Just give the English a vote on that one, and voila the Scottish albatross will be released from our backs!
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Vodafone to Bring Back EU Roaming Charges for UK Customers Abroad
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I think this is an opportunity for other providers to draw in new customers by retaining the free roaming. O2 currently still provide it (up to 25GB per month), so if you traveled a lot then moving from Vodafone would make sense.
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Roaming – Help and Support | O2
Avoid any unnecessary roaming charges when you go travelling – find out more information about using your phone when you're on holiday abroad.
I see you do not remember the roaming charges before the EU regulators stepped in..
The UK made their decision, live with it.. you're always welcome back my friends.. until then, costs going up, or quality goes down.. not always a bad thing, not having internet during your holidays..
They'll be welcome in Europe, as will you..
As soon as the operators stated they had no plans to reintroduce roaming charges after Brexit you just knew several of them had a clock ticking down to the point where they suddenly would have plans...
It's clear that this is just a money grab from them and no doubt it will slowly increase over the next few years. Only £2/day now but I bet it gets up to £3-£4/day by the mid 2020s.
Thankfully I'm on Three and I can see them retaining free EU roaming (alongside the other countries they offer). Their coverage and speed isn't great, but I believe they've bought up more 5G spectrum that the others, so I'm hoping they get a bit better on that soon as we move to 5G.
It's clear that this is just a money grab from them and no doubt it will slowly increase over the next few years. Only £2/day now but I bet it gets up to £3-£4/day by the mid 2020s.
Thankfully I'm on Three and I can see them retaining free EU roaming (alongside the other countries they offer). Their coverage and speed isn't great, but I believe they've bought up more 5G spectrum that the others, so I'm hoping they get a bit better on that soon as we move to 5G.
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Who cares? If Brits are as nationalistic as they say, they should spend their holidays in the UK. Not inflate the pockets of those evil bureaucrats in Bruxelles.
i feel like its the remoaners who are complaining, as they are more upper class on average and will go on vacation more often. i agree those unelected bureaucrats dont deserve the uk's money
I do remember roaming charges actually, I moved network to Three at one point as they included roaming across multiple countrys (The USA was a big one for me) which was nothing to do with EU regulations. They clearly saw a market there and was able to include it in their tarif price.
So far the networks reintroducing any sort of roaming charges are 1. Cheaper compared to what it ever was before and 2. Offer alternative tariffs which include roaming.
What's the reason why non-users of roaming should be expected to subsidise the few people who do use roaming?
Why is it more unreasonable for those who want something niche to be expected to pay the costs of it directly?
No that's a company taking advantage of a situation. Answer go with someone else.
Canada’s telecom market really is sad… lets’s all point and laugh so we feel better about our countries’ telecom systems.
Just more stealth taxation. There doesn’t need to be a charge AT ALL. The parasites in government could have negotiated this quite easily if we had a party that actually cared about us. “You scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours” takes literally seconds to agree upon. I was with Three for years and then went with EE in 2015. I spent just under £350pm (business line and 5 of us in the house), until 2 months ago and have just moved back to Three. If Three try this roaming thing then I’ll be moving back to carrier pigeon.
Just buy a sim at the country your in and use that, far cheaper than roaming. I do that when I travelled to the US from the UK and now I’ll just have to do that in the EU.
Anyway, who’s travelling at the moment anyway?
Anyway, who’s travelling at the moment anyway?
1. What has this got to do will Apple?
2. Like the previous EE announcement this doesn’t apply to all tariffs/plans and doesn’t affect people in contract. So a non story really, as you choose a provider that offers the services you want.
3. Operator Three offered free international roaming in Europe, as well as the USA, before it was mandatory in Europe. Therefore I’d hope this won’t change, if it does it wouldn’t be on all tariffs, just like EE and Vodafone. So choose a tariff that meets your needs.
Also anyone who voted to leave the EU and expected a quick payback were very naïve. I voted leave and I am more than happy, and yes I spend many holidays in Europe.
2. Like the previous EE announcement this doesn’t apply to all tariffs/plans and doesn’t affect people in contract. So a non story really, as you choose a provider that offers the services you want.
3. Operator Three offered free international roaming in Europe, as well as the USA, before it was mandatory in Europe. Therefore I’d hope this won’t change, if it does it wouldn’t be on all tariffs, just like EE and Vodafone. So choose a tariff that meets your needs.
Also anyone who voted to leave the EU and expected a quick payback were very naïve. I voted leave and I am more than happy, and yes I spend many holidays in Europe.
It's what Brits wanted. It's what Brits deserve. Not sure why that's surprising or 'news'
those roaming charges are insane in general. it always makes me laugh when I get a text message going to country XY (out of the EU) and they are highlighting an offer like 10 mb per day for just 10 bucks or upgrade to 500 mb for only 39 bucks. The nerve
Speak for everybody why don’t you. I love Europe and voted remain BUT I can also understand why some voted leave. The never ending boat loads of poor, suffering young men with Nike trainers coming over (zzzzzz). The problem was that the first European country they landed in should have taken them and/or put a stop to it. They didn’t. They let them pass and pass and pass until they came to the UK. It is still happening now despite being out of Europe.
At the moment this is for only new contracts, so if your contract is years old there are no roaming charges, so if roaming is important to you don't upgrade to a new contract.
I’ll just turn roaming off on my iPhone and use WiFi calling as most resorts offer this that I have stayed in.
It’s also another reason now to limit holidays to mainland Europe and give our business to UK locations instead. I don’t know many people who are in a rush to travel abroad yet anyway.
It’s just 2 quid a day for us, but ultimately it’s the other countries that lose out as it’s adding to an already high cost. I feel more sorry for the foreign businesses desperate for tourism to pick back up.
It’s also another reason now to limit holidays to mainland Europe and give our business to UK locations instead. I don’t know many people who are in a rush to travel abroad yet anyway.
It’s just 2 quid a day for us, but ultimately it’s the other countries that lose out as it’s adding to an already high cost. I feel more sorry for the foreign businesses desperate for tourism to pick back up.
It's not necessarily reasonable but it seems beneficial to the EU:
- Unify markets
- Encourage EU-wide network infrastructure
- Increase tourism revenue
- Unify cultures
- Bread and circuses
Part of the problem is there is a lot more data consumed by UK users in the EU, than EU users in the UK. If it were more even, then the wholesale charges wouldn't be an issue as they'd cancel each other out.
Not always that simple. In Germany buying a local SIM card (prepaid) requires a ID check now which you either have to do at a post office or via a Videocall with App XY. Of course the instructions are only in German too