Polish charity gets huge phone bill thanks to stork

Re:Polish charity gets huge phone bill thanks to stork by lathiat on Wednesday July 04, 2018 @10:18AM (#17457384)

I use FlexiRoam which gives me ~$30/GB that works in almost any country - everyone I’ve travelled to so far. On the same recharge and SIM card. It also sticks onto your existing sim and lets you software switch between your existing sim and the flexiroam.

They also have country specific plans which are cheaper for some specific destinations. I’ve not tried those but I’ve gone through about 25GB of data over 2 years of the global plans in probably 10+ countries.

Obligatory referral link which gives you 100MB free data. Though worth searching sometimes travel sites have a promo code that’s good for 500MB or more free: http://roam.my/LATHIAT

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Re:Polish charity gets huge phone bill thanks to stork by sandworm101 on Wednesday July 04, 2018 @10:57AM (#17457592)

>> ~$30/GB

Does that include Canada? That is about HALF the advertised rates where I am. The real rates, after all the fees, are inevitably higher. Please send a few storks my way.

https://www.telus.com/en/bc/mobility/plans/

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Re:Polish charity gets huge phone bill thanks to stork by toomanybeersies on Wednesday July 04, 2018 @08:30PM (#17460161)

Is there a particular reason that BC has obscenely expensive phone plans?

For comparison:

I used to get a Spotify subscription, unlimited calling and SMS, and 1.5 GB of data for $30 in New Zealand. I now currently get 12 GB and unlimited calling+SMS for $40 in Australia.

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Re:Polish charity gets huge phone bill thanks to stork by sandworm101 on Thursday July 05, 2018 @06:48PM (#17467519)

Because we are too Canadian. We are too polite. We don't complain. We tend to just accept things. And there is little competition. So large corporations push consumers around.

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Re:Polish charity gets huge phone bill thanks to stork by ReverseCold on Wednesday July 04, 2018 @01:48PM (#17458549)

Canada looks like 5GB/25USD.

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Re:Polish charity gets huge phone bill thanks to stork by sandworm101 on Wednesday July 04, 2018 @01:58PM (#17458594)

byob in bc. 80$/month for 1gb/month, advertised price.

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Re:Polish charity gets huge phone bill thanks to stork by lathiat on Wednesday July 04, 2018 @10:22AM (#17457403)

*While some countries have vastly cheaper data. Some do not and also if you go to lots of destinations the “starter park” / SIM card cost can outweigh the cost difference easily. Which is why it easily made sense to me.

Also saves you trying to find one at the airport (strangely not always possible) and also gives you coverage when at transit airports (flying from Australia to varios destinations I almost always have a few hours transit somewhere in the middle)

If you’re in a country with easily accessible cheaper data for long enough (eg the UK has really cheap travel sims) you could always switch for that trip.

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Re:Polish charity gets huge phone bill thanks to stork by ReverseCold on Wednesday July 04, 2018 @01:46PM (#17458533)

Do you know what carrier they use in the United States? $40/10GB seems pretty good to me.

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