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Re: Roaming charges...

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Postby GrahamPlatt » July 2nd, 2021, 9:45 am

I once took the ferry from Greece to Italy and as both are in the EU (as were we then), I didn’t think about the ‘phone. Turns out that part of our route was up the Albanian coast. Bugger.

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Re: Roaming charges...

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Postby Lootman » July 2nd, 2021, 9:45 am

stockton wrote:
Lootman wrote:As long as the roaming charges are accurately explained then there can be no reasonable complaint. If people are too lazy or stupid to read the small print then of course they will get inferior outcomes when compared to those who do read them.

If you can discover from the small print how to avoid roaming charges whilst near an international border but not roaming, perhaps you would be kind enough to tell me.

Apparently in the US state taxation authorities use information about where your mobile phone is to determine if you are lying about which state you claim your residence is in. So the capability certainly exists to know where a phone is relative to a jurisdictional border.

All I can tell you is that in over 20 years of having a mobile phone and travelling a great deal, I have never had a roaming charge problem. I did once get a spurious 300 pound charge, but the telco promptly reversed it when I rang them to complain, which is all you can reasonably ask of them.

If you are really worried somewhere then yank the SIM card out, switch the phone off, use airplane mode, choose wi-fi calls or a host of other ideas already suggested.

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Re: Roaming charges...

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Postby AF62 » August 9th, 2021, 11:58 am

And now, surprise surprise, Vodafone is reintroducing roaming charges - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-58146039

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Re: Roaming charges...

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Postby Infrasonic » September 9th, 2021, 9:42 am

https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/ ... -may-2022/
Three is to start charging new and upgrading pay monthly and Sim-only customers roaming fees of £2/day to use their monthly allowance in Europe from 23 May 2022. The mobile provider becomes the third network to announce plans to scrap free roaming in Europe following Brexit. In addition, Three will also ditch its free 'Go Roam' service outside of Europe and start charging users £5/day...
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...If you're an existing Three pay-monthly or Sim-only customer you won't face these new roaming charges if you simply do nothing – it's only those who sign up to a new Three deal or renew their contract on or from Friday 1 October who may have to pay. It's worth pointing out that pay-as-you-go customers are unaffected....
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Re: Roaming charges...

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Postby swill453 » March 22nd, 2022, 12:35 pm

I guess it had to happen, my mobile provider Sky Mobile just informed me they're going to start charging £2 per day for roaming in the EU and EEA (other than Ireland).

Thanks brexit...

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Re: Roaming charges...

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Postby Infrasonic » March 22nd, 2022, 1:01 pm

I don't know what the current state of play is with eSIMs and how easy they are to activate for PAYG foreign networks for data - but it's worth investigating if you want to be able to swap secondary networks frequently whilst retaining a SIM card for your domestic network.
In theory it can all be done OTA...

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Re: Roaming charges...

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Postby stevensfo » March 22nd, 2022, 2:22 pm

swill453 wrote:I guess it had to happen, my mobile provider Sky Mobile just informed me they're going to start charging £2 per day for roaming in the EU and EEA (other than Ireland).

Thanks brexit...

Scott.



But aren't roaming charges only for new sim cards? I thought I read that Vodafone's roaming charges will only be applied to sim cards introduced after a certain date.

Given that most of these companies exist all over Europe and even beyond, I'm shocked that there hasn't been more noise made about this in the media. Why should Vodafone UK be allowed to treat customers like this. The masts, antennas, infrastructure etc haven't changed!

Shame there wasn't more fuss made. If customers threatened to boycott providers who abused their goodwill, they'd quickly change their mind.

But, as Brits are finally realising, 'Taking back control' applies only to a select few, and T&Cs apply! :?


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Re: Roaming charges...

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Postby pje16 » March 22nd, 2022, 2:25 pm

Plusnet (EE) still don't charge
"Our customers enjoy inclusive roaming in Europe, and we don't have any plans to change this based on the Brexit outcome."
https://www.plus.net/help/mobile/roam-like-at-home/

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Re: Roaming charges...

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Postby swill453 » March 22nd, 2022, 2:29 pm

stevensfo wrote:
swill453 wrote:I guess it had to happen, my mobile provider Sky Mobile just informed me they're going to start charging £2 per day for roaming in the EU and EEA (other than Ireland).

Thanks brexit...

But aren't roaming charges only for new sim cards? I thought I read that Vodafone's roaming charges will only be applied to sim cards introduced after a certain date.

Don't know about Vodafone, I'm just reporting for Sky Mobile, and the new charge applies to existing contracts.

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Re: Roaming charges...

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Postby swill453 » March 22nd, 2022, 2:31 pm

pje16 wrote:Plusnet (EE) still don't charge
"Our customers enjoy inclusive roaming in Europe, and we don't have any plans to change this based on the Brexit outcome."
https://www.plus.net/help/mobile/roam-like-at-home/

Sky didn't have plans to charge either. Until they did...

Scott.

