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"So the mobile companies have decided to make an easy buck when they can. Roaming charges are on the way back, look out for the tabloids printing stories of £1k phone bills next summer, don't remember seeing that on the side of a bus. Brexit the gift that keeps on giving" Probably an EU thing about being a third party country, just buy a local pay as you go sim in the country your visiting. End of problem  | |||
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"So the mobile companies have decided to make an easy buck when they can. Roaming charges are on the way back, look out for the tabloids printing stories of £1k phone bills next summer, don't remember seeing that on the side of a bus. Brexit the gift that keeps on giving Probably an EU thing about being a third party country, just buy a local pay as you go sim in the country your visiting. End of problem "Nothing to do with the EU, that's the mobile companies being allowed to do anything they like/can. Where one leads, others will follow, flight delayed or cancelled in Europe forget about compensation. | |||
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"So the mobile companies have decided to make an easy buck when they can. Roaming charges are on the way back, look out for the tabloids printing stories of £1k phone bills next summer, don't remember seeing that on the side of a bus. Brexit the gift that keeps on giving Probably an EU thing about being a third party country, just buy a local pay as you go sim in the country your visiting. End of problem "Brexit was meant to make stuff easy . Not make you go out shopping for a pay as you go On the 1st day of holibobs . How many people speak serbo-croat anyway ? | |||
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"So the mobile companies have decided to make an easy buck when they can. Roaming charges are on the way back, look out for the tabloids printing stories of £1k phone bills next summer, don't remember seeing that on the side of a bus. Brexit the gift that keeps on giving Probably an EU thing about being a third party country, just buy a local pay as you go sim in the country your visiting. End of problem
Nothing to do with the EU, that's the mobile companies being allowed to do anything they like/can. Where one leads, others will follow, flight delayed or cancelled in Europe forget about compensation." | |||
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"Never understand peeps taking there fone on holiday,wenever i go away its left at home,holiday sposed to be a getaway why take ya mobile with ya" exactly who cares lol | |||
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"Never understand peeps taking there fone on holiday,wenever i go away its left at home,holiday sposed to be a getaway why take ya mobile with yaexactly who cares lol " Because an awful lot of people travel for work. So "simply" picking up a PAYG sim at the airport does not work. My boss etc. won't know the new number. Ok in that scenario, I'm not paying. But someone is, by business, or our customers. Ultimately, making doing business more expensive and complex, the things Brexit was definitely not going to do... | |||
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"Never understand peeps taking there fone on holiday,wenever i go away its left at home,holiday sposed to be a getaway why take ya mobile with yaexactly who cares lol " It doesn’t bother me and so it shouldn’t bother anyone else. Brexit mindset - do not under any circumstances give even a passing thought as to how circumstances might affect others. | |||
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"So family of four with two teenagers on a 14 day holiday is going to cost £112 more . Add the slow Lane on passports to top it off. EE for now. The others will follow, Brexit keeps on giving Project fear is becoming project reality by the day. " I believe you can buy a 30 day pass for £10, that allows you to use your home tarriff. | |||
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"So family of four with two teenagers on a 14 day holiday is going to cost £112 more . Add the slow Lane on passports to top it off. EE for now. The others will follow, Brexit keeps on giving Project fear is becoming project reality by the day. " With more & More Flight operators moving Toward a paperless trail & electonic scanning Becoming the Norm' , it is likely more & more people Who leave phones at home wont be getting on planes at all . | |||
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"So family of four with two teenagers on a 14 day holiday is going to cost £112 more . Add the slow Lane on passports to top it off. EE for now. The others will follow, Brexit keeps on giving Project fear is becoming project reality by the day. I believe you can buy a 30 day pass for £10, that allows you to use your home tarriff. " Oh good just £40 then. Don’t forget EE and O2 dropping data allowance too .. it’s nothing but winning !! | |||
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"So family of four with two teenagers on a 14 day holiday is going to cost £112 more . Add the slow Lane on passports to top it off. EE for now. The others will follow, Brexit keeps on giving Project fear is becoming project reality by the day. I believe you can buy a 30 day pass for £10, that allows you to use your home tarriff. Oh good just £40 then. Don’t forget EE and O2 dropping data allowance too .. it’s nothing but winning !! " We know what we voted .......... | |||
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"So family of four with two teenagers on a 14 day holiday is going to cost £112 more . Add the slow Lane on passports to top it off. EE for now. The others will follow, Brexit keeps on giving Project fear is becoming project reality by the day. I believe you can buy a 30 day pass for £10, that allows you to use your home tarriff. Oh good just £40 then. Don’t forget EE and O2 dropping data allowance too .. it’s nothing but winning !! We know what we voted .........."  | |||
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"So family of four with two teenagers on a 14 day holiday is going to cost £112 more . Add the slow Lane on passports to top it off. EE for now. The others will follow, Brexit keeps on giving Project fear is becoming project reality by the day. I believe you can buy a 30 day pass for £10, that allows you to use your home tarriff. Oh good just £40 then. Don’t forget EE and O2 dropping data allowance too .. it’s nothing but winning !! " O2 plan to charge £3.50/gb over 25gb of usage. Who uses 25gb for a 2 week holiday? Most people don't even use half of that in a month. | |||
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"So family of four with two teenagers on a 14 day holiday is going to cost £112 more . Add the slow Lane on passports to top it off. EE for now. The others will follow, Brexit keeps on giving Project fear is becoming project reality by the day. I believe you can buy a 30 day pass for £10, that allows you to use your home tarriff. Oh good just £40 then. Don’t forget EE and O2 dropping data allowance too .. it’s nothing but winning !! O2 plan to charge £3.50/gb over 25gb of usage. Who uses 25gb for a 2 week holiday? Most people don't even use half of that in a month." Do you have teenagers?? | |||
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"So family of four with two teenagers on a 14 day holiday is going to cost £112 more . Add the slow Lane on passports to top it off. EE for now. The others will follow, Brexit keeps on giving Project fear is becoming project reality by the day. I believe you can buy a 30 day pass for £10, that allows you to use your home tarriff. Oh good just £40 then. Don’t forget EE and O2 dropping data allowance too .. it’s nothing but winning !! O2 plan to charge £3.50/gb over 25gb of usage. Who uses 25gb for a 2 week holiday? Most people don't even use half of that in a month. Do you have teenagers?? " Yes. Who are both physically attached to their phones. | |||
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"So family of four with two teenagers on a 14 day holiday is going to cost £112 more . Add the slow Lane on passports to top it off. EE for now. The others will follow, Brexit keeps on giving Project fear is becoming project reality by the day. I believe you can buy a 30 day pass for £10, that allows you to use your home tarriff. Oh good just £40 then. Don’t forget EE and O2 dropping data allowance too .. it’s nothing but winning !! O2 plan to charge £3.50/gb over 25gb of usage. Who uses 25gb for a 2 week holiday? Most people don't even use half of that in a month. Do you have teenagers?? Yes. Who are both physically attached to their phones." So true  | |||
