Will do. Later - it's a faff (omissions etc).
Nothing like the glory days of the past - Roaming charges are back
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Nosey should switch to Asda mobile through Uswitch. Same network with unlimited calls, texts and data plus EU roaming.
do people still use those sex lines?
Does that definition cover the usage you were charged extra for?
Gassy seems to be suggesting your usage was something different. I don't know why he thinks that.
How’s this going? Hands up all those that have paid for roaming in the EU?
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Me. Not for everyday there, but an additional charge.
Oh, a reply from someone on my ignore list. I bet they’ve paid through the nose. Of course they have…Yawn.
If you're on EE, Vodafone, or Three then you pay for roaming if you don't have one of their plans with roaming included, which costs more per month, so is it still "free" roaming? I found that out the hard way that "Zone A" for Vodafone isn't EU but Ireland, Isle of Man, Norway, and Iceland only. Cost me £2.25 a day. Doesn't break the bank but it was £20 I'd rather have in my pocket. Provider switch and reading of small print needed next time.
It's also not a coincidence that inflation in the UK is higher than virtually all of the EU and US. Considering the inflation beating mid-contract price hikes in April of broadband and mobile contracts, by 14% for me iirc, while it's not roaming charges specifically, you're paying for pointless Brexit elsewhere.
All hands up!
Now I switch off mobile data on a day-to-day basis. I just switch it on for sat nav, and occasional messaging via whatsapp, internet access, etc. Otherwise all my data up and down load is with wifi.
It's not the call charges that stings, it's the data charges. Sometimes, if you leave data roaming on inadvertently, you don't know it's gobbling up your credit.
I've gone from maybe £10 every two months or so, pre Brexit, to sometimes £30 or more a month.
Sure I could use a goody bag, which I do when I foresee the need, but sometimes it's just not possible to foresee the need.
Other times it's hardly worth going for a local SIM. I now need two phones, one for UK and the other for local SIM cards as and when.
And personal hotspotting is now to be avoided at all costs, well not at all costs. But certainly at reasonable costs.
If you're out of UK for about a month the roaming charges kick in and they're not excluded until you're back in UK for a month.
Yep. Try any of these - at least one of them will be piggybacking on your network of choice if you don’t fancy paying a couple of quid a day for data on your thousand pound holiday.
you asked who paid roaming charges, not "who doesn't care about a couple quid here and there for roaming charges after spending 1000 on a holiday".
Like I said, it doesn't break the bank but it's £20 I wouldn't have had to pay before and would have rather kept.
I paid.
Something else to think about, that didn't have to be thought about before.
Could mount up to a hefty chunk, for a family whose kids were gobbling up data.
But of course, "I'm all right, Jack"
Could mount up to a hefty chunk, for a family whose kids were gobbling up data.
But of course, "I'm all right, Jack"
but couldnt provide proof
that old chestnut is it, "I wasn't there so it didn't happen" argument?
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