Yet another cryptic Vodafone text

By on May 30, 2011 in News
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I’ve just landed in Los Angeles on the way to Qualcomm’s Uplinq 2011 event and got this text through from Vodafone. I don’t know who authors these things. I wonder if they are deliberately going out of their way to confuse me. Have a read of this:

Welcome to The USA. Calls cost 135ppm to make & 100ppm to receive. SMS 35p + your home rate. Data costs start from £3 per 1MB per day. Click http://live.vodafone.com/zr/sa1 for free price info or call +441635691700.

It’s all fairly normal until we get to the data costs. What the hell does £3 per 1MB per day mean? What is this ‘per day’ bit? A mistake? Does that mean I will only be charged three quid a day? Or… It’s got to be a mistake? I dunno. Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device

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  • Anonymous

    It is the “from” that interests me.  SO if you use 1mb in a day it will cost £3.  After that you will need to sell your internal organs to pay.

  • http://www.mobileindustryreview.com Ewan

    Oh that’s a good point!

  • http://www.Emoze.com JebBrilliant

    Ewan, 
    Can I use the BB screen shot in this post for a blog post of my own?  Also do you know if Voda roams on AT&T or T-Mobile in the US?
    Thanks,
    Jeb

  • http://www.mobileindustryreview.com Ewan

    Of course. Go ahead.

    Voda roams on both networks in the States.

  • http://www.Emoze.com JebBrilliant

    Thanks Ewan.  

  • L Chan06

    What does ppm mean?

  • http://www.mobileindustryreview.com Ewan

    Pence per message