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"So family of four with two teenagers on a 14 day holiday is going to cost £112 more . Add the slow Lane on passports to top it off. EE for now. The others will follow, Brexit keeps on giving Project fear is becoming project reality by the day. " Sounds like spectacular parenting that... Let's appreciate the beauty of this Bernini statue on the Via Apina... Daaadd.... nah I'm on me phone.... Pathetic | |||
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"So family of four with two teenagers on a 14 day holiday is going to cost £112 more . Add the slow Lane on passports to top it off. EE for now. The others will follow, Brexit keeps on giving Project fear is becoming project reality by the day. Sounds like spectacular parenting that... Let's appreciate the beauty of this Bernini statue on the Via Apina... Daaadd.... nah I'm on me phone.... Pathetic " Pathetic Yes I agree that describes your post very well. | |||
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"So family of four with two teenagers on a 14 day holiday is going to cost £112 more . Add the slow Lane on passports to top it off. EE for now. The others will follow, Brexit keeps on giving Project fear is becoming project reality by the day. Sounds like spectacular parenting that... Let's appreciate the beauty of this Bernini statue on the Via Apina... Daaadd.... nah I'm on me phone.... Pathetic Pathetic Yes I agree that describes your post very well. " | |||
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"Daily express headline Sep 13 2019 Brexit lies exposed mobile charges womt affect brits travelling to the eu Daily Express headline June 2021 02 brings back ridiculous eu roaming charges and customers are furious. Does the average daily Express reader have the attention span of a goldfish.? " Yep, but I guess they will blame it on the EU again | |||
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"Daily express headline Sep 13 2019 Brexit lies exposed mobile charges womt affect brits travelling to the eu Daily Express headline June 2021 02 brings back ridiculous eu roaming charges and customers are furious. Does the average daily Express reader have the attention span of a goldfish.? Yep, but I guess they will blame it on the EU again " Goes without saying | |||
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"Daily express headline Sep 13 2019 Brexit lies exposed mobile charges womt affect brits travelling to the eu Daily Express headline June 2021 02 brings back ridiculous eu roaming charges and customers are furious. Does the average daily Express reader have the attention span of a goldfish.? " Does the average daily Express reader have the attention span of a goldfish.? | |||
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"Never understand peeps taking there fone on holiday,wenever i go away its left at home,holiday sposed to be a getaway why take ya mobile with yaexactly who cares lol It doesn’t bother me and so it shouldn’t bother anyone else. Brexit mindset - do not under any circumstances give even a passing thought as to how circumstances might affect others." is this directed at me or the reply to my post?? If directed at me u barking u the wrong tree i didnt give a shit about remaining or leaving then or now | |||
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"Daily express headline Sep 13 2019 Brexit lies exposed mobile charges womt affect brits travelling to the eu Daily Express headline June 2021 02 brings back ridiculous eu roaming charges and customers are furious. Does the average daily Express reader have the attention span of a goldfish.? Does the average daily Express reader have the attention span of a goldfish.? " Yep, but I guess the will blame it on the EU again. | |||
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"simply change your provider they would soon reverse that decision if they lost too many customers. " Nah, they will all follow suit pretty soon. Why wouldn't they? They've spent a fortune on 5G, need to recoup a bit of that. | |||
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"simply change your provider they would soon reverse that decision if they lost too many customers. Nah, they will all follow suit pretty soon. Why wouldn't they? They've spent a fortune on 5G, need to recoup a bit of that." Because the consumer is king | |||
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"simply change your provider they would soon reverse that decision if they lost too many customers. Nah, they will all follow suit pretty soon. Why wouldn't they? They've spent a fortune on 5G, need to recoup a bit of that.Because the consumer is king " In theory yes, and in some areas voting with your cash works. But the mobile operators pretty much run a cartel. | |||
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"So family of four with two teenagers on a 14 day holiday is going to cost £112 more . Add the slow Lane on passports to top it off. EE for now. The others will follow, Brexit keeps on giving Project fear is becoming project reality by the day. " why is there hol costing £112 more ? | |||
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"Never understand peeps taking there fone on holiday,wenever i go away its left at home,holiday sposed to be a getaway why take ya mobile with yaexactly who cares lol It doesn’t bother me and so it shouldn’t bother anyone else. Brexit mindset - do not under any circumstances give even a passing thought as to how circumstances might affect others." it’s not brexit mindset at all I said who cares it’s small potatoes calm down lol | |||
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"Yet according to many news articles . December 2020. The major four mobile companies stated to press . “ No intention to reintroduce roaming charges”. So perhaps see easy way of earning some extra money now once lockdown lifted? " "no intention to" or "no plans to" coming from a business (or politician) generally means get down Ladbrooks and put some money on it happening! | |||
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"So family of four with two teenagers on a 14 day holiday is going to cost £112 more . Add the slow Lane on passports to top it off. EE for now. The others will follow, Brexit keeps on giving Project fear is becoming project reality by the day. why is there hol costing £112 more ?" 2 x 14 x 4 = | |||
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"So family of four with two teenagers on a 14 day holiday is going to cost £112 more . Add the slow Lane on passports to top it off. EE for now. The others will follow, Brexit keeps on giving Project fear is becoming project reality by the day. why is there hol costing £112 more ? 2 x 14 x 4 = " jakal mate I must of missed something on here avent a clue what the 112 is | |||
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"The point being slightly missed." Well I never... anyway we're lucky Corbyn isn't on the board of Vodafone. | |||
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"2 x 14 x 4 = jakal mate I must of missed something on here avent a clue what the 112 is" Ah, bless, let me help you out. 14 days of £2 per day for 4 people. It's a sum, like in primary school. You can break it down into two sums if you like. 2 x 4 = 8 14 8 --- 32 80 --- 112 Geddit? | |||
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"2 x 14 x 4 = jakal mate I must of missed something on here avent a clue what the 112 is Ah, bless, let me help you out. 14 days of £2 per day for 4 people. It's a sum, like in primary school. You can break it down into two sums if you like. 2 x 4 = 8 14 8 --- 32 80 --- 112 Geddit?" Fuck me that’s confused me !!!
Foxy it’s £2 a day roaming abroad if you times that by 14 days it’s £28 then times that by 4 people in the family you get £112 | |||
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"Fuck me that’s confused me !!! "My bad. Didn't think about HTML not honouring the spaces. Had to think really hard about how to do "long multiplication" after all those years as well... | |||
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"Fuck me that’s confused me !!!
My bad. Didn't think about HTML not honouring the spaces. Had to think really hard about how to do "long multiplication" after all those years as well..."Funny as fuck . For one moment I thought you were a teacher | |||
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"Fuck me that’s confused me !!!
My bad. Didn't think about HTML not honouring the spaces. Had to think really hard about how to do "long multiplication" after all those years as well...
