no more shall I roam: Kapica gets burned by Rogers

The damages: 5,151 kilobytes — about 5 megabytes — for a total of $241.11. I expect it to double when the next bill comes, adding up to about two days in a four-star hotel room with an all-you-can-eat breakfast of pastries and tropical fruits. This is the real measure of how Canadians pay the highest data rates in the world: Just under $50 per megabyte.

I've learned my lesson: Don't incur roaming charges.

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where do I look [for my roaming data total on my phone]?

I can't do it, I was told by the sales clerk. It's not possible.

Why not?

“Because Rogers tells all of its cellphone manufacturers to disable that feature in our cellphones,” he said in a manner that suggested I was the last person to learn this. Perhaps I was.

And why does Rogers do that?

That's when he dropped the one-word bomb: “Revenue.”

Globe and Mail - Roaming in Copacabana - April 30, 2008

Yeah, been there, done that:
June 26, 2007  outrageous cellphone data charges, the sequel: roaming

The solution?

1. Never buy a branded, locked phone from Rogers
2. Never use Rogers roaming data