/S at the normal IDD rate.
Then the O/S carrier charges airtime for incoming calls. So you pay that.
- 11-04-2006, 06:58 PM #19EmjayeGuest
Re: What is the cheapest GSM Roaming
Michael said....
>> the phone, etc., can you advise how one can be smart about using this
>> service?
>
> Use it as little as possible - that keeps the cost down.
Gee, why didn't I think of that?
<insert sarcasm emoticon here>
> Check out whether there is a data bundle for your plan that will save
> you money
There isn't. I'm on the only plan available for this phone for a zero
dollar purchase. I get $5 of included data charges and that's about it.
None of the bonus options cover data that I can recall. In any case, I
chose one of the voice options (3 mins. free calls to selected Telstra
mobile - my wife's).
- 11-06-2006, 05:31 PM #20MichaelGuest
Re: What is the cheapest GSM Roaming
"Emjaye" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Michael said....
>
>>> the phone, etc., can you advise how one can be smart about using this
>>> service?
>>
>> Use it as little as possible - that keeps the cost down.
>
> Gee, why didn't I think of that?
>
> <insert sarcasm emoticon here>
Ask a stupid question.
That is the easiest way to keep costs down.
Most people make absolutely unnecessary calls - you hear them all the time.
Discussing what they are going to do over a drink tonight. What they had for
dinner last night. The movie they watched last night.
****wits
>> Check out whether there is a data bundle for your plan that will save
>> you money
>
> There isn't. I'm on the only plan available for this phone for a zero
> dollar purchase. I get $5 of included data charges and that's about it.
At least you get something
> None of the bonus options cover data that I can recall. In any case, I
> chose one of the voice options (3 mins. free calls to selected Telstra
> mobile - my wife's).
What plan are you on? (FlexiPlan)
>
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