Vodafone plans to let customers “Roam Like Home” in UK, USA & NZ for $5 per day

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Interesting offering to take to market.

Let's see how it goes.

Would not be a good enough offering to make me swap but I also live in a Telstra only area.
 
Vodafone will make its $5 a day option for international roaming available in 34 European countries from next week, it announced today.
The European availability will be switched on from Monday, 7 October, and expands on Vodafone's original offer, which was limited to the US, UK and New Zealand.
Among the eligible European countries include Belgium, Croatia, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Spain and Turkey.
The $5 daily roaming offer was originally unveiled back in July.

Vodafone's $5 a day roaming to be available in Europe - Vodafone, international roaming - ARN
 
I wish Telstra would be a little more competitive in this area :evil:
 
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WOW this is good news - just upgraded on Sunday from previous Vodafone Infinite to new Vodafone Infinite which allows access to these rates.

YES I know many here would ask why? Simple - the Vodafone Infinite just works for me.
 
DeKa said:
Infinite or Red? There is a difference (with only Red having the roaming offer)
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Old plan was known as Infinite - YES new ones are RED Infinite - new plan I signed up for Sunday is RED and does have the roaming offer.
 
opusman said:
I wish Telstra would be a little more competitive in this area :evil:
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This is great news for those who are on this Vodafone plan, AND travel to these destinations for short periods, especially if you're moving between these countries at a fast pace, and need to keep the one number.
But, if you were in one of these countries for more than about 5 days, you'd be better off getting a local SIM card that includes data. For example, in the UK the 3 telco has a prepaid SIM for £15 a month that includes lots of local calls, text, and unlimited data.

Yes, I also wish that Telstra would match Vodafone's offer. But I doubt that they need to, given that Vodafone has admitted recently that they lost over 500,000 customers in just the first 6 months of 2013.
 
I also wish that Telstra would get some countries I could get some $5 a day roaming.
 
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phily said:
Yes, I also wish that Telstra would match Vodafone's offer. But I doubt that they need to, given that Vodafone has admitted recently that they lost over 500,000 customers in just the first 6 months of 2013.
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Wonder why ?

I left two yrs ago due to woeful coverage (Sydney) and tempted to go back because of this Red Roaming offer.
 
legroom said:
Wonder why ?

I left two yrs ago due to woeful coverage (Sydney) and tempted to go back because of this Red Roaming offer.
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A lot of those customers were not real, the sales centre had a scam going where extra SIMs were sent so they could claim commission, which I believe was paid per connection, not per $$ raised.
 
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Have not seen this posted elsewhere so thought I would add it.

Not Vodafone but Optus now on board with all you can eat international roaming.

Check out second paragraph - are more than a third of Optus customers really that dumb?

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Cruiser Elite said:
Have not seen this posted elsewhere so thought I would add it.

Not Vodafone but Optus now on board with all you can eat international roaming.

Check out second paragraph - are more than a third of Optus customers really that dumb?
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I'd say it's not Optus customers that are dumb, just consumers in general don't realise. It's far too easy to have international roaming enabled now.

When I first went o/s with a GSM phone (I was on Vodafone at the time, back in 1999), I had to cough up a $250 security deposit, and sign a form advising I was aware of the call costs (this was pre-data) and agreeing to pay for anything I used.

These days, a quick phone call to your provider will have roaming enabled with a "now you know calls and data are not taken out of your cap don't you?' and provided a link to the costs. It's the telco's fault, IMHO, that people are getting these bills. If people were forced to sign something or pay a security deposit, people may actually think twice about using their phones.

Also, it's a pretty ordinary deal from Optus. Whilst I don't like Vodafone, their offer for $5/day to use your included cap is much better value (considering most their data packs are huge on postpaid).
 
Re: VF [Vodafone] plans to let customers “Roam Like Home” in UK, USA & NZ for $5 per

This has now been extended to 46 countries, including many in Asia as of 23 Jan 2014: Vodafone Red Roaming now including Asia - Vodafone Community - 306701

From the 23rd of January we'll be expanding our popular $5 per day roaming offer to selected Asian countries including; China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Singapore, Japan & Thailand. This means that our customers with Vodafone Red Plans will be able to use their existing call, text and data inclusions from their monthly plan for just an extra $5 a day.
Vodafone now has 46 countries included in its international roaming offer, including the United States, New Zealand, United Kingdom and Europe which represents almost 80% of all overseas trips by our customers.
Last year Australians made 2.4 million trips to Asia with tourists flocking to Thailand and Bali for short getaways.
Just to recap the 46 countries included in Red Roaming are as follows:
1Albania16Hong Kong31NZ
2Austria17Hungary32Poland
3Belgium18Iceland33Portugal
4Bulgaria19Indonesia34Romania
5China20Ireland35Scotland
6Croatia21Italy36Serbia
7Cyprus22Japan37Singapore
8Czech Republic23Latvia38Slovak Republic
9Denmark24Lithuania39Slovenia
10England25Luxembourg40Spain
11Estonia26Malta41Sweden
12Finland27Montenegro42Switzerland
13France28Netherlands43Thailand
14Germany29Northern Ireland44Turkey
15Greece30Norway
 
Re: Vodafone plans to let customers “Roam Like Home” in UK, USA & NZ for $5 per day

WOW China real bonus for me. Restricted to 45 days in calendar year though that might be a bit restrictive.
 
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Cruiser Elite said:
WOW China real bonus for me. Restricted to 45 days in calendar year though that might be a bit restrictive.
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They are probably just trying to get the leisure market.
 
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