Vodafone Announces New Overseas Mobile Broadband Packages

05.29.09 |

Broadband Genie had revealed recently that Vodafone would withdraw its overseas broadband packages, ‘Euro travel’, which used to cost £60 per month, and the £90 per month ‘Travel’, and bring in new tariffs soon.

A day after the announcement, Vodafone made it known that the news is true and new tariff plans, which will come into effect from 1st July were revealed. The tariff plan that Vodafone has come up with is determined by three aspects. These include, ‘where you travel’, what your data consumption is, and whether you use a dongle or a 3G-enabled mobile. Click here for more info on vodafone pay as you go dongle.

The roaming prices will be levied on a daily basis, from midnight to midnight, according to UK time. The places where people can use this service have been divided into three zones, with each zone having a different pricing. Zone1, called ‘Europe’ will run you a bill of £9.99 for every 50MB you consume, Zone2, called ‘World’ will cost you £29.99 for every 50MB downloaded and Zone3 which has not been named but comprises of South America, and regions of Asia and Africa will set you back by a princely £4.99 for each and every MB you download. These prices hold true if you are using a dongle, and for a 3G-enabled device they may differ slightly.

Vodafone highlighted the fact that the tariff plan is not suited for heavy downloading such as a movie or music download, but is ideal if you just plan to check messages and browse the internet abroad.

Vodafone will notify you when you are close to the 50MB mark. Thereafter you can decide whether you wish to curb your browsing and thus save money or go ahead with it if you can afford an extra charge on your bill. This way you will not be taken by surprise when you have to pay your monthly usage charges.