EE to reintroduce Roaming Europe Charges

Yup, the pesky EU wanted to stop it’s citizens from being ripped off when they crossed a boarder by their mobile phone provider. It’s been a thing for quite awhile, you must have just missed it.

It’s more of an issue for those on the continent seeing as you can move quickly and easily between countries.
 
b0rn2sk8 said:
Yup, the pesky EU wanted to stop it’s citizens from being ripped off when they crossed a boarder by their mobile phone provider. It’s been a thing for quite awhile, you must have just missed it.

It’s more of an issue for those on the continent seeing as you can move quickly and easily between countries.
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And you could be sitting in a hotel close to a border completely unaware the cell tower you’re connected to is in another country while you’re watching some YouTube videos or your kid is watching….pewdepie I think he is, on Twitch costing you hundreds of Euros.
 
Yup that as well. I’m sure in some parts of the EU it’s not that different to Ireland/N. Ireland where people literally live on the broader these days.
 
b0rn2sk8 said:
Yup that as well. I’m sure in some parts of the EU it’s not that different to Ireland/N. Ireland where people literally live on the broader these days.
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I'm sure 1 or more networks will advertise they wont charge to roam to get users


So is this a changer of T&C's and a get out clause ?

Vodafone UK said, “We have no current plans to change our approach to roaming in the EU.” Likewise, a spokesperson for O2, said, “I can confirm we have no plans to reintroduce roaming charges.” However, O2 did yesterday unveil a stricter fair usage cap on EU data roaming, but that largely just brought them more into line with other operators

large pinch of salt needed
 
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Glad I'm not an EE customer. If I were, I'd be moving network.

The only way to show a company is to take your custom elsewhere.
 
Yup, I’ll be moving when it’s time to renew.

It’s a really opportunistic move as well doing it in the middle of a pandemic when there is little foreign travel as people will value the perks they are losing less.
 
b0rn2sk8 said:
Yup, I’ll be moving when it’s time to renew.

It’s a really opportunistic move as well doing it in the middle of a pandemic when there is little foreign travel as people will value the perks they are losing less.
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Can they change their terms like that mid-contract? Surely you should be able to leave their contract if they change the terms of it.
 
Bug One said:
Can they change their terms like that mid-contract? Surely you should be able to leave their contract if they change the terms of it.
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It’s for new customer and upgrades only, that’s how they can get away with it. I’m mid contract so just rolling my current plan forward isn’t an option because I’ll be massively paying over the odds for it after the contract formally ends. It will be PAC code time as soon as the contract is in its last month, that said I may have moved it anyway as I am likely to stick with the phone I have and moving to a rolling contract direct with the network is never value for money.
 
Pigeon_Killer said:
I remember paying roaming charges not more than 5 years ago while we were still in the EU, wasn't aware it stopped :D
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It didn’t, but prices were supposed to be capped and roamers where meant be able to use local data breakout (data traffic is directed via the roaming network instead of being routed via home network). Don’t think any of the continent’s mobi”e networks ever implemented local breakout.
 
or - they just introduce cheaper no roaming contracts for those who don't want to subsidise roamers ?
which was always the proposal, irrespective of brexit.
 
I doubt Three will go down that route, they offered ‘free’ roaming before those EU rules came in. It also goes a lot further than the EU rules by including the USA, Canada etc.
 
I recently got into a contract with EE. They obviously can't change existing contracts (without giving me the ability to cancel), so fine for now, but come renewal time will be moving back to Three which is what I had due to their free roaming stance (in EU and a lot of 3rd countries).

I normally travel a few times a year, and whilst I am able to claim phone expenses, it's just a pain; so use free roaming instead.
 
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