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Story: The Great Roaming Rip-Off

Please tell me that the UK didn't figure this out just recently! There's little difference with getting 'a great offer' by phone or regular mail only to find out later that you're paying ten times as much as need be if you cared to look into matters a bit more overall and detail specific. Another way is to simply "cut down to the bare essentials", "leave out all of the gadgets" and "be suspecious about free offers that normally cost quite a bit".

On the other hand, this might provide an answer as to why so many (IT) projects end up half-way with great budget overruns. If you only take into account what you're being told before you sign the contract (without reading it and fully understanding it) it's more then likely that you'll run into some "unforseen events" later on. After all, you're dealing with commercial chaps here and they'll take whatever you'll allow them to. If not now then later.

By the way, if you think GPRS ratings are crazy. Wait until you find out what they have in mind for UMTS and future follow-ups!

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