By Matt Loney
Published: Tuesday 01 November 2005
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Name
Sam Critchley
Location
Amsterdam
Occupation
Consulting Telecoms Engineer
Comment
Well said! I live in the Netherlands and have an Orange subscription. At home, I pay €3 per MB (which I consider quite expensive anyway), but when I roam this price goes up to €15 per MB!
I'm a telecoms engineer/consultant, and I can tell you there's no technical reason on Earth why roaming data should cost so much.
I've now bought an Orange pay-as-you-go SIM for use when I come to the UK - they charge £1/MB for GPRS if you buy the right bundle, and have a "24 hours unlimited GPRS for £1" add-on as well. I don't get why pay-as-you-go GPRS data in the UK is cheaper than subscription GPRS data in NL, but there you go. It's still way too expensive.
This is a major case of rip-off Britain.
I deal...
Anonymous
Well said! I live in the Netherlands and have an O...
Sam Critchley
I have had problems with Vodafone for the past 5 y...
David Barrow
This appears to be yet another delibarate rip-off....
Anonymous
All roaming charges are a rip-off. Until the Regul...
Simon Morgan
According to the Virgin mobile site, their charges...
Hugh Turner
We have one senior user of 3G get a monthly bill o...
David Supple
I have to agree, there are some fierce hidden char...
Anonymous
How about a simple end to roaming charges... where...
Kiernan Wagstaff
Good report to highlight a dubious practice - a co...
Mike Warner
The only safe assumption is that if you can't find...
Steve Hodson
I've just been hit by a bill that is 10 times my n...
Paul Cook
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