Nothing like the glory days of the past - Roaming charges are back
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No, because when you get back to the U.K. it resets the counter, so to speak. Read the T&C's that I posted.
Then it’s not a problem, your firm should supply you with a phone for use in the EU. Okay, again, does anyone on here spend an unbroken period of two months in the EU for work purposes?
My partner is with one of those piggyback providers, giffgaff I think. She was going to Canada and wanted to check if her phone would work over there (just work, not be free) and they said yes via email. She got there and it didn't work, no signal at all, couldn't receive or make calls/SMS. No helpline to call, they didn't reply to emails, nothing for the 2 weeks she was there. Wasn't a problem at first until her bank blocked her all her cards after the first week because fraud squad couldn't reach her on the phone. Then she had no money, no phone, fraud squad won't unblock the card over email, and her AirBnB had no phone.
So that's the price of piggyback providers with reduced/fully-automated/<insert marketing term for near non-existent to save money> customer service. Prime example of paying for it indirectly, you save some money at the expense of service when you need it most. And that's the thing with customer service, you don't need it until you do. She changed providers when she got back but what use is that when your holiday became a week of trying to find a phone before you run out of cash.
But reading your responses tells me that you're not willing to accept that others may have problems and brexit has made a lot of things worse for a lot of people. Just because it's minor for you, it's might not be for others. I don't think I know a single person that actually has a tangible benefit resulting from brexit other than an ideological belief that's immaterial. One thing that's undisputable is that for better or worse, things have changed. Everything just has more red tape (like having to port numbers more often) and the supermarket shelves a little less full.
due to brexit
brexit supporters were told to vote to get back their freedom...turns out, it was the opposite
Nothing whataboutery about it at all its basic go over your contract allowance and you pay.
I see you still dont want to reply on the equal pay thread ,
thank you for admitting you are wrong.
oh stop grizzling its not a good look
If we are in a mess its because of you. Notch7 iscariot. The Brexit voter that blames every brexit voter but himself.
Not wrong on both accounts and obviously you have come up with something on google hence why you have shut your jibber jabbering mouth for a changethank you for admitting you are wrong.
oh stop grizzling its not a good look
Looking at the giff gaff site, it clearly says you have to top up with airtime credit to use it in Canada. You don’t mention that she did that so perhaps that was her problem?
What are you talking about? Since leaving the EU, it’s never been easier to port numbers. You can get a PAC code immediately by text without having to speak to the retention department and the number change goes through the next working day. I suggest you're just a bitter remainer just spouting crap.
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Not until you've been back in UK for a month.
So are you saying that the international credit card companies were as bad, if not worse, than the U.K. based mobile provider? Better tell us who they were too so that we can avoid them when going abroad. Either way, still got f#ck all to do with EU roaming so you might be best to start a separate thread on that. Perhaps you could title it something like 'Don't go out of Europe and expect your mobile and credit cards to work unless you make correct preparations beforehand as per the mobile and credit card operators requirements'.
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