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Scottish minister blames sons watching football for £11,000 iPad roaming bill
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 18 Nov 2023
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In most developing countries you can buy a SIM card with a decent data plan for a very low price. If you rack up a huge roaming bill in this day and age you're simply an idiot.
Or alternatively not taking the mobile operators side - being able to charge £10000 data costs to stream a couple of football matches worth of data shouldn't be allowed.
In what possible way does that price come anywhere close to the costs of the providers in servicing that data?