We all know that we get screwed by Telcos when using data while roaming overseas, but a new report from the OECD has proven just how bad it is – Australia is the third most expensive country, behind Japan and Chile. More »
No matter what network you’re with, global roaming rates for mobile calls are terrible. But nowhere near as bad as the rates for international data roaming. But thanks to the power of the interwebs, the Pay as you go sim with data Wiki is the ultimate resource for smartphone-toting travellers. More »
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.
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.
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 »
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.
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]
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]
After dumping “needy customers” because they take too many support resources, Sprint is also dumping 200 US soldiers after returning from a Tour of Duty in Iraq. The reason according to the veteran who denounced the situation: “excessive roaming.” And not even Iraq-related. The story is so absurd that it’s hard to believe. More »