Funny as fuck . For one moment I thought you were a teacher "And they have the cheek to lambast Diane Abbot ? | |||
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"simply change your provider they would soon reverse that decision if they lost too many customers. Nah, they will all follow suit pretty soon. Why wouldn't they? They've spent a fortune on 5G, need to recoup a bit of that.Because the consumer is king In theory yes, and in some areas voting with your cash works. But the mobile operators pretty much run a cartel." Where one goes, the rest follow: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-58146039 | |||
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"simply change your provider they would soon reverse that decision if they lost too many customers. Nah, they will all follow suit pretty soon. Why wouldn't they? They've spent a fortune on 5G, need to recoup a bit of that.Because the consumer is king In theory yes, and in some areas voting with your cash works. But the mobile operators pretty much run a cartel. Where one goes, the rest follow: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-58146039 " Yup that’s my provider. Great  | |||
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"Just don’t use the phone abroad "Sound advice for business travellers ! Really? Maybe they can post letters or send a telegram? Morse code anyone? Also those who are on holiday but want to check mail or messages in case anything urgent to deal with? It’s all the EU’s fault as they’ve stopped our consumer protection!! Bastards eh!! | |||
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"So the mobile companies have decided to make an easy buck when they can. Roaming charges are on the way back, look out for the tabloids printing stories of £1k phone bills next summer, don't remember seeing that on the side of a bus. Brexit the gift that keeps on giving" Who uses more than 25gb a month while on holiday? | |||
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"simply change your provider they would soon reverse that decision if they lost too many customers. Nah, they will all follow suit pretty soon. Why wouldn't they? They've spent a fortune on 5G, need to recoup a bit of that.Because the consumer is king In theory yes, and in some areas voting with your cash works. But the mobile operators pretty much run a cartel. Where one goes, the rest follow: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-58146039 " Of course this was going to happen. Watch the remaining telcos follow suit over the next few weeks, and then it'll go round and round with the charges gradually getting higher. Price hikes only ever stop when either one company undercuts the others in order to increase market share, or legislation controls the costs. We've voluntarily removed ourselves from the legislation so that control has been removed. And now the other companies have watched EE put back the charges without losing all their customers, so they are all going to go for it. Wait for the stories to start again about £10k charges being run up by the kids during that 2 week break in Spain... Still sovereignty and blue passports, worth every £100 billion that it's cost... | |||
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"simply change your provider they would soon reverse that decision if they lost too many customers. Nah, they will all follow suit pretty soon. Why wouldn't they? They've spent a fortune on 5G, need to recoup a bit of that.Because the consumer is king In theory yes, and in some areas voting with your cash works. But the mobile operators pretty much run a cartel. Where one goes, the rest follow: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-58146039 Of course this was going to happen. Watch the remaining telcos follow suit over the next few weeks, and then it'll go round and round with the charges gradually getting higher. Price hikes only ever stop when either one company undercuts the others in order to increase market share, or legislation controls the costs. We've voluntarily removed ourselves from the legislation so that control has been removed. And now the other companies have watched EE put back the charges without losing all their customers, so they are all going to go for it. Wait for the stories to start again about £10k charges being run up by the kids during that 2 week break in Spain... Still sovereignty and blue passports, worth every £100 billion that it's cost..." Is this another of your predictions £10k roaming charges?  | |||
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"simply change your provider they would soon reverse that decision if they lost too many customers. Nah, they will all follow suit pretty soon. Why wouldn't they? They've spent a fortune on 5G, need to recoup a bit of that.Because the consumer is king In theory yes, and in some areas voting with your cash works. But the mobile operators pretty much run a cartel. Where one goes, the rest follow: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-58146039 Of course this was going to happen. Watch the remaining telcos follow suit over the next few weeks, and then it'll go round and round with the charges gradually getting higher. Price hikes only ever stop when either one company undercuts the others in order to increase market share, or legislation controls the costs. We've voluntarily removed ourselves from the legislation so that control has been removed. And now the other companies have watched EE put back the charges without losing all their customers, so they are all going to go for it. Wait for the stories to start again about £10k charges being run up by the kids during that 2 week break in Spain... Still sovereignty and blue passports, worth every £100 billion that it's cost...Is this another of your predictions £10k roaming charges? "https://www.thesun.co.uk/money/9471470/vodafone-mobile-phone-bill-tiktok-holiday/ | |||
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"simply change your provider they would soon reverse that decision if they lost too many customers. Nah, they will all follow suit pretty soon. Why wouldn't they? They've spent a fortune on 5G, need to recoup a bit of that.Because the consumer is king In theory yes, and in some areas voting with your cash works. But the mobile operators pretty much run a cartel. Where one goes, the rest follow: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-58146039 Of course this was going to happen. Watch the remaining telcos follow suit over the next few weeks, and then it'll go round and round with the charges gradually getting higher. Price hikes only ever stop when either one company undercuts the others in order to increase market share, or legislation controls the costs. We've voluntarily removed ourselves from the legislation so that control has been removed. And now the other companies have watched EE put back the charges without losing all their customers, so they are all going to go for it. Wait for the stories to start again about £10k charges being run up by the kids during that 2 week break in Spain... Still sovereignty and blue passports, worth every £100 billion that it's cost...Is this another of your predictions £10k roaming charges? "It will cost more than it used to, | |||
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"simply change your provider they would soon reverse that decision if they lost too many customers. Nah, they will all follow suit pretty soon. Why wouldn't they? They've spent a fortune on 5G, need to recoup a bit of that.Because the consumer is king In theory yes, and in some areas voting with your cash works. But the mobile operators pretty much run a cartel. Where one goes, the rest follow: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-58146039 Of course this was going to happen. Watch the remaining telcos follow suit over the next few weeks, and then it'll go round and round with the charges gradually getting higher. Price hikes only ever stop when either one company undercuts the others in order to increase market share, or legislation controls the costs. We've voluntarily removed ourselves from the legislation so that control has been removed. And now the other companies have watched EE put back the charges without losing all their customers, so they are all going to go for it. Wait for the stories to start again about £10k charges being run up by the kids during that 2 week break in Spain... Still sovereignty and blue passports, worth every £100 billion that it's cost...Is this another of your predictions £10k roaming charges?
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"simply change your provider they would soon reverse that decision if they lost too many customers. Nah, they will all follow suit pretty soon. Why wouldn't they? They've spent a fortune on 5G, need to recoup a bit of that.Because the consumer is king In theory yes, and in some areas voting with your cash works. But the mobile operators pretty much run a cartel. Where one goes, the rest follow: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-58146039 Of course this was going to happen. Watch the remaining telcos follow suit over the next few weeks, and then it'll go round and round with the charges gradually getting higher. Price hikes only ever stop when either one company undercuts the others in order to increase market share, or legislation controls the costs. We've voluntarily removed ourselves from the legislation so that control has been removed. And now the other companies have watched EE put back the charges without losing all their customers, so they are all going to go for it. Wait for the stories to start again about £10k charges being run up by the kids during that 2 week break in Spain... Still sovereignty and blue passports, worth every £100 billion that it's cost...Is this another of your predictions £10k roaming charges?
https://www.thesun.co.uk/money/9471470/vodafone-mobile-phone-bill-tiktok-holiday/
And this has to do with the upcoming roaming charges in the eu exactly?"You questioned the £10k roaming charge story prediction. Here is a recent example in another territory that has similar rules as those about to be applied. I would have thought this was pretty self evident? It's exactly the sort of thing the poster was talking about. Kids getting unfettered access running up huge bills. | |||
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"So the mobile companies have decided to make an easy buck when they can. Roaming charges are on the way back, look out for the tabloids printing stories of £1k phone bills next summer, don't remember seeing that on the side of a bus. Brexit the gift that keeps on giving Probably an EU thing about being a third party country, just buy a local pay as you go sim in the country your visiting. End of problem
Nothing to do with the EU, that's the mobile companies being allowed to do anything they like/can. Where one leads, others will follow, flight delayed or cancelled in Europe forget about compensation."But we’ve got our blue passport back | |||
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"So the mobile companies have decided to make an easy buck when they can. Roaming charges are on the way back, look out for the tabloids printing stories of £1k phone bills next summer, don't remember seeing that on the side of a bus. Brexit the gift that keeps on giving Probably an EU thing about being a third party country, just buy a local pay as you go sim in the country your visiting. End of problem
Nothing to do with the EU, that's the mobile companies being allowed to do anything they like/can. Where one leads, others will follow, flight delayed or cancelled in Europe forget about compensation.
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"simply change your provider they would soon reverse that decision if they lost too many customers. Nah, they will all follow suit pretty soon. Why wouldn't they? They've spent a fortune on 5G, need to recoup a bit of that.Because the consumer is king In theory yes, and in some areas voting with your cash works. But the mobile operators pretty much run a cartel. Where one goes, the rest follow: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-58146039 Of course this was going to happen. Watch the remaining telcos follow suit over the next few weeks, and then it'll go round and round with the charges gradually getting higher. Price hikes only ever stop when either one company undercuts the others in order to increase market share, or legislation controls the costs. We've voluntarily removed ourselves from the legislation so that control has been removed. And now the other companies have watched EE put back the charges without losing all their customers, so they are all going to go for it. Wait for the stories to start again about £10k charges being run up by the kids during that 2 week break in Spain... Still sovereignty and blue passports, worth every £100 billion that it's cost...Is this another of your predictions £10k roaming charges?
https://www.thesun.co.uk/money/9471470/vodafone-mobile-phone-bill-tiktok-holiday/
And this has to do with the upcoming roaming charges in the eu exactly?
You questioned the £10k roaming charge story prediction. Here is a recent example in another territory that has similar rules as those about to be applied.
I would have thought this was pretty self evident?
