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Roaming data rip-off

  • 02-03-2010 07:00PM
    #1
    probe
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    The EU-wide data roaming rip-off continues unabated - €1 per MB "wholesale rate". If my home internet connection was priced at €1 per MB, it would cost me about €100,000 per month!

    You need 27 dongles/SIMs, one for each state to avoid roaming rip-offs. Even with that there are many national rip-offs, protected by corrupt administrations.

    "The decision was presented by EU "Digital Agenda" Commissioner Neelie Kroes as a means to encourage widespread 'Net use among travelers. "Protection against data roaming bill shocks is a useful step towards building customers' confidence to use mobile networks to surf the Internet when traveling around Europe," she said."

    Resign Ms Kroes. Yet another non-event, compliments of dysfunctional elements within the EU.

    http://arstechnica.com/telecom/news/2010/03/eu-cracks-down-on-bill-shock-roaming-horror-stories.ars


Comments

  • #2
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 96,056 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    you would not need 27 dongles as some providers like 3 allow you to data roam on your home rate ( contracts over 3 months )

    also data is very expensive to provide, IIRC GSM voice takes something like 0.0096Mb/s per call ( less if there are silences during the conversation )

    Priority is given to voice first then data is allowed use the remaining bandwidth, companies should be forced to reveal the average connection that real world users get something like 7.2Mb/s*

    * maximum possible, average time to download 1MB is one minute **
    ** calculation is based on users time NOT on MB downloaded


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