EU roaming charges to be scrapped 15/12/2015

[adamtemp64]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26866966

[jonsie]

Good news as long as the EU governments approve, just a shame we have to wait until the end of next year.

...........now how about Thailand/worldwide

I'm afraid the cynic in me says that the network operators will recoup revenue by other means

[adamtemp64]

This will if approved stop the issues in northern Ireland close to the eire border

[jonsie]

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@adamtemp64 wrote:

This will if approved stop the issues in northern Ireland close to the eire border

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Good point Adam:smileyhappy:

[Bambino]

There isn't any real reason why it should take a year and a half to implement this, other than the greed of the networks.

[Anonymous]

As Jonsie says I feel they will make up for it in other ways like they already are doing by increasing a lot of call charges to certain numbers

[Anonymous]

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@jonsie wrote:

Good news as long as the EU governments approve, just a shame we have to wait until the end of next year.

...........now how about Thailand/worldwide

I'm afraid the cynic in me says that the network operators will recoup revenue by other means

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Agreed. I think we're going to see things going up across the board on the back of this. If it's the choice of free roaming or cheaper day to day I know which I'd choose.

[Anonymous]

Me too but I doubt we will get the choice

[Anonymous]

Personally I would be concerned. I feel monthly prices may rise regardless of whether people travel abroad.

Presumably if costs have to be the same then inclusive minutes and data would also be used when in Europe

[Anonymous]

Yes I guess so which means O2 will have to claw back that money from somewhere 😞