It's exactly the sort of thing the poster was talking about. Kids getting unfettered access running up huge bills."Yes i did as if you have read the new upcoming roaming charge tariffs for the eu you will see that there are safe guards put in place to stop this hence the question. | |||
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"Local sim local charges - do some research @ . . . Orange SFR Bouygues Télécom Free Mobile La Poste Mobile Lebara Mobile Lycamobile Réglo Mobile Roaming charges solved. Personally, I recommend Orange or Bouygues Télécom." Available in most HyperU or Geant Casino too. If you care to do your calls/messaging by whatsapp I've found that a 20 euro sim will last me 3 weeks. And believe me I can talk lol. | |||
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"simply change your provider they would soon reverse that decision if they lost too many customers. Nah, they will all follow suit pretty soon. Why wouldn't they? They've spent a fortune on 5G, need to recoup a bit of that.Because the consumer is king In theory yes, and in some areas voting with your cash works. But the mobile operators pretty much run a cartel. Where one goes, the rest follow: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-58146039 Of course this was going to happen. Watch the remaining telcos follow suit over the next few weeks, and then it'll go round and round with the charges gradually getting higher. Price hikes only ever stop when either one company undercuts the others in order to increase market share, or legislation controls the costs. We've voluntarily removed ourselves from the legislation so that control has been removed. And now the other companies have watched EE put back the charges without losing all their customers, so they are all going to go for it. Wait for the stories to start again about £10k charges being run up by the kids during that 2 week break in Spain... Still sovereignty and blue passports, worth every £100 billion that it's cost...Is this another of your predictions £10k roaming charges?
https://www.thesun.co.uk/money/9471470/vodafone-mobile-phone-bill-tiktok-holiday/
And this has to do with the upcoming roaming charges in the eu exactly?
You questioned the £10k roaming charge story prediction. Here is a recent example in another territory that has similar rules as those about to be applied.
I would have thought this was pretty self evident?
It's exactly the sort of thing the poster was talking about. Kids getting unfettered access running up huge bills.Yes i did as if you have read the new upcoming roaming charge tariffs for the eu you will see that there are safe guards put in place to stop this hence the question. "Three months ago the telcos were all saying there would be no roaming charges. Two months ago EE decided to make a bit of extra money. Today Vodafone have said that they want a slice of the pie. At present they are saying that the charges won't be exorbitant, but they can change that anytime. Without legislative control, the telcos will charge whatever they find the market can take. And yes, people that are savvy to it can always buy themselves a pre-paid SIM when they get to country - if they don't mind having a different phone number while abroad. Fine for making calls out, but a liability if on business and needing to receive calls. It's all just another slice of making life more difficult and more expensive for ourselves. Maybe every individual thing is only a tiny inconvenience, but it is the death of a thousand cuts. All together it adds up to a fuckload of bother and cost. | |||
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"Dont blame brexit the mobile company's said they wouldn't put it back just greed on their behalf " Nothing to do with Brexit then? So this would have happened without Brexit? | |||
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"Dont blame brexit the mobile company's said they wouldn't put it back just greed on their behalf " But brexit is totally to blame for this. The EU got fed up of the mobile companies making shit loads of money out of roaming charges whenever Europeans travelled to their next door countries. The companies were never going to voluntarily get rid of these charges, so eventually the EU controlled them by law. We walked out of the EU, we deliberately said that we didn't want EU law to apply here, we wanted sovereignty. Well this is what sovereignty involves! We didn't put the roaming charges thing into our own law, the mobile companies are now free to do whatever the hell they want. For the last five years ago the remain campaign have been saying "when we leave the EU, the telcos will bring back roaming charges". For the last five years the brexiters have been saying "project fear". Looking a lot like "project fact" now... | |||
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"Dont fly, don't buy plastic phones, avoid roaming charges and help stop global warming, just an idea." Is your phone made out of wood? | |||
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"Dont blame brexit the mobile company's said they wouldn't put it back just greed on their behalf " Yes, because now we have left the EU , they can, | |||
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"Dont fly, don't buy plastic phones, avoid roaming charges and help stop global warming, just an idea. Is your phone made out of wood? Hey they might have one of those fancy, artisinal wooden phones, carved from an olive tree by an Italian craftsman." Maybe, does it come with a wooden charger ? | |||
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"Dont fly, don't buy plastic phones, avoid roaming charges and help stop global warming, just an idea. Is your phone made out of wood? Hey they might have one of those fancy, artisinal wooden phones, carved from an olive tree by an Italian craftsman. Maybe, does it come with a wooden charger ? " Now you're just being ridiculous! | |||
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"Our own government needs to get on with it and introduce a law of our own to stop this, yes the EU did it for us but we should be quite capable of writing our own laws to prevent this, we just need to get on and do it." PMSL, it will never happen, | |||
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"Dont fly, don't buy plastic phones, avoid roaming charges and help stop global warming, just an idea. Is your phone made out of wood? Hey they might have one of those fancy, artisinal wooden phones, carved from an olive tree by an Italian craftsman." Wooden phone? It wooden work | |||
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"Dont fly, don't buy plastic phones, avoid roaming charges and help stop global warming, just an idea. Is your phone made out of wood? Hey they might have one of those fancy, artisinal wooden phones, carved from an olive tree by an Italian craftsman. Wooden phone? It wooden work "On a whim, I googled it. There actually are wooden phones hahaha. (I suspect the innards are a bit less woody, though.) | |||
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"Our own government needs to get on with it and introduce a law of our own to stop this, yes the EU did it for us but we should be quite capable of writing our own laws to prevent this, we just need to get on and do it. PMSL, it will never happen, " no you are probably right, but you would think with 600 odd mps or whatever that they could and should otherwise what the fuck are we all paying them for. Time for them to start earning there money I think. | |||
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"Our own government needs to get on with it and introduce a law of our own to stop this, yes the EU did it for us but we should be quite capable of writing our own laws to prevent this, we just need to get on and do it. PMSL, it will never happen,
no you are probably right, but you would think with 600 odd mps or whatever that they could and should otherwise what the fuck are we all paying them for. Time for them to start earning there money I think."Oh but they do earn plenty of money. For themselves. And for their mates... | |||
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"So the mobile companies have decided to make an easy buck when they can. Roaming charges are on the way back, look out for the tabloids printing stories of £1k phone bills next summer, don't remember seeing that on the side of a bus. Brexit the gift that keeps on giving Probably an EU thing about being a third party country, just buy a local pay as you go sim in the country your visiting. End of problem "Before it was in your contract now its a pay as you go. The brexit gift that just keeps giving. How is all that power going we got back btw ... | |||
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"Our own government needs to get on with it and introduce a law of our own to stop this, yes the EU did it for us but we should be quite capable of writing our own laws to prevent this, we just need to get on and do it. PMSL, it will never happen,
no you are probably right, but you would think with 600 odd mps or whatever that they could and should otherwise what the fuck are we all paying them for. Time for them to start earning there money I think."Any law the UK Government impose would more than likely fail in a challenge via the courts. If a network now incurs costs for allowing users access to their system, then they either pass on the cost or block roaming. There is now a legally defined border outside the economic area of the UK and is this something a government can enforce? It is roaming - full stop and part of the money making schemes the GSM standards allowed for. I wouldn't be surprised if all they can do is cap them.. not block them. Add this to the list of failures ofvtge Brexit propaganda they fell for, or did they instead forget to tell us. Loss of being able to claim compensation for a delayed or cancelled flight is next or has it already happened as that was EU protection for its citizens of which, we are no longer covered by. | |||
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"Our own government needs to get on with it and introduce a law of our own to stop this, yes the EU did it for us but we should be quite capable of writing our own laws to prevent this, we just need to get on and do it. PMSL, it will never happen,
no you are probably right, but you would think with 600 odd mps or whatever that they could and should otherwise what the fuck are we all paying them for. Time for them to start earning there money I think.
Oh but they do earn plenty of money. For themselves. And for their mates..."Yes they do, and unfortunately those that came before them did and so will those that come after them too, but that is no excuse for not making laws to benefit the citizens of this country which is what they are all elected to do regardless of the party they represent. There is little point in the UK having a parliament full of mps if they can't do something as simple as this. | |||
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"Our own government needs to get on with it and introduce a law of our own to stop this, yes the EU did it for us but we should be quite capable of writing our own laws to prevent this, we just need to get on and do it. PMSL, it will never happen,
no you are probably right, but you would think with 600 odd mps or whatever that they could and should otherwise what the fuck are we all paying them for. Time for them to start earning there money I think.
