Comments on: Why are Vodafone.ie blocking free texts messages to foreign mobiles? http://www.runningwithbulls.com/blog/2007/11/07/why-are-vodafoneie-blocking-free-texts-messages-to-foreign-mobiles/ RunningWithBulls .com The curse of Sanfermin Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:02:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3 By: deirdre agnew http://www.runningwithbulls.com/blog/2007/11/07/why-are-vodafoneie-blocking-free-texts-messages-to-foreign-mobiles/#comment-189276 deirdre agnew Sun, 16 Mar 2008 16:16:22 +0000 http://www.runningwithbulls.com/blog/2007/11/07/why-are-vodafoneie-blocking-free-texts-messages-to-foreign-mobiles/#comment-189276 i would love if i could webtext to uk from vodafone ie unfortunately i have to use my husband number i would love if i could webtext to uk from vodafone ie unfortunately i have to use my husband number

]]> By: P http://www.runningwithbulls.com/blog/2007/11/07/why-are-vodafoneie-blocking-free-texts-messages-to-foreign-mobiles/#comment-184556 P Sat, 08 Mar 2008 18:51:20 +0000 http://www.runningwithbulls.com/blog/2007/11/07/why-are-vodafoneie-blocking-free-texts-messages-to-foreign-mobiles/#comment-184556 Ya, but they make squillions off people all over the world and they've been the front runners in overcharging customers for having the arrogance to leave the country and try to use their phones abroad!!something like 12 times what it should have been I think the European authority who reprimanded them said!!So, why not let people send the odd text abroad... They make enough off us.I know I've been charged ridiculous tariffs when traveling. A gesture like allowing texts abroad off the website wouldn't go astray. Ya, but they make squillions off people all over the world and they’ve been the front runners in overcharging customers for having the arrogance to leave the country and try to use their phones abroad!!something like 12 times what it should have been I think the European authority who reprimanded them said!!So, why not let people send the odd text abroad… They make enough off us.I know I’ve been charged ridiculous tariffs when traveling. A gesture like allowing texts abroad off the website wouldn’t go astray.

]]> By: SG http://www.runningwithbulls.com/blog/2007/11/07/why-are-vodafoneie-blocking-free-texts-messages-to-foreign-mobiles/#comment-119642 SG Fri, 09 Nov 2007 23:04:57 +0000 http://www.runningwithbulls.com/blog/2007/11/07/why-are-vodafoneie-blocking-free-texts-messages-to-foreign-mobiles/#comment-119642 No harm to you but is this not a free service offered to you as a customer? If they allow you to send to mobile operators in other countries, there is an interconnect charge they would have to cover. So that potentially is 2.2 million users x 300 messages x 12 months x say 5c per international text message, so that €396,000,000 (if my maths don't suck). That's worst case scenario so even if half the people used did it (that's still €2,000,000). So it's pretty simple really, international text messages cost the operator money and they are No harm to you but is this not a free service offered to you as a customer? If they allow you to send to mobile operators in other countries, there is an interconnect charge they would have to cover. So that potentially is 2.2 million users x 300 messages x 12 months x say 5c per international text message, so that €396,000,000 (if my maths don’t suck). That’s worst case scenario so even if half the people used did it (that’s still €2,000,000).

So it’s pretty simple really, international text messages cost the operator money and they are

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