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What prevents these from simulating a non-"home" network?

• kalleboo 3y ago
  You could by suddenly roaming when you're in your home country is a massive red flag and even normal people are aware and terrified of roaming fees.
  • dataflow 3y ago
    Are you sure your information isn't outdated by a decade or two? Providers have free roaming data nowadays, e.g. https://www.t-mobile.com/support/coverage/domestic-roaming-data https://www.t-mobile.com/support/coverage/domestic-roaming-d...
    • betaby 3y ago
      ...and that also locked to a certain auth profiles in Canada.
    • kalleboo 3y ago
      Most of the world isn't the U.S. E.g. in the UK operators recently rescinded free roaming in the EU.
      • dataflow 3y ago
        The EU? Weren't we talking about the US and Canada in [1]? [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35953970 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35953970
        • kalleboo 3y ago
          The decommission of 2G/3G and removal of downgrades applies pretty much everywhere these days (my operator doesn't even allow 3G downgrades on their 5G plans), I read it as just an example rather than starting a very specific conversation.