Seeing as my wife and I just returned from England and we used local SIM cards in our unlocked phones rather than get gouged have to pay for rather pricey roaming packages, this bit of news from “my best friends at Rogers” caught my attention:
Some more great news was announced today as Rogers launched new Roaming Data Passes that offer the first-ever real-time data usage alerts. If you purchase a Roaming Data Pass, you will receive real-time alerts, up-to-date within five minutes, when you use 50%, 80% and 100% of your data, so you will know how much is left in your data bucket. Once you have reached your data or time limit, you will receive a message with an option to purchase an additional pass or continue using pay-per-use data services. Once you have reached this usage threshold, you will be notified and then asked to make a choice to either continue at pay-per-use rate or to purchase a Roaming Data Pass. This way, you avoid all bill surprises from roaming data charges.
Check out all the details RedBoard.
Okay. I read the details on RedBoard and I have to admit, I’d still buy a local SIM card as that to me seems like a cheaper option. For example, for my recent UK trip, I got two SIM cards from a company called Brightroam which put our phones on the O2 UK network. In total we spent less than $40 per SIM for the 6 days we were there. That seems a lot less than what Rogers has on the table. But the catch is I had to use a local phone number. That might be a big factor for those who have to be reached by people worldwide. It wasn’t a big deal for my wife and I as we really needed the data and the occasional text message.
Back to the Rogers announcement. I say take a look at them and see if they’re worth it for you. Comments are welcome below.
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Rogers Launches New Data Roaming Packs With Real-Time Usage Alerts
Seeing as my wife and I just returned from England and we used local SIM cards in our unlocked phones rather than
get gougedhave to pay for rather pricey roaming packages, this bit of news from “my best friends at Rogers” caught my attention:Some more great news was announced today as Rogers launched new Roaming Data Passes that offer the first-ever real-time data usage alerts. If you purchase a Roaming Data Pass, you will receive real-time alerts, up-to-date within five minutes, when you use 50%, 80% and 100% of your data, so you will know how much is left in your data bucket. Once you have reached your data or time limit, you will receive a message with an option to purchase an additional pass or continue using pay-per-use data services. Once you have reached this usage threshold, you will be notified and then asked to make a choice to either continue at pay-per-use rate or to purchase a Roaming Data Pass. This way, you avoid all bill surprises from roaming data charges.
Check out all the details RedBoard.
Okay. I read the details on RedBoard and I have to admit, I’d still buy a local SIM card as that to me seems like a cheaper option. For example, for my recent UK trip, I got two SIM cards from a company called Brightroam which put our phones on the O2 UK network. In total we spent less than $40 per SIM for the 6 days we were there. That seems a lot less than what Rogers has on the table. But the catch is I had to use a local phone number. That might be a big factor for those who have to be reached by people worldwide. It wasn’t a big deal for my wife and I as we really needed the data and the occasional text message.
Back to the Rogers announcement. I say take a look at them and see if they’re worth it for you. Comments are welcome below.
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