Any law the UK Government impose would more than likely fail in a challenge via the courts.
If a network now incurs costs for allowing users access to their system, then they either pass on the cost or block roaming.
There is now a legally defined border outside the economic area of the UK and is this something a government can enforce?
It is roaming - full stop and part of the money making schemes the GSM standards allowed for.
I wouldn't be surprised if all they can do is cap them.. not block them.
Add this to the list of failures ofvtge Brexit propaganda they fell for, or did they instead forget to tell us.
Loss of being able to claim compensation for a delayed or cancelled flight is next or has it already happened as that was EU protection for its citizens of which, we are no longer covered by."I fail to see how costs have changed though really, why does it suddenly now cost more for a UK customer to use there phone in Spain than before brexit for example?,it seems just something they couldn't do before and now there is nothing legal to stop them they will do it again. | |||
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"Because now that we are outside the protection of a single market - it is what it is and what it says on the tin - ROAMING - Kick n scream as much as you want.. this is one of many and not going to go away. Don't like it, don't renew your contract as you'll have no choice. They wanted Brexit, they got exactly that. No ties and no protection from the EU. It will be impossible for our government to ban these charges. " I fully understand roaming but you said increased costs and that doesn't explain it, you say its impossible, but why?, if its not impossible for the EU to legislate why should it be any different for the UK to do the same?. Oh and no kicking and screaming here, I didnt vote for brexit and this will not effect me for now as I will not be travelling whilst we are still in a global pandemic anyway. | |||
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" with 600 odd mps or whatever that they could and should otherwise what the fuck are we all paying them for. Time for them to start earning there money I think." more far righty nonsense. stop hiding behind the 600 odd number and come clean by admitting that the 363 righty mp's in government are responsible. | |||
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"Dont fly, don't buy plastic phones, avoid roaming charges and help stop global warming, just an idea. Is your phone made out of wood? " They are easy to acquire they have branches all over. | |||
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"Because now that we are outside the protection of a single market - it is what it is and what it says on the tin - ROAMING - Kick n scream as much as you want.. this is one of many and not going to go away. Don't like it, don't renew your contract as you'll have no choice. They wanted Brexit, they got exactly that. No ties and no protection from the EU. It will be impossible for our government to ban these charges. I fully understand roaming but you said increased costs and that doesn't explain it, you say its impossible, but why?, if its not impossible for the EU to legislate why should it be any different for the UK to do the same?. Oh and no kicking and screaming here, I didnt vote for brexit and this will not effect me for now as I will not be travelling whilst we are still in a global pandemic anyway." Just as counties are within the country of the U.K. so all the same tariff. All the EU countries are within the legal framework of the EU so the telecoms giants have to apply the same cost across all. | |||
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" with 600 odd mps or whatever that they could and should otherwise what the fuck are we all paying them for. Time for them to start earning there money I think. more far righty nonsense. stop hiding behind the 600 odd number and come clean by admitting that the 363 righty mp's in government are responsible. "I am not far right at all so you got your assumption wrong, I didn't vote for this as I already stated, why not try reading peoples posts before you jump to pathetic conclusions. I am not talking about 363 that were responsible for Brexit that I assume you are referring too, there are 600 odd mps in there now so why can't they do what needs to be done was my question. | |||
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"Because now that we are outside the protection of a single market - it is what it is and what it says on the tin - ROAMING - Kick n scream as much as you want.. this is one of many and not going to go away. Don't like it, don't renew your contract as you'll have no choice. They wanted Brexit, they got exactly that. No ties and no protection from the EU. It will be impossible for our government to ban these charges. I fully understand roaming but you said increased costs and that doesn't explain it, you say its impossible, but why?, if its not impossible for the EU to legislate why should it be any different for the UK to do the same?. Oh and no kicking and screaming here, I didnt vote for brexit and this will not effect me for now as I will not be travelling whilst we are still in a global pandemic anyway." My understanding: the UK can't make EU operators reduce charges. So the EU companies can charge a UK company more for using their network. The EU countries agreed that they would each mandate their own operators to cap charges to other EU operators while also mandating roaming charges couldn't increase. It's a big agreement across individual countries. The EU and UK could come up with a similar agreement, but likely the balance of benefit is skewed towards Brits so why would the EU walk towards this without something in return. And while we were trying to play hard ball, why would they c9nceed any ground ? | |||
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"Because now that we are outside the protection of a single market - it is what it is and what it says on the tin - ROAMING - Kick n scream as much as you want.. this is one of many and not going to go away. Don't like it, don't renew your contract as you'll have no choice. They wanted Brexit, they got exactly that. No ties and no protection from the EU. It will be impossible for our government to ban these charges. I fully understand roaming but you said increased costs and that doesn't explain it, you say its impossible, but why?, if its not impossible for the EU to legislate why should it be any different for the UK to do the same?. Oh and no kicking and screaming here, I didnt vote for brexit and this will not effect me for now as I will not be travelling whilst we are still in a global pandemic anyway. My understanding: the UK can't make EU operators reduce charges. So the EU companies can charge a UK company more for using their network. The EU countries agreed that they would each mandate their own operators to cap charges to other EU operators while also mandating roaming charges couldn't increase. It's a big agreement across individual countries. The EU and UK could come up with a similar agreement, but likely the balance of benefit is skewed towards Brits so why would the EU walk towards this without something in return. And while we were trying to play hard ball, why would they c9nceed any ground ?" Yeah that makes sense I guess and no i can't see to many olive branches being offered by either side, both sides seem to have forgotten its the poorest citizens that are taking the brunt of the many pointless disputes taking place between them. | |||
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"Dont fly, don't buy plastic phones, avoid roaming charges and help stop global warming, just an idea. Is your phone made out of wood? " dont use a mobile... life is possible without a new gadget every year... we could all still use the phone box.... | |||
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"Dont fly, don't buy plastic phones, avoid roaming charges and help stop global warming, just an idea. Is your phone made out of wood? dont use a mobile... life is possible without a new gadget every year... we could all still use the phone box...." , we could all travel by horse and cart? | |||
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"Because now that we are outside the protection of a single market - it is what it is and what it says on the tin - ROAMING - Kick n scream as much as you want.. this is one of many and not going to go away. Don't like it, don't renew your contract as you'll have no choice. They wanted Brexit, they got exactly that. No ties and no protection from the EU. It will be impossible for our government to ban these charges. I fully understand roaming but you said increased costs and that doesn't explain it, you say its impossible, but why?, if its not impossible for the EU to legislate why should it be any different for the UK to do the same?. Oh and no kicking and screaming here, I didnt vote for brexit and this will not effect me for now as I will not be travelling whilst we are still in a global pandemic anyway. My understanding: the UK can't make EU operators reduce charges. So the EU companies can charge a UK company more for using their network. The EU countries agreed that they would each mandate their own operators to cap charges to other EU operators while also mandating roaming charges couldn't increase. It's a big agreement across individual countries. The EU and UK could come up with a similar agreement, but likely the balance of benefit is skewed towards Brits so why would the EU walk towards this without something in return. And while we were trying to play hard ball, why would they c9nceed any ground ? Yeah that makes sense I guess and no i can't see to many olive branches being offered by either side, both sides seem to have forgotten its the poorest citizens that are taking the brunt of the many pointless disputes taking place between them." It’s what ‘people voted for ‘ | |||
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"Dont fly, don't buy plastic phones, avoid roaming charges and help stop global warming, just an idea. Is your phone made out of wood? dont use a mobile... life is possible without a new gadget every year... we could all still use the phone box.... , we could all travel by horse and cart? "see you dont want to keep the planet if you cant have a mobile phone? lol who mentioned horse and cart? | |||
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"Dont fly, don't buy plastic phones, avoid roaming charges and help stop global warming, just an idea. Is your phone made out of wood? dont use a mobile... life is possible without a new gadget every year... we could all still use the phone box.... , we could all travel by horse and cart?
see you dont want to keep the planet if you cant have a mobile phone? lol who mentioned horse and cart? "Mobile phones are now essential, are you currently using a tablet or a laptop? | |||
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"Dont fly, don't buy plastic phones, avoid roaming charges and help stop global warming, just an idea. Is your phone made out of wood? dont use a mobile... life is possible without a new gadget every year... we could all still use the phone box.... , we could all travel by horse and cart?
see you dont want to keep the planet if you cant have a mobile phone? lol who mentioned horse and cart?
