Virgin UK charging local rates for GPRS roaming

[andy]

interesting that it's ok while using phone as modem, but by dongle, I actually meant one of those USB plug-in modem things, of which I have a couple on order for fairly daft promotional prices

is your account pay as you go only, or a contract with a direct debit? I'm just wondering if a contract one has some delays in the billing coming through, like roaming calls do

anyway, I'll be abroad soon, and might have to take a couple of Virgin SIMs with me, and maybe an old 3g datacard to play with on a friend's laptop

[Bossman]

My account is payg. So far, I have been charged 30p/day for my 6 days that have used it here and 2 days in Paris. Its probably something with their system that it thinks I am using it within the UK. BTW, both my usage via the mobile and as a modem has been with my blackberry 8310 curve. So, I am not sure if it makes a difference.

Originally Posted by andy

interesting that it's ok while using phone as modem, but by dongle, I actually meant one of those USB plug-in modem things, of which I have a couple on order for fairly daft promotional prices

is your account pay as you go only, or a contract with a direct debit? I'm just wondering if a contract one has some delays in the billing coming through, like roaming calls do

anyway, I'll be abroad soon, and might have to take a couple of Virgin SIMs with me, and maybe an old 3g datacard to play with on a friend's laptop