just saw this. Roaming charges back in europe. Another comedy "brexit won't change anything" reality check:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-57595913
So much for normalising all EU laws.
just saw this. Roaming charges back in europe. Another comedy "brexit won't change anything" reality check:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-57595913
So much for normalising all EU laws.
kompukare (24-06-2021)
Only for EE, will see if anyone else follows along. Not that it bothers me, can't remember the last time I went abroad.
Jon
It bothers me greatly - I'm frequently abroad for work. I expect they will all follow because.. they can, and will charge extra for some kind of bolt-on.
Not sure, O2 have already introduced fair use policy of 25GB of data but wont be adding charges and Three were one of the leaders to bundle in free EU minutes etc. Not sure about the others
Jon
as the article, o2 reviewed doing similar, but have only introduced a data cap (for now)
It's worth noting EE is now part of the BT group. My recollection of being a BT customer is not a happy one so I'm not surprised they're doing this. Mergers not affecting customers, yeah right.
Virgin will likely be straight in with charges too
Doesn't affect me, as I don't plan on roaming to the EU, with or without a phone.
A lesson learned from PeterB about dignity in adversity, so Peter, In Memorium, "Onwards and Upwards".
My provider has no roaming charges in over 200 countries. I've yet to go somewhere and not have coverage. This includes Kazakhstan (Best 'stan), Pakistan (Average 'stan) and Afghanistan (Worst 'stan).
Also, interesting to see a Brexit comment, in the wake of the EU's vaccine debacle. I didn't think there were any remoaners left...
Xlucine (24-06-2021)
Funny how EE in January promised it wouldn't do it. Wonder if Trading Standards can get involved for deceptive marketing?
kompukare (24-06-2021)
I'll not repeat the term, but a lot more regretfuls went over to that side when word came that everyone else was getting more GPUs than the UK, that despite Covid all the cool tech in Germany would still be shipped everywhere in the world except the UK, and now stuff like this.
_______________________________________________________________________
Originally Posted by Mark Tyson
This is great news!!
...I mean, for the sharedholders obviously, not me & you.
CAT-THE-FIFTH (24-06-2021)
The issue is EE basically lied earlier in the year saying they were not going to do it. They implicitly said in January,no roaming charges.
O2 is OK as they have a cap,so technically have not lied and you pay roaming over that data cap. Three also has just reduced the cap. Both vary between 12~20GB so should be enough for most users.
So EE could potentially get taken to court for false marketing, as they are the only one of the three who have basically not done this. Companies shouldn't make promises they can't keep and its quite clear EE was engaged in deceptive marketing to keep customers. This happened after we fully left.
The bigger problem is not Brexit,but more EE has told porkies after we left.
There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)