(#1)
|
|
Senior Member
Prepaid Professionist
Posts: 1,257
Join Date: 22 Apr 2005
Location: Chicago
Country:
|
Tmobile UK - roaming in US may be cheaper than some international cards -
24-01-2008, 19:54
A family member on payg recently visited and made a couple of roaming calls until I gave here a US sim card. She noticed her balance did not go down by much. So, I decided to check the cost. It's 55p/min to roam in the US. I thought it used to be more than this.
http://www.t-mobile.co.uk/services/g...etailed-costs/ Sim cards: AT&T (Contract), 3 UK, Piranha Mobile |
|
|
(#2)
|
|
Senior Member
Prepaid Pioneer
Posts: 573
Join Date: 15 Jun 2006
Location: Berlin
Country:
|
25-01-2008, 11:43
Yes, they've cut their roaming costs -- for example, you can call anywhere in the world while roaming in the EU (not just other EU countries) for 38p/min. The 55p in the US is, despite the exchange rate at the moment, relatively cheap, as roaming in the US can be very expensive indeed.
I wonder if this is a sign of things to come. Speaking for myself, since the introduction of EU roaming, I now answer my phones when they ring in another EU country, when before I sent all calls direct to voicemail. Perhaps the providers have discovered that lower roaming prices = more use of roaming? Former DE: Vodafone, T-Mobile, O2, Blauworld, 01051mobile, Solomo, Lycamobile, Simyo, Congstar, Fonic, Edeka Mobile, Lidl Mobile; PL: Heyah, Era, Virgin, Sami Swoi, Orange, POP, iPlus, Carrefour Mova, Telepin Mobi, Play, Lycamobile, T-Mobile; UK: Vodafone, T-Mobile, Virgin; US: T-Mobile, AT&T, Lycamobile; CZ: Vodafone, Oskar; ES: Lebara; GR: Vodafone, Wind; UA: Vodafone; IL: Orange; TR: Turkcell |
|
|
(#3)
|
|
Senior Member
Prepaid Prophet
Posts: 2,128
Join Date: 10 Dec 2004
Country:
|
25-01-2008, 15:41
I think it dropped within the last year or so, but can't remember when. I vaguely remember 75p, but could be wrong, and maybe it's happened in 2 stages and was higher still longer ago
|
|
|
|
|