So, arrived back in Australia, put my pre-paid Telstra SIM into my phone and put on $30 of credit. Got to Melbourne a few hours later and had $0 credit left. What? Oh wait, I didn't turn mobile data of and going by the data usage since I arrived in Australia (14.55MB)... I guess Telstra is charging $2/MB. Ouch.

Telstraaaaa!

Apparently it used to be over $22/MB. Sound about right, since I recall seeing something like $0.02/kB.

The annoying bit is on their "browse backs" it's 3GB for $49. So it's only about a 120x price difference. Don't even want to think what the wholesale cost price difference would be...

Is this roaming or the normal local charges? It sounds ridiculous.

Normal local charges for Telstra prepaid: http://www.telstra.com.au/mobile-phones/prepaid-mobiles/rates/

Would have been $15/MB if I was roaming with my US plan.