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Roaming is the new normal? Citation needed.
by Arnt 8y ago
Roaming is the new normal? Citation needed.
- y0ghur7_xxx 8y agomaybe there is a * missing: Roaming is the new normal* *in Europe[1] [1]https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/consumers/internet-telecoms/mobile-roaming-costs/index_en.htm https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/consumers/internet-tel...
- fheld 8y agonote that Europe ≠ EU, for example in Switzerland we still have roaming when going to the EU
- raesene9 8y agoand it seems like that the UK will lose it's connection to this no roaming cost club, post brexit :(
- Fnoord 8y agoTrue, but if you're often in EU (that thing completely surrounding Switzerland) you can use one sim to roam in every EU country. So if you are from Luxembourg and regularly visit Belgium, Germany, and France you also get advantages. Much more than a German from Berlin who regularly visits Hamburg, Frankfurt, and Munich.
- imeron 8y agoI hate it when I forget that I am outside of the EU and get a 100$ roaming bill for net usage by just stepping out of the airport. Then I get the overuse alert from my telco and turn off roaming. EU citizens request the native support of "EU roaming" in the phone's OS!
- hunter2_ 8y agoYears ago, roaming data had unavoidable exorbitant fees in almost all cases. Over the past few years, most people who travel outside their home area can trivially obtain cheap data so long as they plan ahead and set the data plan appropriately. I don't have a citation but it's been my personal experience and that of the dozens of commenters in the linked issue.