$6/MB roaming in EU?

At 28 Jul 2008 03:03:39 +0000 Larry wrote:
> http://www.intomobile.com/2008/06/23...-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!)

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Todd Allcock <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:

> At 28 Jul 2008 03:03:39 +0000 Larry wrote:
>> http://www.intomobile.com/2008/06/23...-3g-data-roami
>> ng- 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!)
>
>
>

Ouch turns into WOUNDED!

How awful....and I bet their system bandwidth just goes wasted making them
nothing....

At 28 Jul 2008 05:12:41 +0000 Larry wrote:

> > 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 outsidethe
> > USA!)
> >
>
>
> Ouch turns into WOUNDED!
>
> 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!

On 2008-07-28, Todd Allcock <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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