Comments on: SMS Text News announces unlimited browsing option for all users

By: ewan

ewan — Sat, 05 May 2007 08:48:55 +0000

Steve, thank you for enquiring about upgrading your SMSTextNews UNLIMITED account to enable international roaming.

Great news! International roaming is available and since you’re already an UNLIMITED subscriber, you’ll enjoy super access rates.

Rates start at Â£4 per download, per page in all European countries. However, do keep in mind that you’ll also have to pay for the data charges to receive the page (equivalent to Â£26 per page, per download). We won’t add that up and tell you what the reality of standard usage is, because if we did, I’m sure you’d cancel your account right now.

Please remember that you need to call us BEFORE you leave the country to enable international roaming, so that we have sufficient time to update your billing level to AR5E.

Thanks and make it a great day!

Ewan
SMSTextNews Premier Support

By: steve procter

steve procter — Sat, 05 May 2007 08:38:32 +0000

Ewan

Hi there, I’m thinking of going abroad. Can you tell me if I need to upgrade my SMSTextNews service to be able to access your website while roaming outside of the UK? If I do this and also post responses to your blog will I be charged per post and will you also have to pay to receive the overseas responses?

steve/itagg.com

By: andy natt

andy natt — Fri, 04 May 2007 12:48:11 +0000

Its going to be interesting to see what Orange do about their fair use policy. Information submitted by both Orange and Vodafone recently points to peer to peer applications (such as IM, Skype, VOIP) will not be included in this type of bundle (look how both of these operators handled the N95′s VOIP capabilities).

How the operators manage this and feed the information back to their subscribers will – no doubt – cause more headaches than they suspect.

By: tom gordon

tom gordon — Fri, 04 May 2007 09:36:12 +0000

nothing new to see here *points to 3 UK’s ‘unlimited data’ tariff*