Mobile phones are now essential, are you currently using a tablet or a laptop? "no they are not essential lol essential for what? I am using a community laptop, and even thats old...... therefore reducing the footprint... | |||
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"Dont fly, don't buy plastic phones, avoid roaming charges and help stop global warming, just an idea. Is your phone made out of wood? dont use a mobile... life is possible without a new gadget every year... we could all still use the phone box.... , we could all travel by horse and cart?
see you dont want to keep the planet if you cant have a mobile phone? lol who mentioned horse and cart?
Mobile phones are now essential, are you currently using a tablet or a laptop?
no they are not essential lol essential for what? I am using a community laptop, and even thats old...... therefore reducing the footprint..."They are essential, just like cars , trains and aeroplanes are essential . | |||
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see you dont want to keep the planet if you cant have a mobile phone? lol who mentioned horse and cart?
Mobile phones are now essential, are you currently using a tablet or a laptop?
no they are not essential lol essential for what? I am using a community laptop, and even thats old...... therefore reducing the footprint...
They are essential, just like cars , trains and aeroplanes are essential . "explain why you cannot just use a landline, in an office/phone box, why does everyone have an individual phone? we never needed to speak to eachother non stop? sending messages all day long... why are we doing that now? they are not essential at all. planes are not essential either... heard of something called a boat? lol | |||
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"Because now that we are outside the protection of a single market - it is what it is and what it says on the tin - ROAMING - Kick n scream as much as you want.. this is one of many and not going to go away. Don't like it, don't renew your contract as you'll have no choice. They wanted Brexit, they got exactly that. No ties and no protection from the EU. It will be impossible for our government to ban these charges. I fully understand roaming but you said increased costs and that doesn't explain it, you say its impossible, but why?, if its not impossible for the EU to legislate why should it be any different for the UK to do the same?. Oh and no kicking and screaming here, I didnt vote for brexit and this will not effect me for now as I will not be travelling whilst we are still in a global pandemic anyway. My understanding: the UK can't make EU operators reduce charges. So the EU companies can charge a UK company more for using their network. The EU countries agreed that they would each mandate their own operators to cap charges to other EU operators while also mandating roaming charges couldn't increase. It's a big agreement across individual countries. The EU and UK could come up with a similar agreement, but likely the balance of benefit is skewed towards Brits so why would the EU walk towards this without something in return. And while we were trying to play hard ball, why would they c9nceed any ground ? Yeah that makes sense I guess and no i can't see to many olive branches being offered by either side, both sides seem to have forgotten its the poorest citizens that are taking the brunt of the many pointless disputes taking place between them. It’s what ‘people voted for ‘ " Yes some people voted to leave the EU but I don't think it was to do with cell phone roaming charges was it, people didn't vote for there no longer being dialogue and co operation between the two sides either, no evidence to support that at all, from what I have seen on here most people voted to leave because they did not want to be sucked into a federal European state and were fed up with the EU commission etc, nowhere have I seen anyone saying they wanted to cut Europe off and never trade or speak to them again, if your attitude of well "thats what you voted for" is how UK officials and there EU counterparts are communicating with each other then they really should grow up and think about the citizens that they are supposed to be working for. Just because the uk decided on a different course to the EU does not make us enemies. | |||
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"Dont fly, don't buy plastic phones, avoid roaming charges and help stop global warming, just an idea. Is your phone made out of wood? dont use a mobile... life is possible without a new gadget every year... we could all still use the phone box.... , we could all travel by horse and cart?
see you dont want to keep the planet if you cant have a mobile phone? lol who mentioned horse and cart?
Mobile phones are now essential, are you currently using a tablet or a laptop?
no they are not essential lol essential for what? I am using a community laptop, and even thats old...... therefore reducing the footprint...
They are essential, just like cars , trains and aeroplanes are essential .
explain why you cannot just use a landline, in an office/phone box, why does everyone have an individual phone? we never needed to speak to eachother non stop? sending messages all day long... why are we doing that now? they are not essential at all.
planes are not essential either... heard of something called a boat? lol
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"Because now that we are outside the protection of a single market - it is what it is and what it says on the tin - ROAMING - Kick n scream as much as you want.. this is one of many and not going to go away. Don't like it, don't renew your contract as you'll have no choice. They wanted Brexit, they got exactly that. No ties and no protection from the EU. It will be impossible for our government to ban these charges. I fully understand roaming but you said increased costs and that doesn't explain it, you say its impossible, but why?, if its not impossible for the EU to legislate why should it be any different for the UK to do the same?. Oh and no kicking and screaming here, I didnt vote for brexit and this will not effect me for now as I will not be travelling whilst we are still in a global pandemic anyway. My understanding: the UK can't make EU operators reduce charges. So the EU companies can charge a UK company more for using their network. The EU countries agreed that they would each mandate their own operators to cap charges to other EU operators while also mandating roaming charges couldn't increase. It's a big agreement across individual countries. The EU and UK could come up with a similar agreement, but likely the balance of benefit is skewed towards Brits so why would the EU walk towards this without something in return. And while we were trying to play hard ball, why would they c9nceed any ground ? Yeah that makes sense I guess and no i can't see to many olive branches being offered by either side, both sides seem to have forgotten its the poorest citizens that are taking the brunt of the many pointless disputes taking place between them. It’s what ‘people voted for ‘ Yes some people voted to leave the EU but I don't think it was to do with cell phone roaming charges was it, people didn't vote for there no longer being dialogue and co operation between the two sides either, no evidence to support that at all, from what I have seen on here most people voted to leave because they did not want to be sucked into a federal European state and were fed up with the EU commission etc, nowhere have I seen anyone saying they wanted to cut Europe off and never trade or speak to them again, if your attitude of well "thats what you voted for" is how UK officials and there EU counterparts are communicating with each other then they really should grow up and think about the citizens that they are supposed to be working for. Just because the uk decided on a different course to the EU does not make us enemies." True, but you only have to browse through a few threads on here or the internet, the EU is seen by many to be the enemy, unfortunately we are no longer trading allies but trading competitors | |||
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"Because now that we are outside the protection of a single market - it is what it is and what it says on the tin - ROAMING - Kick n scream as much as you want.. this is one of many and not going to go away. Don't like it, don't renew your contract as you'll have no choice. They wanted Brexit, they got exactly that. No ties and no protection from the EU. It will be impossible for our government to ban these charges. I fully understand roaming but you said increased costs and that doesn't explain it, you say its impossible, but why?, if its not impossible for the EU to legislate why should it be any different for the UK to do the same?. Oh and no kicking and screaming here, I didnt vote for brexit and this will not effect me for now as I will not be travelling whilst we are still in a global pandemic anyway. My understanding: the UK can't make EU operators reduce charges. So the EU companies can charge a UK company more for using their network. The EU countries agreed that they would each mandate their own operators to cap charges to other EU operators while also mandating roaming charges couldn't increase. It's a big agreement across individual countries. The EU and UK could come up with a similar agreement, but likely the balance of benefit is skewed towards Brits so why would the EU walk towards this without something in return. And while we were trying to play hard ball, why would they c9nceed any ground ? Yeah that makes sense I guess and no i can't see to many olive branches being offered by either side, both sides seem to have forgotten its the poorest citizens that are taking the brunt of the many pointless disputes taking place between them. It’s what ‘people voted for ‘ Yes some people voted to leave the EU but I don't think it was to do with cell phone roaming charges was it, people didn't vote for there no longer being dialogue and co operation between the two sides either, no evidence to support that at all, from what I have seen on here most people voted to leave because they did not want to be sucked into a federal European state and were fed up with the EU commission etc, nowhere have I seen anyone saying they wanted to cut Europe off and never trade or speak to them again, if your attitude of well "thats what you voted for" is how UK officials and there EU counterparts are communicating with each other then they really should grow up and think about the citizens that they are supposed to be working for. Just because the uk decided on a different course to the EU does not make us enemies." Agree and disagree. It's not clear why we voted out, it's likely a mixed bag of personal opinions. However roaming charges were negotiated by the EU for the EU so this was always at risk. But we voted to be a third party. And that introduced the risk of a deal being struck that didnt replicate what we had in the EU. Because most deals don't cover things like roaming charges. We also voted in a Tory government (twice) who clearly wanted to create an us versus them attitude. Afraid we are reaping what we slw here. | |||
