3G / GPRS Roaming

[zambussi]

Has anyone tried international data roaming ? Seems a trifle expensive.

Is it not maybe better to buy a pre-paid data bundle in that country (think predominantly of the UK and Germany here).

If anyone has tried this and has any tips, please tell me more..........

 

[Napalm]

ye, rather go overseas. Buy a al-cheapo simcard and some airtime and surf Via UK or Germany's Infrastructure. Prices are cheaper too (better deals , even though it is in Pounds or Euro's)

 

[Terencek]

Prepaid SIM for data in UK

I recently faced this issue for an extended UK trip. The best solution then (several months ago, and things change rapidly) was a prepaid SIM from Orange, which gave you a 'bonus' of several MB of data to start you up. Be prepared for far higher prices than here, though; even with the 'incentives' I was paying about GBP 1 per megabyte, or about R14. But as I said, things may have changed since -- and it's still bound to be better than the exorbitant roaming fees.

Heading for Kiwiland in a few months -- anyone know anything about prepaid data in New Zealand perchance?

 

[Johnit]

when you roam in Europe (eg UK, Germany) with your Vodacom Sim, and stick to Vodafone network, you should be able to keep costs to approx R14/MB. See the Vodacom website for more info.

 

[Syndyre]

when you roam in Europe (eg UK, Germany) with your Vodacom Sim, and stick to Vodafone network, you should be able to keep costs to approx R14/MB. See the Vodacom website for more info.

That's what I was going to suggest too, thought it was R10/mb actually.