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Originally Posted by Chris
Fine by me. I’ve not traveled in Europe for years. Why should my mobile phone bill subsidise those who do? Abolishing roaming charges was never intended to save money. It was a political move designed to further the illusion of the EU as a single, seamless territory. The phone companies faced a loss of income by no longer having the option to charge customers the additional cost of managing their use via a third party telecoms network. Hands up who seriously thinks they haven’t simply rearranged the deckchairs and recouped as much of that as possible from everyone else ...
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It was fun while it lasted. I used to whizz through the phone charges when I travelled abroad for work. We're talking £30-40 in roaming fees each trip. When I have 5-10 trips a year, it soon adds up. Data was the killer...
Saves my work thousands a year with roaming being free in the EU for UK employees. We'll just have to wait and see what the network my company uses decides to do.