Mobile roaming: EE prompts anger as it increases price by 150%
www.theguardian.com
Network’s EU roaming package has risen from £10 to £25 in the space of a few months
  • bstix@feddit.dkEnglish
    152·
    1 year ago

    I was wondering when someone would attempt that.

    The free roaming has worked well since Brexit only because nobody dared introduce it again.

      • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.worldEnglish
        52·
        1 year ago

        I don’t know about your country, but in mine, most if not all mobile data providers include free EU roaming if not in all plans then at least in some.

        • woelkchen@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          1 year ago

          I don’t know about your country, but in mine, most if not all mobile data providers include free EU roaming if not in all plans then at least in some.

          Well, it’s not about any country but the UK which left the EU. Free EU roaming is an EU legislation, so obviously the UK is no longer covered by it.

          • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.worldEnglish
            11·
            1 year ago

            Free EU roaming is an EU legislation, so obviously the UK is no longer covered by it.

            There’s actually a lot of EU laws that still apply to the UK, so if the UK government had wanted to be kind to its citizens, they definitely COULD have retained free roaming too.

        • TheInsane42@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          Then I’m curious in which EU country you’re living. As far as I know, only EU/EEA and 3 EFTA countries have free roaming in EU. According to Wikipedia that is.

          UK wanted out, completely out, so that what happened to UK provider, they are out and get charged. No wonder that customers now get charged as well. Nothing to do with Greed, just the result of leaving and the Anglo-Saxon economics, the user pays.

        • Liquid_Fire@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          Then you must not have read the linked article, which mentions three companies that have done just that.

          Roaming charges made an unwelcome reappearance for UK mobile users heading to mainland Europe after Brexit. EE, Three and Vodafone were all quick to reintroduce the daily or monthly charges to use their mobiles while in the EU – which typically add £2 a day.