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| Paul Beverley 2006-05-30, 5:48 pm |
| Hi All
I'm off on holiday to Holland soon with my laptop and my O2
datacard, so I rang O2 to find out if I could use the datacard
over there.
"Yes, I have now un-barred your number so that it can be used
abroad."
"Thanks, so how much is it going to cost me to use it?"
"On GPRS, it'll cost you £7.05 per megabyte."
What?!?!?!
Has anyone used an O2 card overseas?
Were you charged this much?
All the best,
Paul
Paul Beverley, Editor, Living with Technology & Archive Magazine
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| Dave C 2006-05-30, 5:48 pm |
| Paul Beverley wrote:
> I'm off on holiday to Holland soon with my laptop and my O2
> datacard, so I rang O2 to find out if I could use the datacard
> over there.
>
> "Yes, I have now un-barred your number so that it can be used
> abroad."
>
> "Thanks, so how much is it going to cost me to use it?"
>
> "On GPRS, it'll cost you £7.05 per megabyte."
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> What?!?!?!
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> Has anyone used an O2 card overseas?
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> Were you charged this much?
Seems about par of the course. Some networks charge £10 per megabyte
when roaming.
Make sure you turn off all automatic updates (Windows, Virus Checkers
etc. I've recently talked to a chap who got at £800 bill!
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DaveC
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| Paul Beverley 2006-05-30, 11:48 pm |
| In message < idudneXhYvb6BuHZnZ2d
nUVZ8t2dnZ2d@pipex.net>
Dave C <davec@nospam.org.uk> wrote:
> Paul Beverley wrote:
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> Seems about par of the course. Some networks charge £10 per megabyte
> when roaming.
OK, fair enough. Sounds as if I'll mainly be visiting internet
cafes instead then.
> Make sure you turn off all automatic updates (Windows, Virus Checkers
> etc. I've recently talked to a chap who got at £800 bill!
Thaks for the warning. :-)
All the best,
Paul
Paul Beverley, Editor, Living with Technology & Archive Magazine
-----------------------Phone: 01603-722544----------------------
Freelance editing and proofreading: http://www.archivepub.co.uk/
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"Paul Beverley" <paul@archivemag.co.uk> wrote in message
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> In message < idudneXhYvb6BuHZnZ2d
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> Dave C <davec@nospam.org.uk> wrote:
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> OK, fair enough. Sounds as if I'll mainly be visiting internet
> cafes instead then.
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> Thaks for the warning. :-)
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> All the best,
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> Paul
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> Paul Beverley, Editor, Living with Technology & Archive Magazine
£7 per megabyte is just plain ridiculous and so is call romaing charges.
Thats why many people, myself included get a local sim in the country we're
visiting. If I downloaded the same amount on my phone as I did using my dsl
line it would cost me on average £141,000 a month!! (£2.35 a megabyte) Maybe
not a totally valid comparison but it gives you some idea how ridiculous the
charges are!
Dan
Dan
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