Mike wrote:
> On Thu, 22 May 2008 18:57:13 +0100, Doug Paulley
> <doug.paulley.lartsspammers@kingqueen.org.uk> wrote:
>
>> I got a text the other day,
>>
>> "Good news! Your monthly data allowance is now unlimited so u can use
>> mobile internet & email every day. Fair use applies; more at (url)"
> <snip>
>> The 120Mb has gone up... to 500Mb. Strange definition of "unlimited".
>
> I'm not sure I believe what Vodafone say. I had occasion to go to
> Brussels for a weekend recently. Having read horror stories in the
> press about exorbitant data roaming charges abroad, I asked Vodafone
> how much it would cost to use a contract 3G datacard in Belgium.
> Their reply (in writing!) was that it would cost a fixed 8 pounds 50 a
> day provided that I use their affiliate, Belgacom Mobile / Proximus.
>
> So I did. When the bill arrived, it was for 581 pounds for perhaps
> three hours use.

Did they mean to say £8.50 (+VAT?) *per megabyte*? That works out at
£9.99 incl VAT, a nice round number...

Mark.