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  nuttyphilt

  9 months ago

  Similar problem here. I do a lot of work in Sydney and having the 3 Like Home feature is so useful. I checked my usage on My3 and it's currently showing about £40 of unbilled calls which have definitely been made on 3 Australia - I have a unlocked HTC phone and have my network settings set on manual to 3Telstra which is 3 Australia.
  
  I've had no problems with billing last year and earlier this year so something's obviously gone a bit screwy this month.
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  MarkW

  9 months ago

  Still, this is good news in the sense that they recognise it's their fault and he hasn't got to pay. I mean (and this is going to sound a bit 3UK fanboy!) it's not as if they've said 'yeah, roam as if you're at home' and then fallen back on small print to nullify that.
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  Mike42

  9 months ago

  Show me a billing system that doesn't screw up from time to time and I'll show you a UK tabloid that doesn't actively hunt out sensationalist mobile-related headlines.
  
  Er, ok, to clarify: neither exist.
  
  It's kinda inevitable that any MNO's call centre will follow scripts and if it looks like a duck, will call it a duck.
  
  Until you or they prove it's a turkey, in which case Steve gets his dosh back.
  
  I've had similar experiences with Voda's Passport service, particularly in the France/Switzerland border area, where the phone was hopping between Passport- and non-Passport MNO's and ended up with a major hassle to untangle the bill, which of course arrived several months after the fact.
  
  Sad to say I think international mobile users should be resigned to this sort of thing happening every once in a while.
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  Michael Davies

  9 months ago

  I'm roaming on Three in Brisbane now and getting whacked by three every time I make a call, they have even charged once or twice when I received a Skype call. My inclusive minutes aren't decreasing but my balance is increasing.
  The first time I called three about this they told me that I must be roaming off their network, which is absolute trash as we have carefully checked every time before making a call, they denied that they had problems and put me on to a tech guy who told me to set the network manually, I had already done this but did it again just for the record. The next call I made to the UK cost £8. Been on to three again, they admitted that there was a problem and are looking into it meamwhile my bill is still increasing.
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  Ewan

  9 months ago

  Really, really annoying!
  
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