topic Re: Data Roaming Charges to remain? in Off-Topic

Data Roaming Charges to remain?

Cleoriff — Fri, 06 Mar 2015 08:55:08 GMT

Bad news for travellers to the EU

European regulators have dropped plans to ban roaming charges and have proposed net neutrality rules allowing privileged access in some cases.

According to documents seen by the BBC, far from ending data roaming charges as was promised, the European Commission has recommended that operators be allowed to add surcharges to their domestic rates

Many of us thought that charges would be dropped or at least reduced from info we had in 2013...It looks as if that may be a long way off now...

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-31748592http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-31748592

Re: Data Roaming Charges to remain?

MI5 — Fri, 06 Mar 2015 08:57:45 GMT

Boooo

Re: Data Roaming Charges to remain?

Cleoriff — Fri, 06 Mar 2015 09:00:31 GMT

@MI5 wrote:
Boooo

Booo indeed....annoying to say the very least. I lived in hope with this one... travelling as much as I do):smileysad:

Re: Data Roaming Charges to remain?

jonsie — Fri, 06 Mar 2015 09:02:47 GMT

If we didn't pay the high roaming charges networks would be recuperating the lost income by increasing the cost to consumers in the UK. It's disappointing to be honest as I spend half the year out of the UK and I use a foreign sim card combined with TuGo.

Re: Data Roaming Charges to remain?

Cleoriff — Fri, 06 Mar 2015 09:06:44 GMT

Problem is.....it's one thing that they are remaining....completely different that they may be adding surcharges

The proposals were said to be "transitional" and mindful of "wholesale costs" incurred by the mobile operators.

Re: Data Roaming Charges to remain?

jonsie — Fri, 06 Mar 2015 09:12:41 GMT

So a licence to print money then...

Re: Data Roaming Charges to remain?

Anonymous — Fri, 06 Mar 2015 09:39:18 GMT

The current proposals extend to 2018 and require operators to make small concessions.

Part of the reasoning behind this decision is that charges have been falling and the current wave of acquisitions in the EU telecoms sector shows no sign of abating.

Re: Data Roaming Charges to remain?

Cleoriff — Fri, 06 Mar 2015 09:47:28 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
The current proposals extend to 2018 and require operators to make small concessions.

Part of the reasoning behind this decision is that charges have been falling and the current wave of acquisitions in the EU telecoms sector shows no sign of abating.

You may well be right Nick.....but if Three can 'abolish' their charges (with limits) it's such a pity others can't step up to the mark....:smileysad:

Re: Data Roaming Charges to remain?

Bambino — Fri, 06 Mar 2015 09:51:18 GMT

@Cleoriff wrote:
@Anonymous wrote:
The current proposals extend to 2018 and require operators to make small concessions.

Part of the reasoning behind this decision is that charges have been falling and the current wave of acquisitions in the EU telecoms sector shows no sign of abating.
You may well be right Nick.....but if Three can 'abolish' their charges (with limits) it's such a pity others can't step up to the mark....:smileysad:

If the Three takeover of O2 gets approval and goes ahead, with any luck their 'Feel At Home' policy will also come along with the takeover and apply to all O2 customers as well.

Re: Data Roaming Charges to remain?

Cleoriff — Fri, 06 Mar 2015 09:53:36 GMT

I really hope so @Bambino I know I get annoyed because I travel a lot...but this seems such a 'smack in the face' when we hoped for so much more...

Re: Data Roaming Charges to remain?

Anonymous — Fri, 06 Mar 2015 11:55:59 GMT

@Cleoriff wrote:
Bad news for travellers to the EU
European regulators have dropped plans to ban roaming charges and have proposed net neutrality rules allowing privileged access in some cases.
According to documents seen by the BBC, far from ending data roaming charges as was promised, the European Commission has recommended that operators be allowed to add surcharges to their domestic rates

Heaven forbid the EU would actually want to save it's members money, or 'do the right thing', obviously a back-hander involved here, or too many MEP's with vested interests in telecomms.

Re: Data Roaming Charges to remain?

Cleoriff — Fri, 06 Mar 2015 11:59:20 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
@Cleoriff wrote:
Bad news for travellers to the EU
European regulators have dropped plans to ban roaming charges and have proposed net neutrality rules allowing privileged access in some cases.
According to documents seen by the BBC, far from ending data roaming charges as was promised, the European Commission has recommended that operators be allowed to add surcharges to their domestic rates

Heaven forbid the EU would actually want to save it's members money, or 'do the right thing', obviously a back-hander involved here, or too many MEP's with vested interests in telecomms.

Of course that is another angle Phill...... Never thought of it that way....