o2 My Europe Extra - Interesting Possibility

[andy]

Originally Posted by renfro

Whats more, text messages sent whilst roaming appear on my bill as included in my line rental, and havent been billed 25p as specified in the terms of the bolt on. Will need to keep an eye on this on my next trip.

sorry if this is a bit off-topic for non-UK readers

O2 UK contract still uses inclusive text messages when abroad, coming off the allowance at the rate of 4 for 1. It also appears a bit oddly on another part of the bill, in the roaming section as a 4 second free call, sometimes to the destination number, sometimes the O2 message centre.

These costless messages make Voipcheap sms callback another attractive option as a backup for RC, 2 x 8c + vat to/from UK mobiles, and temptingly a bit easier to set up the call

If you go over your allowance, you will be charged roaming sms rates, so if this is likely, look into mobile Java clients that send via wap/grps - and so far, my 100k monthly data allowance has still been used while roaming, eg when setting up Voxalot or Voipbuster callback (under 2k per trigger or sms)


I've wondered from time to time if the inclusive text bolt-on on O2 Pay&Go would also work in the same 4 for 1 way when roaming, but never tried or read about it. It seems a bit less likely but might be worth a shot for someone with the opportunity to try, or perhaps someone here knows ...

[petkow]

Originally Posted by andy

O2 UK contract still uses inclusive text messages when abroad, coming off the allowance at the rate of 4 for 1. It also appears a bit oddly on another part of the bill, in the roaming section as a 4 second free call, sometimes to the destination number, sometimes the O2 message centre. ...

Andy, do you know if this is only for texts back to the UK or for any destination? (or does it include only the country you are roaming in?)