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"So the mobile companies have decided to make an easy buck when they can. Roaming charges are on the way back, look out for the tabloids printing stories of £1k phone bills next summer, don't remember seeing that on the side of a bus. Brexit the gift that keeps on giving" Why would anyone be stupid enough to be charged £1k when there are various alternatives? For a start these charges only apply to new accounts not existing ones. Secondly there are loads of cheap sim cards available for use overseas both data and calls/texts. It really isn't that big a deal for those of us who don't have a blame Brexit fixation. | |||
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"So the mobile companies have decided to make an easy buck when they can. Roaming charges are on the way back, look out for the tabloids printing stories of £1k phone bills next summer, don't remember seeing that on the side of a bus. Brexit the gift that keeps on giving Why would anyone be stupid enough to be charged £1k when there are various alternatives? For a start these charges only apply to new accounts not existing ones. Secondly there are loads of cheap sim cards available for use overseas both data and calls/texts. It really isn't that big a deal for those of us who don't have a blame Brexit fixation. " You do realise that the reason we will now be paying roaming charges is all down to Brexit ? | |||
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"So the mobile companies have decided to make an easy buck when they can. Roaming charges are on the way back, look out for the tabloids printing stories of £1k phone bills next summer, don't remember seeing that on the side of a bus. Brexit the gift that keeps on giving Why would anyone be stupid enough to be charged £1k when there are various alternatives? For a start these charges only apply to new accounts not existing ones. Secondly there are loads of cheap sim cards available for use overseas both data and calls/texts. It really isn't that big a deal for those of us who don't have a blame Brexit fixation. You do realise that the reason we will now be paying roaming charges is all down to Brexit ? " I should clarify that some, not all , will be paying | |||
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"Dont fly, don't buy plastic phones, avoid roaming charges and help stop global warming, just an idea. Is your phone made out of wood? dont use a mobile... life is possible without a new gadget every year... we could all still use the phone box.... , we could all travel by horse and cart?
see you dont want to keep the planet if you cant have a mobile phone? lol who mentioned horse and cart?
Mobile phones are now essential, are you currently using a tablet or a laptop?
no they are not essential lol essential for what? I am using a community laptop, and even thats old...... therefore reducing the footprint...
They are essential, just like cars , trains and aeroplanes are essential .
explain why you cannot just use a landline, in an office/phone box, why does everyone have an individual phone? we never needed to speak to eachother non stop? sending messages all day long... why are we doing that now? they are not essential at all.
planes are not essential either... heard of something called a boat? lol
Like I said, we could get rid of all forms of transport , go back to horses ? Rightly or wrongly Mobile phones are essential now "Back to horses lol only you have mentioned horses... but no actual explanation why you really need everyone to have a phone, because we don't, they really not essential, water is lol | |||
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"Dont fly, don't buy plastic phones, avoid roaming charges and help stop global warming, just an idea. Is your phone made out of wood? dont use a mobile... life is possible without a new gadget every year... we could all still use the phone box.... , we could all travel by horse and cart?
see you dont want to keep the planet if you cant have a mobile phone? lol who mentioned horse and cart?
Mobile phones are now essential, are you currently using a tablet or a laptop?
no they are not essential lol essential for what? I am using a community laptop, and even thats old...... therefore reducing the footprint...
They are essential, just like cars , trains and aeroplanes are essential .
explain why you cannot just use a landline, in an office/phone box, why does everyone have an individual phone? we never needed to speak to eachother non stop? sending messages all day long... why are we doing that now? they are not essential at all.
planes are not essential either... heard of something called a boat? lol
Like I said, we could get rid of all forms of transport , go back to horses ? Rightly or wrongly Mobile phones are essential now
Back to horses lol only you have mentioned horses... but no actual explanation why you really need everyone to have a phone, because we don't, they really not essential, water is lol
"In many work roles you now have to have a phone. Therefore if you wish to be employed in these jobs, it is essential to have a phone. From Uber driver, to IT sales... | |||
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"Dont fly, don't buy plastic phones, avoid roaming charges and help stop global warming, just an idea. Is your phone made out of wood? dont use a mobile... life is possible without a new gadget every year... we could all still use the phone box.... , we could all travel by horse and cart?
see you dont want to keep the planet if you cant have a mobile phone? lol who mentioned horse and cart?
Mobile phones are now essential, are you currently using a tablet or a laptop?
no they are not essential lol essential for what? I am using a community laptop, and even thats old...... therefore reducing the footprint...
They are essential, just like cars , trains and aeroplanes are essential .
explain why you cannot just use a landline, in an office/phone box, why does everyone have an individual phone? we never needed to speak to eachother non stop? sending messages all day long... why are we doing that now? they are not essential at all.
planes are not essential either... heard of something called a boat? lol
Like I said, we could get rid of all forms of transport , go back to horses ? Rightly or wrongly Mobile phones are essential now
Back to horses lol only you have mentioned horses... but no actual explanation why you really need everyone to have a phone, because we don't, they really not essential, water is lol
In many work roles you now have to have a phone. Therefore if you wish to be employed in these jobs, it is essential to have a phone.
From Uber driver, to IT sales... "There were taxis in 1850 and no phones lol Hail a cab, taxi rank, phone not essential. .... planet is essential.... | |||
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"Dont fly, don't buy plastic phones, avoid roaming charges and help stop global warming, just an idea. Is your phone made out of wood? dont use a mobile... life is possible without a new gadget every year... we could all still use the phone box.... , we could all travel by horse and cart?
see you dont want to keep the planet if you cant have a mobile phone? lol who mentioned horse and cart?
Mobile phones are now essential, are you currently using a tablet or a laptop?
no they are not essential lol essential for what? I am using a community laptop, and even thats old...... therefore reducing the footprint...
They are essential, just like cars , trains and aeroplanes are essential .
explain why you cannot just use a landline, in an office/phone box, why does everyone have an individual phone? we never needed to speak to eachother non stop? sending messages all day long... why are we doing that now? they are not essential at all.
planes are not essential either... heard of something called a boat? lol
Like I said, we could get rid of all forms of transport , go back to horses ? Rightly or wrongly Mobile phones are essential now
Back to horses lol only you have mentioned horses... but no actual explanation why you really need everyone to have a phone, because we don't, they really not essential, water is lol
In many work roles you now have to have a phone. Therefore if you wish to be employed in these jobs, it is essential to have a phone.
From Uber driver, to IT sales...
There were taxis in 1850 and no phones lol Hail a cab, taxi rank, phone not essential. .... planet is essential....
"Though I agree in principle, I'm afraid that genie is out of the bottle. Also there are more important battles. Coal, cars, etc. One could argue that the use of phones for online banking, shopping etc. have reduced unnecessary car journeys. | |||
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"Dont fly, don't buy plastic phones, avoid roaming charges and help stop global warming, just an idea. Is your phone made out of wood? dont use a mobile... life is possible without a new gadget every year... we could all still use the phone box.... , we could all travel by horse and cart?
see you dont want to keep the planet if you cant have a mobile phone? lol who mentioned horse and cart?
Mobile phones are now essential, are you currently using a tablet or a laptop?
no they are not essential lol essential for what? I am using a community laptop, and even thats old...... therefore reducing the footprint...
