Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Blackberry Caveats

The service I have is the unlimited data plan for both Hong Kong and China from PCCW. This does not include Macau.

I was shocked to get a charge of about 3000 HKD (about 400 USD) when I was using my phone in Beijing for around 10 days. It turns out that the plan only supports DATA. Voice is still roaming, which averages to about 1 USD/minute!!

I called about an 'unlimited voice roaming' plan for China, but no such plans exist.

For travelers, best thing to do is to bring 2 phones - one for Blackberry/data service, and a local voice phone using a local prepaid card.

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