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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Zoe Wood

BT gave me a wake-up call over data roaming charges

Beware waking up to a huge bill … check your contract before you travel.
Beware waking up to a huge bill … check your contract before you travel. Photograph: leonovo/Alamy

Your recent letter about BT prompted me to write about my own bad experience – in this case, the roaming charges I clocked up while asleep on an overnight ferry.

We had boarded a Brittany Ferries service from Portsmouth to Bilbao late in the evening, and turned in fairly quickly after driving all day. But, unbeknownst to me, my phone was downloading data while I slept – I think because I had left Google Maps running.

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