Vodafone UK Abolishes Roaming Charges for Summer

Nice one Gillian.

Unfortunately it doesn't extend to data, so our lovely Voda dongles are still subject to the roaming charges.

I just spoke to a very helpful chap called Ben at Vodafone (see edit below), and he asked for the forum URL so they can monitor the interest in dongle usage. (Another good trade member on the way perhaps?)

I pointed out that with 34,000 members there is quite a potential for Voda to make a killing, since a fair proportion of us go abroad with our laptops quite frequently.

I think if the roaming charges were dropped for the dongles as well as their phones, they would probably be killed in the rush. 8O :lol:

Dave

Edit. Who's a plonker then.

Just tried to email Ben on Vodaphone . . . .

It's an "f" - not a "ph". :roll:

Hi again Roger

All is not lost.

Just log onto MHF and browse a few pages, then log off.

As long as it has been used for something at least once every 180 days, it should not self destruct.

Maybe you could use it to log onto Voda's website to check if I'm right . . . and please call me names on here if I'm wrong, as I don't want to mislead members. :? :wink:

Dave

Hi Dave

Thanks again for trying, unfortunately it's me that hasn't been very clear with tying down my problem with The Vodafone contract - too much Guinness over the years faddles the brain.

When in the UK, no problem, in fact it is brilliant and beats '3' hands down with coverage in Scotland. However, we set off across the water in September and get back sometime in April, normally about 7 months out of the country - this is the period where I have a problem with keeping the contract active. They say that it cannot be used for roaming abroad (probably the SIM will only connect to the UK Vodafone service) and, that if not used for 6 months, the thing will be cut off and all credit will be lost.

However, even paying another £25.00 to buy a new one when we get back, is still cheaper than paying 3 £10.00/month for a service that is useless north of the border. Maybe there is is a MHFer in Dover where we can all leave our Vodafone SIMS and they could log in to something once every 5 months...for a small consideration of course!

Hope this is a bit clearer, Regards, Roger

Thanks for the info Gillian.

That is GREAT

I have just phoned Vodafone to see if it aplies to existing contracts with Vodafone passport and it does

If Vodafone would do something re their USB dongles for use in Europe it would be GREAT. I would then change from 3 USB to Vodafone.

NB:

You do have to opt in for the vodafone passport to get this summer offer. Those who have vodafone passport already will automatically get the summer offer. That is according to their web page.