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| Thread ID: 86821 | 2008-01-29 23:55:00 | Vodafone Roaming Data Charges | pctek (84) | PC World Chat |
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| 635250 | 2008-01-29 23:55:00 | Had a lady come in having trouble with her Vodafone Mobile Connect. She also wanted some anti-malware installed. She intends to spend a year touring Aussie which is why Vodafone sold her this. www.vodafone.co.nz Its 30c per 10kb of data. I took a look at a manual update for AVG I have downloaded, its 6614kb. Now lets see, updates for anti-malware, a few emails, maybe a bit of webpage viewing, keep it to a minimum. Or 1GB per month of net use - who wants to work that out?! And I thought Vodafones NZ charge of $49.95 for 1GB was bad........ |
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| 635251 | 2008-01-30 01:34:00 | Yeap, it is a total rip off. I don't know why the commerce commission hasn't gotten onto this, rather than just voice call pricing. | robbyp (2751) | ||
| 635252 | 2008-01-30 02:26:00 | I don't understand why they can't see they would get a far better take up by consumers if the prices were reasonable. Maybe the international data circuits couldn't handle the pressure if more people used this 'service' and that's the reason for the high price (as a discouragement). | johcar (6283) | ||
| 635253 | 2008-01-30 03:43:00 | It appears vodafone in NZ are more interested in fixed line services these days, as well as adsl which is actually affordable. Maybe that is where they make most of their profits. | robbyp (2751) | ||
| 635254 | 2008-01-30 03:54:00 | Even so, it's still daylight robbery. | wratterus (105) | ||
| 635255 | 2008-01-30 04:01:00 | She intends to spend a year touring Aussie which is why Vodafone sold her this.If she intends to be there for a year, then tell her to buy from a local provider. For example, with 3 in Australia, you can get 2GB transfer for $29 per month. If your overseas even for a week, its going to be cheaper 99% of the time to ditch your Vodafone SIM card and get one from a local provider. | maccrazy (6741) | ||
| 635256 | 2008-01-30 20:06:00 | If she intends to be there for a year, then tell her to buy from a local provider. They are travelling around in a motor home. I told her using Wireless hotspots would be cheaper. |
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