£1.20 a minute on T Mobile roaming to call from the USA
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I thought a couple of years ago there was some public watchdog drama about the exorbitant price of roaming charges, and all the mobile phone companies dropped their prices?
I thought it had dropped to 40p a minute last time I checked?
Well, last week I used my mobile in the USA and got a text telling me it was going to cost me £1.20 a minute to make or receive phone calls. So, did they all just say 'fvck you' and charge what the hell they like???
I thought it had dropped to 40p a minute last time I checked?
Well, last week I used my mobile in the USA and got a text telling me it was going to cost me £1.20 a minute to make or receive phone calls. So, did they all just say 'fvck you' and charge what the hell they like???
Astacus said:
Think this might have been Europe only
Indeed. ROW is still charge what they can get away with.For instance next week I'm in Kenya
Receive a call £1.00 plus VAT per min.
Make a call £1.40 plus VAT per min.
Data charges for upto 5Mb per 24 hours on your phone £15.99 per 24 hours
Data charges for upto 5Mb per 24 hours on my netbook £29.99 per 24 hours
Yep. Price reductions were for European countries only - think the European courts ruled that prices could only reflect true costs of the local provider and the increased admin cost of billing, rather than blatant profiteering.
I recently ended up in hospital in Vancouver for a week after a snowboarding mishap, which meant lots of calls to the insurance company and receiving calls from worries friends and relatives. Just come home to £400
of roaming charges (and I was even trying to use the phone sparingly). What really got me was the £6 per megabyte charge for data - absolute rip off, although luckily ai found a wireless hotspot on the second day which kept the cost down. Will be buying a local PAYG sim the next time I'm in North America and leave my UK phone switched off.
I recently ended up in hospital in Vancouver for a week after a snowboarding mishap, which meant lots of calls to the insurance company and receiving calls from worries friends and relatives. Just come home to £400
of roaming charges (and I was even trying to use the phone sparingly). What really got me was the £6 per megabyte charge for data - absolute rip off, although luckily ai found a wireless hotspot on the second day which kept the cost down. Will be buying a local PAYG sim the next time I'm in North America and leave my UK phone switched off.
I shall phone T Mobile this week and ask how the hell they justify hiking the price 300%, as I am sure it was 40p a minute last time I read the e mail they send when you log your phone on.
On Thursday/Friday I received seven such emails, as I flew back from the USA via Amsterdam, I can only assume they'd bill me 40p for each if I had opened them?
Or do I get stung regardless?
And all this b
ks about volcanic ash, makes me wonder what was the real scam. Both planes I took had 20% empty seats, so what has happened to the 200,000 'trapped' Brits who simply can't get across the waters??? 
On Thursday/Friday I received seven such emails, as I flew back from the USA via Amsterdam, I can only assume they'd bill me 40p for each if I had opened them?
Or do I get stung regardless?
And all this b
ks about volcanic ash, makes me wonder what was the real scam. Both planes I took had 20% empty seats, so what has happened to the 200,000 'trapped' Brits who simply can't get across the waters??? 
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