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Cost of data used abroad

Anonymous — Tue, 24 Mar 2015 15:16:28 GMT

I can't understand why we always have to be ripped off when using our mobiles outside the UK or the EU. I used 10767KB in the UAE on route to our holiday in South Africa and it cost me £40. I bought a data bundle which was linked to a South African SIM card and for 1GB it only cost R149.00 (equivalent to £8.28 at R18/£1).

Re: Cost of data used abroad

viridis — Tue, 24 Mar 2015 15:21:00 GMT

Disgusting really.
That about 10mb yeah?
£40, for 10 meg.
Wow.

Re: Cost of data used abroad

jonsie — Tue, 24 Mar 2015 15:24:35 GMT

Roaming outside of Europe is stupidly costly @£6/Mb and £1.50 per minute to both make and receive calls. With a Thai sim I pay £8/month for 3GB 4G data, 200 mins of calls and 200 texts and that's P&G...

Re: Cost of data used abroad

Anonymous — Tue, 24 Mar 2015 15:30:04 GMT

I was told this that when I travelled down under last year that when you are passing through the UAE if your not careful they charge you loads just for accessing messages or data/wifi, a bit of a nuisance thar they can get away with that but that said, next time before you go turn mobile data off then this won't happen

Re: Cost of data used abroad

Anonymous — Tue, 24 Mar 2015 15:38:38 GMT

should have turned data off and used wifi!!

at least the networks cap how much you can spend these days......helps avoid bills costing thousands

Re: Cost of data used abroad

Anonymous — Tue, 24 Mar 2015 15:44:09 GMT

@Anonymous in my previous post I stated that in the UAE they also charge you for using the wifi at extraordinary prices so that's not exactly an option really

Re: Cost of data used abroad

Anonymous — Tue, 24 Mar 2015 15:50:33 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
@Anonymous in my previous post I stated that in the UAE they also charge you for using the wifi at extraordinary prices so that's not exactly an option really

Yup thats me not reading things properly again!!

Generally though, connecting to WiFi if at all possible is the best and cheapest option, especially outside the EU.

Re: Cost of data used abroad

Anonymous — Tue, 24 Mar 2015 15:51:44 GMT

It usually is but in this case unfortunately the op wasn't aware

Re: Cost of data used abroad

Anonymous — Wed, 25 Mar 2015 10:56:15 GMT

what we normally do is buy a provider sim card from the country we,re in its a lot cheaper

Re: Cost of data used abroad

jonsie — Wed, 25 Mar 2015 11:05:47 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
what we normally do is buy a provider sim card from the country we,re in its a lot cheaper

Yes without a doubt.