roaming charges

[The Bloop]

Re: roaming charges

I thought we ( in the uk ) were struggling with HGV drivers at the mo, its been all over the press, loads were pinged

Part of the shortage is also due to covid restrictions with less new drivers taking tests. Normally about 40k tests are taken, last year it was just 15k. Average age if HGV licence holders is 55 so there's not the usual numbers of new drivers replacing those retiring.

[blue matt]

Re: roaming charges

Part of the shortage is also due to covid restrictions with less new drivers taking tests. Normally about 40k tests are taken, last year it was just 15k. Average age if HGV licence holders is 55 so there's not the usual numbers of new drivers replacing those retiring.

makes sense

[life on mars]

Re: roaming charges

till then you will have to pay £10 for 30 days

Can't see me staying in Europe for 30 days , I'll hook up to the free wi fi anyways.

Some UK folk holidaying in Europe would spend a tenner within 15 minutes of their stay in a Spanish bar ,can't see it breaking them . 😃

[Optimistic Nick]

Re: roaming charges

Can't see me staying in Europe for 30 days , I'll hook up to the free wi fi anyways.

Some UK folk holidaying in Europe would spend a tenner within 15 minutes of their stay in a Spanish bar ,can't see it breaking them . 😃

Again. What is the upside?

[Optimistic Nick]

Re: roaming charges

Part of the shortage is also due to covid restrictions with less new drivers taking tests. Normally about 40k tests are taken, last year it was just 15k. Average age if HGV licence holders is 55 so there's not the usual numbers of new drivers replacing those retiring.

Agree- the delays for tests is crazy. Even your standard driving license testing is a massive bottleneck. Just look at what instructors with booked test spots.are charging! But there is also a longer term, seemingly permanent drag on supply chains to the UK post Brexit. And it is going to get a lot worse in Oct. Because of Brexit

[Optimistic Nick]

Re: roaming charges

Why is it going to get better? What did you have in mind?

And why are we missing drivers?

It's not just drivers by the way. If you get a couple of pieces of info wrong in 1000 on your customs declarations it can take a day off the shelf life of 40% of a supermarket's product. And that is now, before the increase in customs obligations in Oct. In short- importing certain types of food becomes unfeasible.

Making the most of life is always good advice and we all will. But the most of life got worse for all of us.

You've still not suggested a positive by the way

Remember this?

Well:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-58462351

[Croesy Blue]

Re: roaming charges

Funny now the line out of the people duped into voting brexit is it’s just getting worse before it gets better. When a couple of years ago all the things that are shite now were called project fear.

It’s almost like the people who voted for it didn’t actually care about facts but just getting whipped up into a frenzy about something they didn’t give a shit about 12 months prior.

Can’t wait to see what the next bullshit line is. Empty shelves are good because people were too fat anyway.

[Rjk]

Re: roaming charges

Funny now the line out of the people duped into voting brexit is it’s just getting worse before it gets better. When a couple of years ago all the things that are shite now were called project fear.

It’s almost like the people who voted for it didn’t actually care about facts but just getting whipped up into a frenzy about something they didn’t give a shit about 12 months prior.

Can’t wait to see what the next bullshit line is. Empty shelves are good because people were too fat anyway.

we've already had that one on here a few weeks ago

[Des Parrot]

Re: roaming charges

Had Polish lamb for tea. Tasted a tad salty but that’s Gover lamb for you

[Croesy Blue]

Re: roaming charges

we've already had that one on here a few weeks ago

Bloody hell

My next prediction - “Christmas was a capitalist holiday all about greed” when shelves are empty in December

And “the stamps in my passport are worth waiting three times as long for”

[JamesWales]

Re: roaming charges

The usual smugs masturbating over roaming charges for some companies, a worldwide shortage of HGV drivers and the shortage of some products during a global pandemic, but it ain't exactly this is it?

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/may/20/eu-referendum-george-osborne-house-prices-brexit

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/may/13/imf-warns-stock-market-crash-house-price-fall-eu-referendum-brexit

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jun/24/brexit-vote-leaves-uk-on-brink-of-recession-economists-say

Know it all's didn't tell us I wouldn't be able to get taramasalata from waitrose for a few weeks, they told us that house prices would fall 18%, that unemployment would soar, that the stock market would collapse, that a recession was inevitable and that wanting a New Zealand or Canadian style immigration system made everyone racist.

Maybe, just maybe a few exaggerated porkies were sold on the other side?

My favourite is how falling unemployment is now a bad thing.

[Rjk]

Re: roaming charges

https://twitter.com/davidschneider/status/1435363520611332100?s=19

[Rjk]

Re: roaming charges

https://news.sky.com/story/three-mobile-operators-now-plan-return-to-charges-for-eu-roaming-12402896

here's another one.

[blue matt]

Re: roaming charges

https://news.sky.com/story/three-mob...aming-12402896

here's another one.

£2 a day in the EU
£5 a day in the US

[Eric the Half a Bee]

Re: roaming charges

£2 a day in the EU
£5 a day in the US

Great. That justifies it. It used to cost no more, but as long as the yanks are paying $5 a day, it makes it ok.