iPhone Roaming Data Charges
March 3 2008
I’d read the stories of swinging data charges when roaming so when I went to Barcelona recently I made sure that data roaming was switched off.
However, I decided that I’d switch it on just to use British Airways online check-in for my return flight. So there I sat on La Rambla with a cold beer and a warm iPhone and checked in. It was a little slow with no EDGE of WiFi but I managed to get a good exit seat.
I’ve just had my bill from O2 and two things have surprised me: the first is that to accomplish this simple task required almost 3Mb of data and the second that those 3Mb of data cost me £16.90!
Holy smoke!
So my fellow iPhone users remember; data roaming “Just Say No!”
Dear BA - please build an iPhone interface for ba.com.
Dear European Commission - please hurry up and sort of this roaming charge racket!
Oh no, that’s very worrying. I’ve just come back from Florida where I did occasionally turn data roaming on. Luckily we had wireless in the house we stayed at but I did use it now and again when I was out. I’m now scared as I haven’t had my bill yet…. gulp!
Nice blog by the way David, some really interesting stuff on here. Keep up the good work!
Yikes! Roaming in the US… you might want to start saving now ;-)
Thanks for your kind words on my blog - nice to hear from you.