"Mehdi" <vioccc@REMOVEME.gmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 21 May 2007 23:14:24 +0100, Gareth wrote:
>
>> Virgin? No roaming charge for GPRS but, of course, roaming charges for
>> voice
>> calls. Virgin seems to be the best bet for GPRS roaming.
>
> That's what I'm using at the moment but roaming charges on Virgin are way
> over the top (65p/min to make a call while in Ireland, 95p/min in the rest
> of Europe). And they don't have any proper data plan even when you're in
> the UK.

If you pay by monthly direct debit the roaming charges in the rest of Europe
reduce to 60p a minute which is very reasonable.

The only reason I stay with Virgin is that their data roaming charges are
the best and their voice roaming charges (for direct debit customers) are
pretty good too. Shame about the minimum call charge though.

Gareth.