So I'm off to Spain, woot! Have teenage kids and a job that might need the occasional bit of remote so I need interwang. I've got a nice phone, it's got tethering, should be good right?
No, because of the silly data roaming charges, which made me look at just how silly our data roaming charges are. Here's a quick summary from within the EU:
Manx Telecom 1mb £6.50 - no cap.
T-Mobile 1mb .33p - no cap.
Vodaphone 1mb .8p - no cap or .3p a mb to use your uk limit.
o2 1mb .8p
The EU have set a max cap of 58p/mb
This isn't even close, it's not a slight premium, it's a flipping mas