EU Member States Agree to Extend Free Mobile Roaming Policy Until 2032

[mw360]

Thanks guys. Haven't seen Farage's ugly face in years, and I read this thread, then visit YouTube and there he is in the very first ad selling some financial scam for scared old people. Okay, yes, another financial scam for scared old people. Guess it's what he's best at.

 

[400]

In the UK we had all these mobile operators advertising Brexit wasn't going to change a thing...

Bunch of liars.

I didn't see the ads saying that. (not saying there were not, just didn't look so no idea).
However I would not have believed it once the B word was enacted and the option for companied to make money from it.

Sunny uplands and all that. For the companies doing this that is, UK gave them the option, I would not blame them.

 

[LV426]

Thanks guys. Haven't seen Farage's ugly face in years, and I read this thread, then visit YouTube and there he is in the very first ad selling some financial scam for scared old people. Okay, yes, another financial scam for scared old people. Guess it's what he's best at.

He has a rather amusing photo case book on Newsthump. Well worth a look.

 

[orbital~debris]

In the UK we had all these mobile operators advertising Brexit wasn't going to change a thing...

Bunch of liars.

They were following the example set by the cheats & deceivers who convinced some of the British public that Brexit was a sensible plan.

 

[0924487]

Hey, this should be global. Why the UN or the WTO is not taking up on this?

 

[jlc1978]

Obviously within the EU this isn't an issue, but it might be if you're travelling to/from somewhere not in the EU. Example: I travelled from an EU country to the US two weeks ago, and I bought a 5GB eSIM for $15 for the week while I was there. Worked great.

I'm surprised Deutsche Telekom hasn't done what TMob does in the US - free low speed data and texting in quite a few countries around the world. When I am in the EU the data, even though not 4 or 5G, is fast enough for VOIP calls. I've even used It as a hotspot in a pinch.

The best part is it is included in my plan at no extra charge.

Hey, this should be global. Why the UN or the WTO is not taking up on this?

They could, but by the time they did anything we'd on 200G based networks and the iPhone long replaced by the iBrainChip.

Apparently, the £350 Million a week savings was not enough to give NHS staff a rise after they worked through the biggest pandemic since 100 years ago.(where *is* that money going?)

Roaming charges...

 

[mjcharlton71]

Brexit. The gift that just keeps giving.

Like a dog mess on your shoes that you just can't clean off.

 

[Jambalaya]

Shocker! No one in the UK saw this coming.

Roaming is still free for most UK providers although some are changing next year to reintroduce charges for the cheapest contracts. My UK contract will still have free roaming next year. It's also worth mentioning that for the last 7 years my UK contract had better European roaming than my wife's French contract as Switzerland was included in mine and not in hers

 

[svish]

Very good for those living in the EU and tourists visiting these countries.

 

[Jambalaya]

1. We never gave £350 million per week to the EU after rebates and income from other schemes.

2. £350 million per week sounds a lot but is a negligible drop in the ocean compared to the actual NHS funding (over 2.5 Billion per week) and would have no measurable impact.

NHS funding has increased by over £600m a week since the referendum.

At time of Referendum we sent £366m a week to EU who then returned 60% in various grants but the UK did not control that spending ie EU gave money for projects which suited it and not for UK priorities.

The £350m figure was genius as it got Remain constantly speaking about EU budget which was a very weak area for Remain. Whether the net figure was £350m or £250m a week either was a campaign win for Leave

 

[Jambalaya]

Very good for those living in the EU and tourists visiting these countries.

It's good for EU tourists visiting EU countries. If you are say American you pay full roaming

 

[Jambalaya]

The article is not correct as many UK mobile contracts continue to offer free roaming in Europe. It is mostly the cheapest ones which will return to payments

 

[MangoAvocado]

You become so used to it you forget it exists, case in point, went to Switzerland paid 3€ for 100MB for 24h, at first I was in crying in 3G because the iPhone was connected to the wrong carrier. Later on, it connected to the 'partner' one and I was flying in 5G.
Boy, I'm glad I forgot about this friction while travelling.

 

[Corsig]

As someone from the US I shouldn’t have an opinion on this but how did you not see this happening?

 

[Isengardtom]

It's good for EU tourists visiting EU countries. If you are say American you pay full roaming

Also when we visit America

 

[Lihp8270]

NHS funding has increased by over £600m a week since the referendum.

At time of Referendum we sent £366m a week to EU who then returned 60% in various grants but the UK did not control that spending ie EU gave money for projects which suited it and not for UK priorities.

