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EU Mobile Roaming Charges Scrapped (bbc.com)
From now on, European Union holidaymakers should return home without that sense of high anxiety about their mobile phone bill: extra fees for using it abroad should have gone. From a report: The new rules mean that citizens travelling within the EU will be able to call, text and browse the internet on mobile devices at the same price they pay at home. The European Commission said the end of roaming charges was one of the greatest successes of the EU. But a UK consumer group warned phone users could face "unexpected charges." Until now roaming, or connection, charges have been added to the cost of calls, texts and internet browsing when consumers from one EU country travelled to another and connected to a mobile network there.
We had an EU friendly phone plan. We drove to Andorra...great skiing, good food, nice hospitality. There was a thief in the Mountains, who waylaid our travelers....Andorra Telecom. They sent a message saying that we'd used 50 euro in data (for some google maps...an hour's drive maybe). We turned off data. Then, they shut off our phone for a 250 euro data charge, which had magically run up in that 45 minutes before the 50 euro shutoff message. Andorra Telecom put a black eye on an otherwise interesting place-they are a robber in the hills...so . F@!K Andorra Telecom.
You can always tell who is the American idiot kid posting; above is a perfect example. This is about the single market, which expands to the internet as well. There is no added cost for service as the legal regulations are exactly the same already. This simply ends the divisive practice of charging for cross-border usage in an otherwise economically unified territory. It cuts profits, and companies can't increase prices in competition without losing revenue.
The European Commission said the end of roaming charges was one of the greatest successes of the EU
If that is one of their "greatest successes" then the EU is a good approximation of worthless. Sure roaming charges are an issue but are a very minor problem in the grand scheme of things.
Pretty much like your opinion - very minor in the grand scheme of things. But since you've taken the time to help others understand that you're bored or incapable of posting something worth reading, why can't you talk about the good from this article where imaginary borders between 28 countries have just been dropped in a way that helps unite the people of Europe and reduce the overall individual's stress levels when dealing with technology and traveling? If anything, the rest of the world can follow suit and make this place more progressive with regards to technology...
Sure roaming charges are an issue but are a very minor problem in the grand scheme of things.
You say that in the comfort of not knowing what it's like being able to walk across the border for lunch, or live in a house where depending on which direction the wind blows you get a message saying welcome to the Netherlands or welcome to Germany, or working in a different country from where you live, or those friends around the corner from you living in a different country.
Roaming charges in a place where countries are so densely packed that you can walk from one side to the other without any great effort are a huge frigging problem.
One thing that is very minor is your understanding of the rest of the world.
My UK Vodafone contract already had EU roaming included in it when I went to Germany recently, so I knew that I could keep roaming turned on as I intended to use google maps and the like while I was away. However to get to Europe we took the ferry from Harwich to the Hook of Holland. on that ferry trip, my phone picked up the Telenor maritime cell signal from the ferry, which counts as "rest of world" at £6 per meg! I wasn't even using the phone. it had just been checking email etc while I was asleep. Woke to an £18 extra bill for that...
so be careful on the seas people...
Actually that is a great success. It means the government only interferes with business when business is hurting consumers.
Unlike say pai who is actively trying to turn internet in the USA into cable interactive television.
i thought once I was found, but it was only a dream.