The Great Roaming Rip-Off
Published: 01 Nov 2005 18:05 GMT
INVESTIGATION
£100 for an iTunes download: The real cost of roaming
Mobile phone operators are stinging GPRS and 3G users
with roaming charges of up to £20 a megabyte. That works out at up to
£100 for a single iTunes download, and up to £5 just to check your
tariff
NEWS:
Orange customer fights £800 roaming bill
A British businessman was surprised to be charged £769 for using a 3G/GPRS datacard in France and Germany
ANALYSIS:
The criminal costs of mobile data
Compared to the price of fixed broadband and Wi-Fi
hotspots, the costs of GPRS and 3G roaming are ridiculously excessive
OPINION:
Short term greed means long term harm for mobile operators
Mobile data operators love high tariffs as much as users hate them. That's not a smart way to make money
BACKGROUND:
The great 3G data card road test
ZDNet UK took 3G data cards from four service providers on a day trip
to Microsoft's Reading Campus and back in the world's first real-life
3G group test
Crunch time for 3G
As Vodafone finally joins 3 in providing third-generation mobile
services, the question of whether the billions paid for the technology
will ever be recouped comes a step closer to being answered
3G data: the choice expands
Mobile professionals now have a choice of four 3G mobile data solutions from UK network operators. Check out our reviews
EC slams roaming scams
A Web site created by the European Commission will show if
you're being overcharged when you use your mobile abroad
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5 comments
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Please tell me that the UK didn't figure this out... Arthur B. -
Arthur B.,
I got so annoyed at the way we are... Ray Winter -
Their is another rip to look at here, I was in a c... Dom Bundy
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OK. Enough is enough. If you are fed up with... Ray Winter
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The costs of roaming are nothing short of the bigg... Ray Winter
