Nice of you not to choose the cheapest US GSM roaming network for the comparison Jama...
Sorry about that I took the first network with the best coverage (AT&T) to compare with the CDMA carrier with the best coverage (Verizon). The irony being that Verizon are 25% owned by Voda and are cheaper to roam to for CDMA than the cheapest GSM roaming partner.
Jama: I need to think about this... If I was traveling to the UK would I rather roam on Voda and pay: $1.20 peak and .50 off-peak calls within UK $3.90 peak and $2.85 off-peak to call NZ .50 cent surcharge on text messages
OR
On the Telecom world phone pay: .40 cents within UK .92 cents to call NZ .43 cents to send a Text message
And to think the Voda 'mother ship' is based in the UK.....
Then (of course) I fly the USA flip into CDMA mode and pay: $1.27 within US $1.93 to call NZ $2.20 to receive calls in the US .20 cents to send a text message
But if I was on Voda I would pay... $2.50 within USA $5.50 to call NZ $2.50 surcharge to receive calls .80 cent surcharge on text messages
...Hmmm what a difficult decision.
If I want to call you while you're away it almost always costs me more to call your O2 number than your 027 number.
Jama: I need to think about this... If I was traveling to the UK would I rather roam on Voda and pay: $1.20 peak and .50 off-peak calls within UK $3.90 peak and $2.85 off-peak to call NZ .50 cent surcharge on text messages
OR
On the Telecom world phone pay: .40 cents within UK .92 cents to call NZ .43 cents to send a Text message
If I wanted to roam with a foreign SIM & number I'd just buy my own UK SIM card and pay even less than the roaming rates Telecom are charging for the same connection.
Telecom's roaming is nothing but a kludge. You cannot deny that.
It's still in it's infancy. Remember telecom were a bit stuck for choice at the time of the EOL for 025... Either go GSM at a frequency they did not have or utilise the existing network and bands of 025, CDMAOne was a logical choice.
This cuts out the "courier out a loan-phone" hassle of the previous system and will prove very useful in time to come, The Telecom roaming rates are surprisingly competitive, especially when Vodafone is so global.
I wonder if a normal UK based o2 sim would work in the phone though?? hmmm that's a thought.
paradoxsm: The Telecom roaming rates are surprisingly competitive, especially when Vodafone is so global.
Vodafone's roaming prices are still a joke and Passport Roaming is a year overdue because the dinosaur of a billing system they had couldn't support it. From what I've heard it's launching once the new billing system is live for on account so should hopefully make things a bit better.
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