Roaming Charges

[Paddy]

Text message from Giffgaff today saying roaming charges will apply in the EU after 31st Jan 2020

Spoke to Vodafone before Christmas and their answer was "we may well apply roaming charges in the EU after January"

No doubt the Brexiters will be moaning when they go to Benidorm.

[BrilloPad]

I think you have been told wrongly.

Mobile roaming: What will happen to charges after Brexit? - BBC News

[Paddy]

I think you have been told wrongly.

Mobile roaming: What will happen to charges after Brexit? - BBC News

That was back in September 2019...

[BrilloPad]

That was back in September 2019...

Sure. But assuming the UK leaves with some sort of deal on 31st January there will be no roaming charges?

If there really will be roaming charges I think you should call the Wail! How much would they pay for a scoop like that?

[Paddy]

Sure. But assuming the UK leaves with some sort of deal on 31st January there will be no roaming charges?

If there really will be roaming charges I think you should call the Wail! How much would they pay for a scoop like that?

£4.85?

[eek]

Sure. But assuming the UK leaves with some sort of deal on 31st January there will be no roaming charges?

If there really will be roaming charges I think you should call the Wail! How much would they pay for a scoop like that?

While there will no longer be a legal requirement for there to be no roaming charges within the EU I'm sure a lot of companies will continue to offer it for their more important customers.

Heck Vodafone give me free roaming in Barbados and Turkey as I intentionally have one of their more expensive deals.

[minestrone]

I have 2 numbers with giffgaff and have not yet received this text message,

and if the price of getting roma beggers off the streets is a 2p surcharge on an SMS, well...

[Paddy]

I have 2 numbers with giffgaff and have not yet received this text message,

and if the price of getting roma beggers off the streets is a 2p surcharge on an SMS, well...

It's a problem on council estates so I am told.

[minestrone]

It's a problem on council estates so I am told.

People on council estates have a problem with me having 2 giffgaff numbers?

[DimPrawn]

Most people I know holiday in the luxury Indian Ocean resorts, high end Caribbean islands, USA, Dubai and Australasia, I'm sure they will be horrified to know sending a SMS from some scummy European dump will cost and extra 1p...