Avoid roaming especially data on foreign countries, use the local wifi etc (having worked at sfc) i have seen bills of up to 5 million simply because somebody went roaming with his ipad in the US.... and the company likes it because whether you like it or not you will have to pay..


On Sat, Dec 1, 2012 at 7:30 PM, Tony Likhanga <tlikhanga@gmail.com> wrote:
1. Get a local SIM card; circulate the number to your most frequent callers.
2. Keep off data roaming. The bills will make you weep
3. If you can, make extensive use of VOIP services eg Skype
4. If you must roam, try to "latch" onto a local provider who may have preferential roaming rates with your home provider eg Vodacom affiliates work better with Safcom, Airtel sister groups blend better with Airtel Kenya, the Orange group favours their own brands etc..
5. As a rule of thumb.... pre-paid roaming (if allowed) has lesser disputes than post-paid roaming.

Aside : Previously, Zain group  had that God-sent pre-paid roaming service (One network) that was silently discontinued by Airtel.  Oh the handy acrobatics that went with it!




_______________________________________________
Skunkworks mailing list
Skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke
------------
List info, subscribe/unsubscribe
http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks
------------

Skunkworks Rules
http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94
------------
Other services @ http://my.co.ke



--
Our greatest fear is not that we are inadequate,
but that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness, that frightens us.

Calvin Omari Systems Software Developer
http://www.facebook.com/barongo