TPG Roaming

hamwhisperer on 12/03/2016 - 13:25

Hey all,

I recently got TPG (Voda) as my phone carrier thanks to you all.
when I went up north on holiday from Melbourne to QLD, several of the outback areas my signal said "R" and the phone said "You have lost data connectivity because you left your home network with data roaming turned off"

If I go to turn on data roaming in the options it says "Mobile data usage during roaming will incur extra charges. Continue?"
Pretty straight forward, I've turned data roaming off, out of sheer fear of phone companies screwing me.  I assume they will roam me to Optus or Telstra? Will this cost me anything in any way?
(I thought at one point, Voda had an agreement with Telstra, but I'm reluctant until I'm sure)

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  • Boombadaboom on 13/03/2016 - 01:12

    Roaming usually means International roam.
    If you're still in Aus it shouldn't go roaming. Might be just your phone's interpreting the condition as if it was taken overseas.
    Maybe if you had enabled it you'd still wouldn't get any reception nonetheless.

    Also to enable TPG roaming overseas if I remember it correctly requires you to call them up first upo 48hrs (?) prior to departure and make a $500 deposit. (Which remainig balance would be returned if/when you deactivate roaming feature). Sux

  • jimbobaus on 13/03/2016 - 11:28
    +1

    In some areas of Australia Vodafone roams on the Optus network (Optus roams on Vodafone in city black spots area also) When you are in a non Vodafone area youw ill some times see a R or VODA R on your phone, this is classified as "national roaming" and does NOT incur any charges and is considered part of the Vodafone network. If you are IN AUSTRALIA and see any roaming indications you can be confident you will not be charged for "roaming" and this includes when using a MNVO such as TPG.

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  • ctd on 16/03/2016 - 11:08
    +1

    Yeap, this is what Vodafone calls its "Regional Network"; what it actually is, is a roaming agreement with Optus to allow Vodafone to use Optus 2G/3G in some locations, mostly outside of the metropolitan cities. There is no difference of how usage is charged within Australia, so it is really only roaming in the technical nature of how it works.

    See also: http://vodafone.intelliresponse.com/index.jsp?requestType=No…

    • hamwhisperer on 16/03/2016 - 13:21

      So, within Australia, 100% ok to use, no costs?
      I suspected it, but felt the risk was too great.
      Thanks for the reply, I'll turn it on.

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