EU to end roaming charges for mobile phones

[BlasterBates]

Prior to New Labour letting anyone and everyone into the UK we were paying, on average, £60K for a house*. That's no small amount.

Actually, you're right, approximately £5K is a mind bending rip off. Here's hoping we get a good deal.

*plus dropping interest rates to the floor.

Since the house prices were 60K the population has increased by 5 million, the contribution from the EU was 1 million. I'm not convinced that this extra million has made a great deal of difference to house prices.

[BrilloPad]

However it will not apply to the UK after Brexit as mobile operators will then be free to charge what they want.

Indeed. UK government will apply an entirely free market after BrExit. And bread will rise to £10 a loaf.

[darmstadt]

Thankfully we've got a better one now.

[The_Equalizer]

The UK government is entirely to blame.

Thankfully we've got a better one now.

[scooterscot]

So it's all the fault of those 'subcontinent types'?

The UK government is entirely to blame.

[The_Equalizer]

More people come to the UK from outside the EU than within by some significant margin.

So it's all the fault of those 'subcontinent types'?

[LondonManc]

More people come to the UK from outside the EU than within by some significant margin.

That's why he said anyone and everyone. Do log off and give your brain a break today, you're having a mare.

[scooterscot]

More people come to the UK from outside the EU than within by some significant margin.

[The_Equalizer]

Prior to intervention, I was paying around £400 per month just for voice roaming in Europe. £4,800 per year is no small amount.

Prior to New Labour letting anyone and everyone into the UK we were paying, on average, £60K for a house*. That's no small amount.

Actually, you're right, approximately £5K is a mind bending rip off. Here's hoping we get a good deal.

*plus dropping interest rates to the floor.

[Paddy]

And here was me thinking that mass youth unemployment in southern European states was important. Then again, it's fair to say Brexit won't fix that either.

Prior to intervention, I was paying around £400 per month just for voice roaming in Europe. £4,800 per year is no small amount.

[The_Equalizer]

However it will not apply to the UK after Brexit as mobile operators will then be free to charge what they want.

Under the agreement,a cap will be put on wholesale mobile data prices at EUR 7.75 per gigabyte as of June 15 and it has to decrease gradually in the next few years. The price will fall to EUR 6 in 2018, EUR 4.5 in 2019, EUR 3.5 in 2020, EUR 3 in 2021 and EUR 2.5 in 2022. Text messages will be charged EUR 0.01. A cap of EUR 0.032 per minute for calls will replace the current one of EUR 0.05 per minute.

And here was me thinking that mass youth unemployment in southern European states was important. Then again, it's fair to say Brexit won't fix that either.

[Paddy]

However it will not apply to the UK after Brexit as mobile operators will then be free to charge what they want.

Under the agreement,a cap will be put on wholesale mobile data prices at EUR 7.75 per gigabyte as of June 15 and it has to decrease gradually in the next few years. The price will fall to EUR 6 in 2018, EUR 4.5 in 2019, EUR 3.5 in 2020, EUR 3 in 2021 and EUR 2.5 in 2022. Text messages will be charged EUR 0.01. A cap of EUR 0.032 per minute for calls will replace the current one of EUR 0.05 per minute.