Cost of data used abroad

[Anonymous]

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).

[viridis]

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

[jonsie]

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...

[Anonymous]

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

[Anonymous]

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

[Anonymous]

@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

[Anonymous]

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@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

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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.

[Anonymous]

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

[Anonymous]

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

[jonsie]

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@Anonymous wrote:

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

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Yes without a doubt.