Comments on: The sleaziness of wireless carriers http://rc3.org/2009/11/13/the-sleaziness-of-wireless-carriers/ Rafe Colburn on software development (and other topics) Wed, 23 May 2012 22:44:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Kief http://rc3.org/2009/11/13/the-sleaziness-of-wireless-carriers/comment-page-1/#comment-7136 Kief Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:54:12 +0000 http://rc3.org/?p=10286#comment-7136 <p>T-Mobile in the UK charges you for using your own wifi. I was bitten when I travelled abroad last year. I was very careful to only use the Net via wifi points. When I returned and got my bill, I was whacked with data transfer charges, which of course were at the maximum rate since I didn't have a package that covers roaming data.</p> <p>It turns out this is specified in the T&C's for T-Mobile contracts (in the UK at least). You are charged for all data transfers, regardless of whether you use the mobile network, or a wifi point at home connected to your own DSL line. I hadn't noticed this before because my contract includes plenty of bandwidth - when I use it in the UK - but doesn't include data transfers when roaming internationally.</p> <p>The phone counts all your data transfers, regardless of whether you use your own wifi, and you get billed for it. Until you wipe the OS and replace it with a stock build, of course ;-)</p> T-Mobile in the UK charges you for using your own wifi. I was bitten when I travelled abroad last year. I was very careful to only use the Net via wifi points. When I returned and got my bill, I was whacked with data transfer charges, which of course were at the maximum rate since I didn’t have a package that covers roaming data.

It turns out this is specified in the T&C’s for T-Mobile contracts (in the UK at least). You are charged for all data transfers, regardless of whether you use the mobile network, or a wifi point at home connected to your own DSL line. I hadn’t noticed this before because my contract includes plenty of bandwidth – when I use it in the UK – but doesn’t include data transfers when roaming internationally.

The phone counts all your data transfers, regardless of whether you use your own wifi, and you get billed for it. Until you wipe the OS and replace it with a stock build, of course ;-)

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