You have been warned. Global roaming rorts: Australia third worst
One day, I will be able to afford to turn on global roaming in my iPhone. Until then, be warned!
Global roaming rorts: Australia third worst
Asher Moses
June 15, 2011 – 6:24PM
Comments 46
Slugged over $1000 … Mathew Peterson
Australians are being slugged global roaming rates of up to $20 per megabyte with no way of monitoring usage costs charged by the telco until they receive their bill.
A new OECD report released this month analysed pricing plans for 68 operators in 34 OECD countries and found Australia was the third most expensive country in the world when it comes to data roaming, with Aussie travellers paying an average of just under $US12 per MB.
Only Japanese and Chilean travellers pay more for data roaming than Australians.
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