|
Cellular forums Home > Archive > Cell Phones in Great Britain > March 2008 > 3G roaming
You are viewing an archived Text-only version of the thread.
To view this thread in it's original format and/or if you want to reply to
this thread please [click here]
|
|
| Chris Davies 2008-03-25, 10:33 am |
| I have a requirement for 3G/GPRS roaming across Western (mainland)
Europe. I don't particularly need 3G/GRPS connectivity within the UK.
If I use a UK provider such as Vodafone, it works out at around £7/MB.
Are there any better deals available (including options such as non-UK
contracts)?
FWIW, typical usage varies tremendously but should be no more than
1GB/month, but hopefully closer to 100MB or so. Typical countries
include France (Toulouse, Paris), Belgium, Spain (Madrid), Germany,
Italy, and Portugal.
Thanks,
Chris
| |
| John Blessing 2008-03-25, 3:33 pm |
| Chris Davies wrote:
> I have a requirement for 3G/GPRS roaming across Western (mainland)
> Europe. I don't particularly need 3G/GRPS connectivity within the UK.
>
> If I use a UK provider such as Vodafone, it works out at around £7/MB.
> Are there any better deals available (including options such as non-UK
> contracts)?
>
> FWIW, typical usage varies tremendously but should be no more than
> 1GB/month, but hopefully closer to 100MB or so. Typical countries
> include France (Toulouse, Paris), Belgium, Spain (Madrid), Germany,
> Italy, and Portugal.
>
> Thanks,
> Chris
Anyone will be cheaper than vodafone.
Apart from their high data rate, they also charge in min 100kb increments
Try Three. I believe it is £3 per mb and charged per byte.
--
John Blessing
http://www.LbeHelpdesk.com - Help Desk software
http://www.room-booking-software.com - Schedule rooms & equipment
bookings http://www.lbetoolbox.com - De-Duplicates MS Outlook
http://www.repeatmail.com - schedule mass individual emails
| |
|
| Chris Davies brought next idea :
> I have a requirement for 3G/GPRS roaming across Western (mainland)
> Europe. I don't particularly need 3G/GRPS connectivity within the UK.
>
> If I use a UK provider such as Vodafone, it works out at around £7/MB.
> Are there any better deals available (including options such as non-UK
> contracts)?
>
> FWIW, typical usage varies tremendously but should be no more than
> 1GB/month, but hopefully closer to 100MB or so. Typical countries
> include France (Toulouse, Paris), Belgium, Spain (Madrid), Germany,
> Italy, and Portugal.
>
> Thanks,
> Chris
Vodafone have an alternative roaming charge - £8.50 per 24 hours,
rather than per megabyte
| |
| Chris Davies 2008-03-25, 10:33 pm |
| Chris Davies wrote:
> I have a requirement for 3G/GPRS roaming across Western (mainland)
> Europe. I don't particularly need 3G/GRPS connectivity within the UK.
In uk.telecom.mobile John Blessing <nospam. lbe@remove_thisgmail
.com> wrote:
> Anyone will be cheaper than vodafone.
I had a look around and found that most of the mainstream providers
charged fairly similar prices (I checked Orange, 3, and T-Mobile).
> Apart from their high data rate, they also charge in min 100kb increments
You really mean kilobits or is that supposed to be kilobytes?
> Try Three. I believe it is £3 per mb and charged per byte.
I'll take another look at 3's roaming charges. Thanks
Chris
| |
| Chris Davies 2008-03-25, 10:33 pm |
| In uk.telecom.mobile Jono <nothanks@blueyonder.invalid> wrote:
> Vodafone have an alternative roaming charge - £8.50 per 24 hours,
> rather than per megabyte
Ah. I'll investigate.
Thank you!
Chris
| |
|
| On 25 Mar, 23:23, Chris Davies <chris-use...@roaima.co.uk> wrote:
> I'll take another look at 3's roaming charges. Thanks
In the countries where 3 operate themselves (Austria, Ireland, Italy,
Denmark and Sweden, iirc) the charges for voice calls are exactly the
same as the UK. Dunno about data, but it might be worth checking. It's
called "3 Like Home".
Ian
| |
| Rick Marks 2008-03-26, 4:33 am |
| On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 23:23:46 +0000, Chris Davies
<chris-usenet@roaima.co.uk> wrote:
>Chris Davies wrote:
>
>In uk.telecom.mobile John Blessing <nospam. lbe@remove_thisgmail
.com> wrote:
>
>I had a look around and found that most of the mainstream providers
>charged fairly similar prices (I checked Orange, 3, and T-Mobile).
Sadly that's no surprise. The mobile industry bears many hallmarks of
a cartel.
>
>
>You really mean kilobits or is that supposed to be kilobytes?
Sadly the telecoms industry loves to round (up) - and make 'connection
charges'. Operators can't afford an abacus with enough columns.
[snip]
| |
| John Blessing 2008-03-26, 12:33 pm |
| Chris Davies wrote:[color=darkred
]
> Chris Davies wrote:
>
kilobytes
--
John Blessing
|
|
|
|
|