So following on from my earlier blog post about EDGE coverage in London, where I wondered how much my next phone bill would be. So I finally got my Orange Bill and its a total of 68 pounds, which to be honest isn't as bad as bills I use to get 3 years ago. The interesting part of the bill is my Data charges.
| Originating Network | Place Called | Call Class | Megabytes | Cost |
| Orange | Orange WAP | Data | 5.3058 | 5.895 |
| AT&T Wireless | #Orange WAP | EDGEdata | 1.7179 | 17.180 |
| Roaming Call | #Orange WAP | GPRSdata | 0.751 | 0.751 |
| Orange | Orange Internet | data | 0.0031 | 0.000 |
Total exc. VAT 5.90 pounds (# incidicates that an item is non-VAT applicable)
Total non-VAT 24.69 pounds
Well how about that then? Talk about steep charges. To be fair I setup my phone to check for emails every hour plus I was on online all the time and I did do a little bit of IM and browsing on it. I'm somewhat suprised I only used about 5meg while I was out there in the Midwest. Its not all bad though, I just got a new contract which pretty much covers everything else I do including 500 texts a month and 200 minutes of Calls. Also now I'm riding around again, I'll be using GRPS a lot less again. So from now on, I'm expecting much cheaper bills of less that 30 pounds a month.
