It's like being at a lib dem meeting !
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Have a gander at this:
https://what-europe-does-for-me.eu/en/portal
Quite a lot of admirable things on there, no?
Tell me what Westminster has done for Wales in the last 1,000 years?
By updating UK law was my suggestion. It appears that has been done in terms of limiting roaming charges to £45 a month, seems like quite a high figure to me.
The other option of course, would have been for both sets of negotiators to look after their citizens and include it in the trade deal.
Isn't it a tenner for 30 days as well , which seems very reasonable ??
Back in the old day wi fi wasn't as far reaching as it is now abroad , or any good, I'm guessing whatt's App via wi fit will be used more to avoid roaming costs and other free sites ?
There is not evidence this wouldn't have happened anyway via discreet increase in monthly plans anyway , those costs were just not exposed as a standalone charge they were sucked into monthly traffic increases.
Its for new customers and perhaps renewals , it would only take one of the operators to brake ranks and not charge and we could see a bidding war .
If the roaming costs were really channelled back in to improving infrastructures within the UK including 5g masts most would accept the £2 , just a beer less a day out of 15
Another one of those "have your cake and eat it" scenarios?
By my understanding of things, if you use a phone abroad you would likely use another company's signal. Under a common trade agreement as we had as members of the EU, it was decided that you could use a mobile within a fair usage policy on someone else's network. Now, if as part of Brexit negotiations, it was agreed to keep this, then great. It wasn't. As far as I know, there was an agreement on both sides that, if roaming charges were reintroduced, they should be reasonable.
The UK could have whatever laws it wants. It could ban roaming charges completely. Maybe mobile providers that operate in the UK would happily allow their networks to be used abroad, where they exist. However, there are plenty of mobile providers in Europe that don't operate in the UK and they would be free to charge what they want to piggyback on those networks, as long as it is reasonable. If those network operators chose to up their prices, UK operators might be forced to stop Brits using those networks. UK law wouldn't have any say in what foreign mobile operators do or charge.
I don't see wanting a decent deal as 'having your cake and eating it'. I think it was perfectly reasonable to expect the negotiators on both sides to try and incorporate as many 'easy wins' as they could. It would have benefited eu citizens aswell as British citizens.
As for the roaming charges themselves. Admittedly I'm going slightly on guess work here, but ive always imagined that the major part of the cost paid by the consumer was due to a hefty markup by their provider. Rather than the wholesale rates between suppliers themselves being high. The relatively cheap fixed price deals for roaming in virtually all countries would suggest that the wholesale rates aren't to high.
UK legislation can stop your supplier gouging you with a massive markup. If problems do arise because of high wholesale prices in a particular area , then obviously thats a different matter that would need to be addressed as and when it happens
Indeed it is, i didnt read all the article
Customers travelling to the 47 affected European destinations will also be able to buy 30-day passes for £10 to use their home tariff abroad
lets be honest, a 10'er for a 1 or 2 week holiday isnt a game changer, though i expect people will still moan
but surely you would research the costs of roaming with your mobile and then make the choice to use the phone or not
it becomes closer to a non-issue as its only a few quid, you could of course put your phone in airplane mode and just use free wifi in the hotel etc etc
I used to pop my sim card out as i got on the plane to avoid roaming charges