Vodafone PAYG roaming charges (EU)

09-28-2006, 02:35 PM

Does it cost to receive texts from the UK on a UK Vodafone
PAYG phone in, for example, Spain or Italy?

Detailed info like this always seems to be a right bugger
to find on the official websites...

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09-28-2006, 02:37 PM

Thus spaketh Mary Pegg:
> Does it cost to receive texts from the UK on a UK Vodafone
> PAYG phone in, for example, Spain or Italy?
>
> Detailed info like this always seems to be a right bugger
> to find on the official websites...

There are no charges for receiving texts, no matter where the mobile is,
unless you use revenue generating text services, such as voting /
competitions etc.

09-29-2006, 05:26 AM

{{{{{Welcome}}}}} wrote:

> There are no charges for receiving texts, no matter where the mobile is,

Thanks.

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09-29-2006, 11:32 AM

Incoming SMS messages are free. calls are charged at the rates on the
website www.vodafone.co.uk/goingabroad

"Peter" <nowhere@anon.com> wrote in message
news:53fqh2l79o124d8jtfp2fjmohcmidmrd50@4ax.com...
>
> Mary Pegg <nospam@nospam.blah> wrote:
>
>>Does it cost to receive texts from the UK on a UK Vodafone
>>PAYG phone in, for example, Spain or Italy?
>>
>>Detailed info like this always seems to be a right bugger
>>to find on the official websites...
>
> Yes, you pay for receiving the messages. The sender has been charged
> the standard message-to-UK rate, say 10p, and you have to pay the
> extra cost of delivery in Italy.
>
> Same with phone calls. If you have your UK phone in Italy, and
> somebody calls that phone, you end up paying for receiving the call.
>
> That's my understanding, anyway. I know that I used up about £100
> during a holiday in Greece, just by taking incoming calls.
>
> The only way around this is by purchasing a local SIM card.
>

09-29-2006, 12:25 PM

Peter wrote:

>> Does it cost to receive texts from the UK on a UK Vodafone
>> PAYG phone in, for example, Spain or Italy?
>>
>> Detailed info like this always seems to be a right bugger
>> to find on the official websites...
>
> Yes, you pay for receiving the messages. The sender has been charged
> the standard message-to-UK rate, say 10p, and you have to pay the
> extra cost of delivery in Italy.
>

Which the extra cost is 0p

> Same with phone calls. If you have your UK phone in Italy, and
> somebody calls that phone, you end up paying for receiving the call.
>
> That's my understanding, anyway. I know that I used up about £100
> during a holiday in Greece, just by taking incoming calls.

The incoming calls do cost as you found out. Vodafone charge (on
Passport) 75p per call (upto 1hr) - as long as you use one of their
partner (Vodafone) networks.

10-01-2006, 06:15 PM

On Fri, 29 Sep 2006 16:33:52 +0100, Peter <nowhere@anon.com> wrote:

>Yes, you pay for receiving the messages. The sender has been charged
>the standard message-to-UK rate, say 10p, and you have to pay the
>extra cost of delivery in Italy.
>
>Same with phone calls

Nope. You pay to receive calls, but incoming messages are free.

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10-02-2006, 07:25 AM

Peter wrote:

> hairydog@despammed.com wrote:
>
>
>>>Yes, you pay for receiving the messages. The sender has been charged
>>>the standard message-to-UK rate, say 10p, and you have to pay the
>>>extra cost of delivery in Italy.
>>>
>>>Same with phone calls
>>
>>Nope. You pay to receive calls, but incoming messages are free.
>
>
> You are right about Voda but is that true with all networks?
>
It is, with Orange.
I haven't yet tried with O2.

10-02-2006, 08:03 AM

Peter wrote:
> hairydog@despammed.com wrote:
> >Nope. You pay to receive calls, but incoming messages are free.
>
> You are right about Voda but is that true with all networks?

I do not know of any UK network that charges for incoming SMS texts
when overseas.

10-02-2006, 09:03 AM

"King Of Fools" <ToBeTheKingOfFools@googlemail.com> wrote in message
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> I do not know of any UK network that charges for incoming SMS texts
> when overseas.

C'mon all you pedants - isn't there a Chinese network that charges?

;-)

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10-02-2006, 05:56 PM

Loz wrote:
>
> The incoming calls do cost as you found out. Vodafone charge (on
> Passport) 75p per call (upto 1hr) - as long as you use one of their
> partner (Vodafone) networks.

In fact they recently expanded the range of countries, and now cover
the whole EU plus a few others

http://www.abroad.vodafone.co.uk/ind...u=1&le=1&sn=s7

10-03-2006, 07:48 AM

On Mon, 02 Oct 2006 08:25:12 -0400, S Viemeister <firstname.lastname@which.net> wrote:
>Peter wrote:
>
>> hairydog@despammed.com wrote:
>>
>>
>>>>Yes, you pay for receiving the messages. The sender has been charged
>>>>the standard message-to-UK rate, say 10p, and you have to pay the
>>>>extra cost of delivery in Italy.
>>>>
>>>>Same with phone calls
>>>
>>>Nope. You pay to receive calls, but incoming messages are free.
>>
>>
>> You are right about Voda but is that true with all networks?
> >
>It is, with Orange.
>I haven't yet tried with O2.

Also true for Virgin Mobile. Outgoing texts are 35p if you PAYG by top-up,
25p if you pay by DD (including PAYG by DD).

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