They are essential, just like cars , trains and aeroplanes are essential .
explain why you cannot just use a landline, in an office/phone box, why does everyone have an individual phone? we never needed to speak to eachother non stop? sending messages all day long... why are we doing that now? they are not essential at all.
planes are not essential either... heard of something called a boat? lol
Like I said, we could get rid of all forms of transport , go back to horses ? Rightly or wrongly Mobile phones are essential now
Back to horses lol only you have mentioned horses... but no actual explanation why you really need everyone to have a phone, because we don't, they really not essential, water is lol
In many work roles you now have to have a phone. Therefore if you wish to be employed in these jobs, it is essential to have a phone.
From Uber driver, to IT sales...
There were taxis in 1850 and no phones lol Hail a cab, taxi rank, phone not essential. .... planet is essential....
Though I agree in principle, I'm afraid that genie is out of the bottle.
Also there are more important battles. Coal, cars, etc.
One could argue that the use of phones for online banking, shopping etc. have reduced unnecessary car journeys. "i think gran dad and gran ma caused at lot less damage to the planet, holidays at skeg, and no fancy pants gadgets, i played with a stick and a puddle in my day! we had one shopping bag made of canvas lol dog ate scraps if there were any. its the last 40 years? flying over the world for a tan, plastic bags, consumerism... more more more, one TV in the street! Hardly any cars.... Now if you aint got a lap top your in poverty! Greedy bastards who turn the heating up rather than putting on a jumper are killing the planet lol gran ma and gran dad had fuck all.... | |||
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"Local sim local charges - do some research @ . . . Orange SFR Bouygues Télécom Free Mobile La Poste Mobile Lebara Mobile Lycamobile Réglo Mobile Roaming charges solved. Personally, I recommend Orange or Bouygues Télécom. Available in most HyperU or Geant Casino too. If you care to do your calls/messaging by whatsapp I've found that a 20 euro sim will last me 3 weeks. And believe me I can talk lol. " I just park my truck outside a French supermarket when I get off the euro tunnel oh wait next week I'm in Holland then Germany Belgium so on Its not practical for us truck drivers to do that. Bretix caused a migraine for us lot and now even more money on my bill ffs. | |||
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"Local sim local charges - do some research @ . . . Orange SFR Bouygues Télécom Free Mobile La Poste Mobile Lebara Mobile Lycamobile Réglo Mobile Roaming charges solved. Personally, I recommend Orange or Bouygues Télécom. Available in most HyperU or Geant Casino too. If you care to do your calls/messaging by whatsapp I've found that a 20 euro sim will last me 3 weeks. And believe me I can talk lol. I just park my truck outside a French supermarket when I get off the euro tunnel oh wait next week I'm in Holland then Germany Belgium so on Its not practical for us truck drivers to do that. Bretix caused a migraine for us lot and now even more money on my bill ffs." What you're forgetting is that a French sim - or others - will cover you roaming in other EU countries. | |||
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"Local sim local charges - do some research @ . . . Orange SFR Bouygues Télécom Free Mobile La Poste Mobile Lebara Mobile Lycamobile Réglo Mobile Roaming charges solved. Personally, I recommend Orange or Bouygues Télécom. Available in most HyperU or Geant Casino too. If you care to do your calls/messaging by whatsapp I've found that a 20 euro sim will last me 3 weeks. And believe me I can talk lol. I just park my truck outside a French supermarket when I get off the euro tunnel oh wait next week I'm in Holland then Germany Belgium so on Its not practical for us truck drivers to do that. Bretix caused a migraine for us lot and now even more money on my bill ffs. What you're forgetting is that a French sim - or others - will cover you roaming in other EU countries." and it will keep running out snd you will have to top it up over and over again. Fine if you’re a two weeks in the sun person but if every week your on a plane or driving a truck/ car into Europe. Not so great Just more cost and inconvenience for business . | |||
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"Surely this was expected, as the mobile phone companies abolished roaming charges due to being in the EU." Of course it was expected, it was just one more of the things that the remainers warned about. And that the leavers said was operation fear and would never happen. To every leaver out there - "We told you so". | |||
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"Never understand peeps taking there fone on holiday,wenever i go away its left at home,holiday sposed to be a getaway why take ya mobile with ya" ** I've got my phone with me, to perv fab naturally. Also you know because apps/online check in/nhs jab proofs/communicate with family and friends (still in their own homes) and everything else I do on my phone that I wouldn't be able to do if it were switched off at home and I was away. I'm on holiday not on Mars, I'm still contactable and still using apps, even more so with covid. | |||
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"Most hotels have wifi included in a hol' package. Simply use whatsapp or similar for calls or messages. There are so many free voip apps we are spoilt for choice. "if they do that the problems solved then what they guna moan about | |||
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"Most hotels have wifi included in a hol' package. Simply use whatsapp or similar for calls or messages. There are so many free voip apps we are spoilt for choice. if they do that the problems solved then what they guna moan about "lol. | |||
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"Most hotels have wifi included in a hol' package. Simply use whatsapp or similar for calls or messages. There are so many free voip apps we are spoilt for choice. if they do that the problems solved then what they guna moan about They will find something. "aw that’s a given | |||
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"Most hotels have wifi included in a hol' package. Simply use whatsapp or similar for calls or messages. There are so many free voip apps we are spoilt for choice. "** I guess I'm not the norm then but I don't go to new countries just to sit in hotels. The odd day chilling by your pool on the balcony yes but if I'm going to see a country I'm going to see the country, not just the hotel complex. And anyone that goes abroad say to Vietnam, well they really should think about going north to south or south to north and should stay in a hotel with WiFi (or not, absolutely get out there and do it in my opinion ) | |||
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" with 600 odd mps or whatever that they could and should otherwise what the fuck are we all paying them for. Time for them to start earning there money I think. more far righty nonsense. stop hiding behind the 600 odd number and come clean by admitting that the 363 righty mp's in government are responsible.
I am not far right at all so you got your assumption wrong, I didn't vote for this as I already stated, why not try reading peoples posts before you jump to pathetic conclusions. I am not talking about 363 that were responsible for Brexit that I assume you are referring too, there are 600 odd mps in there now so why can't they do what needs to be done was my question. "because only 363 of them have the power to make decisions as you have already been told in correction to you far right nonsense. hope this helps | |||
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" with 600 odd mps or whatever that they could and should otherwise what the fuck are we all paying them for. Time for them to start earning there money I think. more far righty nonsense. stop hiding behind the 600 odd number and come clean by admitting that the 363 righty mp's in government are responsible.
I am not far right at all so you got your assumption wrong, I didn't vote for this as I already stated, why not try reading peoples posts before you jump to pathetic conclusions. I am not talking about 363 that were responsible for Brexit that I assume you are referring too, there are 600 odd mps in there now so why can't they do what needs to be done was my question.
because only 363 of them have the power to make decisions as you have already been told in correction to you far right nonsense. hope this helps "Well I guess you can't fuckin read then because I already told you I am NOT far right more than once unless you consider the labour party to be far righ!! | |||
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" with 600 odd mps or whatever that they could and should otherwise what the fuck are we all paying them for. Time for them to start earning there money I think. more far righty nonsense. stop hiding behind the 600 odd number and come clean by admitting that the 363 righty mp's in government are responsible.
I am not far right at all so you got your assumption wrong, I didn't vote for this as I already stated, why not try reading peoples posts before you jump to pathetic conclusions. I am not talking about 363 that were responsible for Brexit that I assume you are referring too, there are 600 odd mps in there now so why can't they do what needs to be done was my question.
because only 363 of them have the power to make decisions as you have already been told in correction to you far right nonsense. hope this helps
Well I guess you can't fuckin read then because I already told you I am NOT far right more than once unless you consider the labour party to be far righ!!"Hope this helps you to stop branding people that you don't know and making in correct assumptions and false accusations, but judging by most of your posts on the forums I very much doubt it. | |||
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