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Man Lost in Desert 'Could Have Died' After Phone Cut Off
Jamie Oakford was stranded for four hours without phone or GPS after reaching his Vodafone data cap, requiring a $200 ranger rescue in the Texas desert.
- On September 17, Jamie Oakford activated his phone at Dallas airport then drove three hours into a national park outside Dallas, Texas, where his Vodafone roaming cut off and he had no GPS or phone.
- Oakford had contacted Vodafone to set up a roaming package before his trip and received an 80 per cent cap alert and a text message about nearing his limit before being cut off shortly.
- Call handlers referred Oakford to local rangers, who used the rental car's tracker to find him, and he paid a $200 ranger fee for the rescue service.
- A Vodafone spokesperson said the firm was "sorry for any distress" and described the plan's terms, while call handlers said 911's free service covers crimes or urgent medical care only.
- Because he could not top up in the desert, the incident underscores limits of relying on capped roaming in remote places, as Oakford said he could have died and was left shaken by the ordeal.
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Man lost in desert after losing data roaming on phone
"I've never been so scared in my life."
·Calhoun, United States
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