Cellphone romage ! ! !

[Skywalker[TSG]]

As you might now i've been on vacation in holland the past 10-12days and today they sent me a phone bill

France Bouygues telecom 1minute 15seconds = $3.2US
Belgium Mobistar 1minute 46seconds =$6US
Holland KPN telecom 6minutes 33seconds =$14US

This is just sick ! ! !
the list goes on and on for a total of 384bucks !!!

How can they charge these prices !!

[JayMan]

Thats gotta suck.

Its hard to beleive they are actually allowed to charge the prices that they do. Seriously, it can't really cost that much for them to provide the service.

JayMan

[DocHopper]

Welcome to the High priced, Low Cost world of Cell Phones...

Sky, when you use a cell phone outside your own area which you specified when you signed up, there are roaming charges which your cell provider has to pay the other providers in whose area you operate.

And you went to different countries/called different countries. I think you should have called your cell phone provider and asked about these charges. Or used a phone card which is the cheapest.

You can't use something without knowing what it costs and then complain. Like ordering something at a restaurant without looking at the price, eating it and then cribbing when the check comes.

Cell phones are cheap when used from their own area or when free roaming is included. But international calls run an average of US$6 per minute. Even from the US. In contrast phone cards are $0.15 to $0.50 per minute on international calls.

[Epidemic]

Live in the USA. Where people don't need to travel to other countries. We have everything you could want. Why travel to another country?

Then roaming charges won't exceed 2 to 3 bucks a minute worst case.

I pay no roaming charges to Voicestream. They even gave me option to choose my own area code.

I agree with what epidemic says.

[Skywalker[TSG]]

Hehe yeah i should move to the US everything is cheaper there

i bought a prepaid card but i only used it to call in holland
not when i called to sweden

but i thought it was 2bucks a minute
but now it's like 5-6
that doesn't make sense

[Epidemic]

Skywalker is that your picture in the avatar. If so you are really cute. jk

[Skywalker[TSG]]

lol no that's not me, my picture is in my gallery

The girl is one of the characters in Final fantasy
and yes she is very cute

[osprey4]

Skywalker;

That stinks, man! We switched our cell phone provider over a similar issue (roaming).