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Networks
World’s Second Largest Wireless Carrier Kills International Roaming Charges
8:40PM John Herrman | From June 1st, customers of Vodafone, the world’s second largest wireless carrier, will be able to text and call from over 35 countries at no extra charge. Attention American carriers: Be more like this. More »
Networks
Man Charged $US62,000 for Downloading Wall-E While In Mexico
1:00AM Dan Nosowitz | While on vacation in Mexico, Alberto downloaded Wall-E over his wireless carrier’s network, only to be slapped with an insane $US62,000 bill. More »
Networks
11:13AM Nick Broughall | When it comes to cheap mobile broadband access, nobody beats 3. But the problem is that their coverage map isn’t exactly extensive, and as soon as you roam off onto Telstra’s 2G network, you start paying through the nose (and every other orifice you have). We knew that they had cut a deal with Telstra to improve that figure (and their effective network coverage) last year, but Whirlpool has just gotten its hands on some leaked pricing and while it’s an improvement, it still doesn’t quite fit the “affordable” ethos we’ve come to expect from 3. More »
3’s NextG Pricing Arrangements Revealed: 50c/MB
11:13AM Nick Broughall | When it comes to cheap mobile broadband access, nobody beats 3. But the problem is that their coverage map isn’t exactly extensive, and as soon as you roam off onto Telstra’s 2G network, you start paying through the nose (and every other orifice you have). We knew that they had cut a deal with Telstra to improve that figure (and their effective network coverage) last year, but Whirlpool has just gotten its hands on some leaked pricing and while it’s an improvement, it still doesn’t quite fit the “affordable” ethos we’ve come to expect from 3. More »
Networks
Watching the Chicago Bears While Waiting for Your Cruise: That’ll be $US28,067 Please
11:40AM Gizmodo US Edition | Wayne Burdick just wanted to watch the Chicago Bears game. Using the Slingbox he had set up, he slid in his AT&T wireless card. Two and half hours and $US28,000 later, the Bears won. More »
Phones
New AT&T iPhone International Data Plans Ream You Slightly Less Hard
1:30AM Matt Buchanan | Your current cheap options for international data from AT&T are 20MB for US$24.99 or 50 MB for US$59.99–ream city, though without them there’s no lube at all, as Blam found out when he came back from Brazil, where AT&T’s int’l roaming discounts don’t apply. AT&T now has two iPhone specific plans: 100MB for US$120, and 200MB for US$200, a savings of $0 and US$40, respectively. Still, ouch. [AT&T] More »
Phones
LG First Off the Blocks with Combo 3G Phones That Do CDMA and GSM
2:35AM Addy Dugdale | LG has produced two 3G handsets, the KM560 and the KP330, that support all three WCDMA bands and GSM bands, too. The cellphones are compatible in 220 countries, meaning that global roaming just got that bit easier. Both the KM560 and KP330 will be available in the second half of 2008 in selected countries, before they are rolled out throughout the rest of the world. [Korean NewsWire] More »
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