Indeed that is correct what you say Mike and very ufortunate. It happens to friends in Newry too. On the sother hand I was staying with a friend in Colerayne and I could not even get a UK Vodafone signal. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Moore" <mikeis@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2012 5:52 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: Anybody explain how roaming works on mobiles?
Hi, I live in Northern Ireland, about 15 miles from the north coast, 60 milesfrom Londonderry and the same distance from Belfast. Where I live sometimes my phone changes to Vodafone IE (Ireland) at the front of my house. It seemsto depend on weather conditions. You usually pay more for making calls, texts etc. I happened to be on Vodafone at one time and received a call from a friend. They were on the phone 15 minutes. When I received my bill from Vodafone (UK) it showed a call with my number for 15 minutes. Basically, I rang them giving off that I didn't call myself, however they explained that that was the additional charge for being connected to Vodafone IE.Frankly a rip off, especially whenever it bleeds into the other neighbouringzones. Ho Hum! Mike -----Original Message-----From: access-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Michael A. Ray Sent: 08 December 2012 17:20 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: Anybody explain how roaming works on mobiles? Andy, Not sure about any other provider and haven't been abroad for a few years but with Vodafone it always used to be that roaming was automatically activated when you connect to a foreign network and you get charged for incoming calls and texts as well as outgoing. And the bills can, or used to, take a month or two to show the roaming charges. I have been with Vodafone for eighteen years so don't know about other providers. Mike On 08/12/2012 15:28, ANDY COLLINS wrote:Hi all - Looking around the T-Mobile website for info on the above, they advise to turn off Roaming when abroad, so as not to incur charges. They also say that having Roaming turned on in the UK does not cost. I feel I don't properly understand about Roaming. What point is there to it in the UK, and when abroad, if it is on, does it mean that I would get charged whatever is the going rate in that country? When abroad, T-Mobile sell up front, waht they call Boosters, which allow so much data useage, such as 3mb for a quid, that has just a 24 hour life, I assume this is a better deal than leaving Roaming turned on, using the local providers? - Andy-- Michael A. Ray Analyst/Programmer Witley, Surrey, South-east UK Ham Radio Callsign: G4XBF, licenced since 1982 Use the NVDA screen-reader, not Scientific, just Freedom ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq
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