Comments on: Vodafone Customer Slapped Down With £31,000 Data Roaming Charge http://digital-lifestyles.info/2008/07/07/vodafone-customer-slapped-down-with-31000-data-roaming-charge/ Reporting the effects of Technology on the Media and Communications. Sun, 16 May 2010 10:04:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Gordon Knight http://digital-lifestyles.info/2008/07/07/vodafone-customer-slapped-down-with-31000-data-roaming-charge/comment-page-1/#comment-282320 Gordon Knight Sat, 15 May 2010 13:18:46 +0000 http://digital-lifestyles.info/2008/07/07/vodafone-customer-slapped-down-with-31000-data-roaming-charge/#comment-282320 This is a problem that's about to get even worse for Vodafone customers. Vodafone’s latest data roaming increases are not so much a 'revamp' as an example of corporate rape. I'm currently travelling in Turkey until the end of July and Vodafone have just notified me of an increase in mobile phone data roaming charges for travellers here of no less than 1,500 per cent!. Charges rise on 15 June from £4.99 for 25 MB to £75 for 25 MB. Travellers in Europe are not much better off, with charges for them rising from £4.99 to £25 - an increase of 500 per cent. It seems that the EU Commission was guilty of a serious omission when it introduced the cap on mobile phone roaming charges in giving inadequate attention to data roaming. Since more and more people are now using their mobiles for e-mail and internet access, this seems to be the new cash cow identified by the mobile phone companies. Certainly, overseas travellers using Vodafone mobiles are due for some very unpleasant surprises after 15 June. This is a problem that’s about to get even worse for Vodafone customers. Vodafone’s latest data roaming increases are not so much a ‘revamp’ as an example of corporate rape. I’m currently travelling in Turkey until the end of July and Vodafone have just notified me of an increase in mobile phone data roaming charges for travellers here of no less than 1,500 per cent!. Charges rise on 15 June from £4.99 for 25 MB to £75 for 25 MB. Travellers in Europe are not much better off, with charges for them rising from £4.99 to £25 – an increase of 500 per cent.

It seems that the EU Commission was guilty of a serious omission when it introduced the cap on mobile phone roaming charges in giving inadequate attention to data roaming. Since more and more people are now using their mobiles for e-mail and internet access, this seems to be the new cash cow identified by the mobile phone companies. Certainly, overseas travellers using Vodafone mobiles are due for some very unpleasant surprises after 15 June.

]]> By: picturephoning.com http://digital-lifestyles.info/2008/07/07/vodafone-customer-slapped-down-with-31000-data-roaming-charge/comment-page-1/#comment-65892 picturephoning.com Wed, 09 Jul 2008 07:58:33 +0000 http://digital-lifestyles.info/2008/07/07/vodafone-customer-slapped-down-with-31000-data-roaming-charge/#comment-65892 <strong>$62,000 Cell Phone Bill: Data charges for downloading episode of Prison Break...</strong> A Manchester- based IT consultant returned from a holiday in Portugal to a hefty £31,500 ($62,000) telephone bill. Digital Lifestyles reports. "Iayn Dobsyn downloaded an episode of Prison Break and a load of MP3s by using his mobile phone as a mod... $62,000 Cell Phone Bill: Data charges for downloading episode of Prison Break…

A Manchester- based IT consultant returned from a holiday in Portugal to a hefty £31,500 ($62,000) telephone bill. Digital Lifestyles reports.

“Iayn Dobsyn downloaded an episode of Prison Break and a load of MP3s by using his mobile phone as a mod…

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