Today, Virgin Mobile announced massive price reductions for their International and US Data Roaming charges. If you are currently a Virgin Mobile customer, you should be thrilled with these price reductions.
- The US Data Roaming rate is being lowered from $51.20/MB to $10.24/MB.
- The International Data Roaming rate is being lowered from $51.20/MB to $25.60/MB.
Eligibility
The following Virgin Mobile customers are eligible for the new US Roaming rates:
- Customers without a data add-on of any kind on their account
- Customers with Unlimited Mobile browsing on their account (does not apply to iPhone customer)
The following Virgin Mobile customers are elgibile for the new International Roaming rates:
- All customers regardless of what phone or data add-on they have
The customers who are not impacted by this change are users who already have a Smartphone data add-on (Smartphone plan) since your rate is already reduced at $6.00/MB.
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