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Telcos love taking your money and giving you rubbish reception and massive data bills in return.\u00a0<\/p>\n

An Australian telecommunications company is trying to sweeten those data frustrations to attract new customers. Virgin Mobile Australia is launching a data auction, where you can reclaim your unused data and turn it into something great.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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In Australia, most companies swallow up all of your unused data at the end of the month \u2014 despite the fact you are shelling out a fortune for a megabyte and the data is rightfully yours. So, Virgin Mobile Australia hatched an ad<\/strike> a plan to let people who can’t roll over their data, no matter their carrier, bid on prizes from Apr. 15 – May 15 with their unused data instead of cash.\u00a0That means, though, that Virgin customers with a data rollover plan\u00a0can’t participate in the auction since it is the only Australian phone company to allow postpaid customers to roll over their data.\u00a0 Read more…<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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