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  • BrilloPad
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    Originally posted by Turion View Post
    Downloading abroad is another matter. Without a decent roaming contract it is a license to bankruptcy.
    They had a 3GB limit. Claimed they wre not told it was only for the UK.

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  • Turion
    replied
    Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post
    I thought some chap got charged 5k for downloading an episode of 24 while abroad.
    Downloading abroad is another matter. Without a decent roaming contract it is a license to bankruptcy.

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  • BrilloPad
    replied
    Originally posted by Turion View Post
    Maybe an urban myth, but I heard about a guy who got surcharged over a grand after spending 2 days downloading a bootleg movie.
    I thought some chap got charged 5k for downloading an episode of 24 while abroad.

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  • Turion
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    Maybe an urban myth, but I heard about a guy who got surcharged over a grand after spending 2 days downloading a bootleg movie.
    Last edited by Turion; 29 July 2009, 19:15. Reason: should've gone to blockbusters

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  • voodooflux
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    Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/p...-too-much.html

    Customers with "dongles" from O2 who download an extra 1GB of data beyond the amount included with their contract risk incurring a charge of £200, said moneysupermarket.com, the price comparison service.

    Fook that!
    O2 and 3 both sent a text to alert the user when the limit was reached, it added.
    Three certainly didn't send me a text when I hit my data limit yesterday.

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  • DimPrawn
    started a topic Be careful with your dongle.

    Be careful with your dongle.

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/p...-too-much.html

    Customers with "dongles" from O2 who download an extra 1GB of data beyond the amount included with their contract risk incurring a charge of £200, said moneysupermarket.com, the price comparison service.


    Fook that!
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