The £350m figure was genius as it got Remain constantly speaking about EU budget which was a very weak area for Remain. Whether the net figure was £350m or £250m a week either was a campaign win for Leave

I’m sure plenty areas of the South West coast, Wales, Scotland really felt that the funding was not welcome. A lot of that funding went into rebuilding and improving infrastructure in long neglected parts of the UK.

 

[twistedpixel8]

Remind me again how exactly The UK has benefited from Brexit. Because all I can see is that we are poorer and everything costs more.

 

[emulator]

In 2031 the EU will no longer exist 🤣

Is that you, George S? And how long are you planning to live?

 

[orbital~debris]

As someone from the US I shouldn’t have an opinion on this but how did you not see this happening?

A lot of us did!

The problem is, the liars who had the power to force Brexit to happen invoked the concept of “the will of the people” (when in reality Brexiting was favoured by just a very small majority of only the people who voted, making it definitely not “the will of the people”).

If this had been organised sensibly, a much higher referendum threshold would have been implemented. That way it would have ensured a genuine majority of the British people wanted to do this, instead of leaving many in the position of being swept along with the fooled, led by the foolish.

 

[ruka.snow]

Remind me again how exactly The UK has benefited from Brexit. Because all I can see is that we are poorer and everything costs more.

Don't forget we are more divided than ever now. Not just Scotland and England, but Wales too and even just between families and friends that voted to leave or remain. The EU was the only thing holding us together, something we could be proud to work together with.

 

[axantas]

As someone from the US I shouldn’t have an opinion on this but how did you not see this happening?

...it was one of the hidden bad factors, pro-brexit-politicians never talked about, while describing the bright future without the EU.

 

[constructor]

Nigel, who loves everything British and dislikes Europe, but who married an Irish and then German nationals.
Nigel, who's childern hold both German and British passports and speak "perfect" German.
and who's lineage is German on one side of his family.

the man is a parody of himself, and rather ironically the only place that would give him a seat at in government was the EU, the UK wouldn't touch him with a barge pole

It is actually exactly the opposite:

Farage never got any job from "the EU", let alone a "government" job.

He was elected to the EU parliament by english voters who threw their vote away for what they thought was a laugh, but not only did they have to pay for his salary then but they will also have to keep footing the bill for Nigel's pension, too: That is exactly what those ongoing payments from the UK to the EU even after Brexit are for!

Like all the rest of Brexit Nigel's grift was and continues to be fully at the expense of the british public!

And while the roaming issue is just a minor one by comparison, it is still emblematic for the huge gulf between what was claimed then and what the pitiful reality is now.

 

[constructor]

At time of Referendum we sent £366m a week to EU

Not true. It was actually only £150m or £212m, depending on how you're counting:

The UK contribution to the EU budget - Office for National Statistics

How much does the UK contribute to the EU budget as a member? And what about payments from the EU?

www.ons.gov.uk

who then returned 60% in various grants but the UK did not control that spending ie EU gave money for projects which suited it and not for UK priorities.

The EU funded a multitude of regional and local projects based on actual needs of the population. The UK government spends as we now know only a small fraction of those sums strictly to butter up Tory-ruled constituencies while leaving others twisting in the wind.

And you're trying to sell that as an advantage?

The £350m figure was genius as it got Remain constantly speaking about EU budget which was a very weak area for Remain. Whether the net figure was £350m or £250m a week either was a campaign win for Leave

It was simply one of many lies.

Even if that made-up number had been true, it would still be a ridiculously tiny amount relative to the massive economic advantages the UK had been reaping from its EU membership which are now drying up as we speak, causing a lot more damage than that tiny amount (the EU budget is just pocket change by comparison to the national budgets).

 

[Lihp8270]

It is actually exactly the opposite:

Farage never got any job from "the EU", let alone a "government" job.

He was elected to the EU parliament by english voters who threw their vote away for what they thought was a laugh, but not only did they have to pay for his salary then but they will also have to keep footing the bill for Nigel's pension, too: That is exactly what those ongoing payments from the UK to the EU even after Brexit are for!

Like all the rest of Brexit Nigel's grift was and continues to be fully at the expense of the british public!

And while the roaming issue is just a minor one by comparison, it is still emblematic for the huge gulf between what was claimed then and what the pitiful reality is now.

The irony is amazing.

He constantly spoke about unelected MEPs while he was elected……

 

[NMBob]

EU member states agree, or EU corporations forced to not charge for mobile roaming?