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EU introduces mobile data price caps this time too.
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EU introduces mobile data price caps this time too.
£7 for 10 meg is still a lot.
I think you mean €7 or £5.60 but its far better than the £3.07 Orange charge per megabyte at the moment. Plus it only gets better year after year. Its all good news for consumers.Quote:
Originally Posted by directhex
I still think it's completely wrong that both parties get charged for the call - full on ballbag
It is pretty logical though.
Someone in the UK shouldn't have to pay more just because the person they are calling is in europe (they might not know this at the time). It wouldn't be fair if they got hit with a large bill. I don't see the problem, in principal, with the roaming mobile picking up an international call charge. However, the charges that used to be in place until the EU got involved were completely outrageous.
Shame nothing can be done about the £1.50/min when outside the EU :(
When you call from i.e. Ireland, Vodafone to Germany, Virgin (or whatever there is) Vodafone provides facilities to make the call and thus it costs them some money (relatively little but still), while Virgin uses their own hardware and software to make sure user receives the call (hence the charge). All very fair. The only way not to charge that much is to have monopoly everywhere but then again, we know what happens when market is ruled by Monopoly or even Monopolists and isn't properly regulated.Quote:
Originally Posted by J3FFW1SH
But of course the EU does nothing for the guy in the street ... or at least that's according to the UKIP dude who decided to harangue me the other day. :rolleyes:
Hmm, yes, that's in my mind too. I'm off on holiday to the US in autumn time and I made the mistake of asking my teleco whether there was anything I could do to get cheaper calls/data when out there - needless to say they weren't exactly helpful. :wallbash:Quote:
Originally Posted by Funkstar
Folks keep saying about getting a "cheap" PAYG SIM when I'm out there, but that's something I guess I'll have to look into.
Is it capped at the moment for business accounts? I prob misunderstood our IT guy, but that's what i thought he said...
It's capped at £50 or 50 Euro I think, but that just means you can't get any more data once the cap is hit. The bar can be removed, as well...