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James Robertson

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Nickname: jarober61
Registered: Jun, 2003

David Buck, Smalltalker at large

Reminder to Self: No Data Roaming Overseas

Posted: Feb 24, 2009 3:21 PM

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I like the fact that my iPhone will work overseas, but stories like this remind me that outside the US, the only internet browsing I do with it should involve WiFi access:

A hapless Slingbox user managed to run up a data bill of $28,067.31 watching a game of American football, despite being aboard a docked cruise liner and having an unlimited data tariff, thanks to a technical hitch or two.

This poor guy hadn't even left the US yet, but it sounds like it would be very, very easy to run up a huge bill via overseas Data Roaming...

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