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Old Jul 18, 2012 | 8:22 pm
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Originally Posted by HKG_Flyer1
No kidding... I just got socked with a $1,600 T-mobile phone bill (primarily data roaming) during my most recent trip to Indonesia. I didn't really use the phone for calls.... the only things I recall doing were using Google Maps a few times and posting some photos to Facebook.

Feel like a real sucker. I've been traveling internationally for 20+ years and should have known better.
Ouch. It is easy to do these days as your phone has lots of things going on in the background that a lot of users do not know about so it may be seem like you arent doing much but in the background a lot of apps are updating etc.
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