tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post8303578664168906674..comments2024-03-05T10:52:24.691+00:00Comments on Mark Wadsworth: No-one Move Or the Roaming Charges Get ItMark Wadsworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-69705909870526028752019-02-10T23:54:45.342+00:002019-02-10T23:54:45.342+00:00Matt,
Yes. Mostly. OK - there were a few nobs add...Matt,<br /><br />Yes. Mostly. OK - there were a few nobs added on. I got all my data instead of part of it, and I could use Orange as well as SFR (makes no difference), but the bulk of the roaming stuff was already there.Tim Almondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13369256383976094670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-20010540049299246212019-02-10T20:46:08.470+00:002019-02-10T20:46:08.470+00:00@ The Stigler
So it's fixed by commercial agr...@ The Stigler<br /><br />So it's fixed by commercial agreements <b>not</b> by government intervention?Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08141297358269863170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-64823909516837130272019-02-10T16:26:53.127+00:002019-02-10T16:26:53.127+00:00Matt,
True, but that works both ways. I use my Vo...Matt,<br /><br />True, but that works both ways. I use my Vodafone phone in France and some chap from Paris uses his SFR phone in London. So the cost is nil between the parties.<br /><br />It's why Voda and SFR had that sort of deal before the EU regulations.Tim Almondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13369256383976094670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-4934522520199398402019-02-10T15:55:10.778+00:002019-02-10T15:55:10.778+00:00For roaming you are effectively paying the other p...For roaming you are effectively paying the other party (telco) for the call. Since they would be in Europe, the UK government can't legislate on the costs.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08141297358269863170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-68651254489975425902019-02-09T21:26:34.000+00:002019-02-09T21:26:34.000+00:00Just buy a local SIM with some mobile data, usuall...Just buy a local SIM with some mobile data, usually about a fiver, and put it in an old phone, then use Skype or WhatsApp.Physiocrathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13682019625346594568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-36540852572457009412019-02-08T14:40:54.188+00:002019-02-08T14:40:54.188+00:00There is nothing to stop the government imposing i...There is nothing to stop the government imposing identical legislation to the EU in this area is there Graemehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11007306140530173428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-11262532065363092982019-02-08T14:39:38.494+00:002019-02-08T14:39:38.494+00:00It is interesting that people fixate on roaming ch...It is interesting that people fixate on roaming charges rather than the whole pricing package. According to wiki it seems that in Norway the monthly rentals increased when they dropped European roaming charges .. Graemehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11007306140530173428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-84317330479970015022019-02-08T12:41:55.766+00:002019-02-08T12:41:55.766+00:00Yes, I use 3 and I pay the same price for calls/te...Yes, I use 3 and I pay the same price for calls/texts/data in the UK as in Hong Kong, Australia and New Zealand, as well as other non-EU countries I don't visit. This started before the EU had even announced its plans to cap roaming charges within the EU.<br /><br />Using my UK phone in Hong Kong has been cheaper than getting a local SIM in Hong Kong for some years, but data in Australia is cheaper due to psychological pricing - in the UK I pay £10 for 1 GB while in Australia I pay $10 for 1 GB, as $20 would seem too expensive (of course some people pay less per GB because they use a lot more, but I imagine there are some fixed costs). This indicates that despite the reduced prices the companies are still making large profits.<br /><br /><i>Jeremy Wright, said that if there was no deal there would be nothing the government could do to prevent companies from imposing roaming charges, </i><br /><br />Err, why not? Curtishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10289346865017922952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-36386838504149474452019-02-08T09:33:36.943+00:002019-02-08T09:33:36.943+00:00Luckily it is a lot easier and cheaper now to get ...Luckily it is a lot easier and cheaper now to get a throw away SIM if your carrier wants to whack you with crazy charges. I do this in South Africa. Don't even need to worry about texts as there's WhatsApp which stays the same number unless you explicitly change it.<br /><br />I imagine that it's simply not worth their while to collect rentier roaming charges now that these would be such a tiny proportion of revenue, and would probably be more than offset by customer defections.<br /><br />That said, the EU is very good at smashing mobile operator monopolies. Look at the US, where people pay approximately double, because they don't force monopoly spectrum holders to sell to virtual networks at cost plus a normal profit margin.mombershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09650866436764567516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-59836245183216353772019-02-07T20:20:39.704+00:002019-02-07T20:20:39.704+00:00Correct, there is some supra-national agreement th...Correct, there is some supra-national agreement that mobile phone companies can't take the piss (which might have just been bowing to the technologically inevitable), but seeing as it applies in non-EEA, non-EU countries like Switzerland, let's assume our UK govt decides that it still applies to people with a UK contract.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-64298654695662023972019-02-07T18:08:59.526+00:002019-02-07T18:08:59.526+00:00Its all bollocks obviously.Its all bollocks obviously.Shineyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13281261419328886986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-14936653969489722112019-02-07T16:52:47.122+00:002019-02-07T16:52:47.122+00:00The whole EU roaming charge thing was just more EU...The whole EU roaming charge thing was just more EU marketing to keep their racket going. <br />Agree with all you say and have done most of that myself.Lolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04586735342675041312noreply@blogger.com