Data Charges to be regulated when roaming EU?

adam917 · 16-02-2011, 06:06

http://ec.europa.eu/information_soci...ta_roaming.pdf - the document I was referring to earlier. It is from 2008-06-24 so some of the information may be inaccurate but the gist of it still holds true. Most of that document can apply outside the EU as well.

(For instance, T-Mobile USA has few options for roamers besides unlimited BlackBerry e-mail for $19.99/month prorated, & their standard per KB charges of 1 cent per KB in Canada & 1.5 cents everywhere else outside the US & Canada. AT&T, on the other hand, is more complicated but offers some cheaper options compared to T-Mobile - which sounds strange given that T-Mobile is present in several countries - for travellers going to many, but not all, countries. The very cheapest still works out to $0.99995/MB & that's only if the entire 200 MB bundle is used & the highest rates are of course their standard rate of 1.95 cents per KB.)

PS: Can a moderator merge this post with my initial one in this thread?

kuba.g · 17-02-2011, 22:05

Wow, that is quite a document! Thanks for sharing this find, adam917.

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adam917 (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Fan Posts: 187 Join Date: 14 Sep 2008 Location: North America Country:	16-02-2011, 06:06 http://ec.europa.eu/information_soci...ta_roaming.pdf - the document I was referring to earlier. It is from 2008-06-24 so some of the information may be inaccurate but the gist of it still holds true. Most of that document can apply outside the EU as well. (For instance, T-Mobile USA has few options for roamers besides unlimited BlackBerry e-mail for $19.99/month prorated, & their standard per KB charges of 1 cent per KB in Canada & 1.5 cents everywhere else outside the US & Canada. AT&T, on the other hand, is more complicated but offers some cheaper options compared to T-Mobile - which sounds strange given that T-Mobile is present in several countries - for travellers going to many, but not all, countries. The very cheapest still works out to $0.99995/MB & that's only if the entire 200 MB bundle is used & the highest rates are of course their standard rate of 1.95 cents per KB.) PS: Can a moderator merge this post with my initial one in this thread?

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kuba.g (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Expert Posts: 228 Join Date: 24 Oct 2010 Country:	17-02-2011, 22:05 Wow, that is quite a document! Thanks for sharing this find, adam917. Mobile internet sim cards: INT: abroadband, NL: Simyo, bliep, BE: Colruyt Mobile, MEDIONmobile, LUX: Orange, PL: mBank Mobile, DE: Congstar, MEDIONmobile, IE: Vodafone, CH: OK Mobil, SwissCom, SE: Telia, ES: MásMovil, GR: Cosmote, IT: TIM, RO: Vodafone, RS: mt:s, BY: Privet, UA: Kievstar, MD: Moldcell Feel free to consult me about sim cards in the Benelux and Poland.*