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Re: Roaming charges...

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Postby stevensfo » March 22nd, 2022, 2:56 pm

swill453 wrote:
pje16 wrote:Plusnet (EE) still don't charge
"Our customers enjoy inclusive roaming in Europe, and we don't have any plans to change this based on the Brexit outcome."
https://www.plus.net/help/mobile/roam-like-at-home/

Sky didn't have plans to charge either. Until they did...

Scott.


Yet Sky is another very International company. Why are they p*ssing off their British customers?

Steve

PS We all know the answer. Because they know that they can! 8-)

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Re: Roaming charges...

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Postby pje16 » March 22nd, 2022, 3:04 pm

swill453 wrote:Sky didn't have plans to charge either. Until they did...
Scott.

Typical ;) I hope Plusnet don't go the same way
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Re: Roaming charges...

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Postby UncleEbenezer » March 22nd, 2022, 3:05 pm

stevensfo wrote:Yet Sky is another very International company. Why are they p*ssing off their British customers?

Steve

PS We all know the answer. Because they know that they can! 8-)


Just a thought. Now they can make exemptions and market those as a Great Deal. Target areas of Europe popular as holiday destinations with their subscribers, or any other demographic they want to target.

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Re: Roaming charges...

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Postby stevensfo » March 22nd, 2022, 3:16 pm

UncleEbenezer wrote:
stevensfo wrote:Yet Sky is another very International company. Why are they p*ssing off their British customers?

Steve

PS We all know the answer. Because they know that they can! 8-)


Just a thought. Now they can make exemptions and market those as a Great Deal. Target areas of Europe popular as holiday destinations with their subscribers, or any other demographic they want to target.


One of my favourite parts of Europe is Devon. Do I have to pay roaming charges? 8-)

Steve

PS Remind me, in Devon, is it 'ScoNs' or 'Skownes'? Jam on first, or cream? I do try and learn the language! ;)

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Re: Roaming charges...

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Postby didds » March 22nd, 2022, 3:46 pm

stevensfo wrote:[

PS Remind me, in Devon, is it 'ScoNs' or 'Skownes'? Jam on first, or cream? I do try and learn the language! ;)


just eat the fish :-)

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Re: Roaming charges...

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Postby stevensfo » March 22nd, 2022, 4:05 pm

didds wrote:
stevensfo wrote:[

PS Remind me, in Devon, is it 'ScoNs' or 'Skownes'? Jam on first, or cream? I do try and learn the language! ;)


just eat the fish :-)


Or what?

Bunfight at the OK tearooms? :o

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2uv92d

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Re: Roaming charges...

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Postby UncleEbenezer » March 22nd, 2022, 4:06 pm

stevensfo wrote:One of my favourite parts of Europe is Devon. Do I have to pay roaming charges? 8-)

Hope so.
PS Remind me, in Devon, is it 'ScoNs' or 'Skownes'? Jam on first, or cream? I do try and learn the language! ;)

It's Grockles.

(sorry, tested positive for The Lurgy this morning, and may not be at my most hospitable).

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Re: Roaming charges...

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Postby stevensfo » March 22nd, 2022, 4:34 pm

UncleEbenezer wrote:
stevensfo wrote:One of my favourite parts of Europe is Devon. Do I have to pay roaming charges? 8-)

Hope so.
PS Remind me, in Devon, is it 'ScoNs' or 'Skownes'? Jam on first, or cream? I do try and learn the language! ;)

It's Grockles.

(sorry, tested positive for The Lurgy this morning, and may not be at my most hospitable).


My wife had the Lurgy on New Year's eve. What a disaster it was, me and my sons finishing off all the wine, Prosecco and whatever we could find, all on our own.

Then the next day, we all came down with the dreaded lurgy. They just shrugged it off. For them, Covid was like a normal Saturday night. For me it was a bit worse, but as I've said all along, if Covid hadn't been about, I'd have just taken a few aspirin.

I just learned that a colleague has got Covid, so can't come in to work. But his emails seem to show that he's okay.

Having said that, even when I felt really rotten, I tried not to show it in emails.

Just pray to God, that a worse variant doesn't appear!

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Re: Roaming charges...

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Postby AF62 » March 22nd, 2022, 7:43 pm

stevensfo wrote:I thought I read that Vodafone's roaming charges will only be applied to sim cards introduced after a certain date.


Vodafone were the first to introduce roaming charges; back in 2020 they split their plans into expensive plans where roaming was an option and normally priced ‘basics’ plans which did not include roaming.

They did it before Three and EE announced they would be removing roaming for new contracts and the useless media overlooked that Vodafone had got there first.

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Re: Roaming charges...

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Postby Lootman » March 22nd, 2022, 7:51 pm

stevensfo wrote:One of my favourite parts of Europe is Devon. Do I have to pay roaming charges? 8-)

Speaking as a part-time Devon resident I can confirm that it is most definitely not in Europe,

And it is "Skownes" and the cream goes on first.


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