Pickles Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 According to the BBC,http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-33325031an agreement has been reached to abolish data roaming charges within the EU by June 2017. From April next year, the limits on the additional charges for roaming (over and above those that you would be charged in your home country) will be restricted to:€0.05 (3.5p) extra per minute for calls€0.02 extra per SMS sent €0.05 extra per megabyte of data usedOf course, if the UK leaves the EU then those of us who are UK-resident won't get the benefit ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre ZFP Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Yeah but weren't we supposed to have that by July this year?I'll believe it when I see it happen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillan Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Knowing the UK always 'follows the rule and France doesn't' I wonder if SFR (or the other French providors) will be applying the Euro equivalent for these charges when I next pop down to Spain? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickles Posted June 30, 2015 Author Share Posted June 30, 2015 [quote user="Pierre ZFP"]Yeah but weren't we supposed to have that by July this year?[/quote]That was scuppered by the individual governments rather than the EU: see:http://services.completefrance.com/forums/completefrance/cs/forums/3227531/ShowPost.aspx[quote user="Pierre ZFP"]I'll believe it when I see it happen[/quote]It can still be scuppered when it is passed to the individual member states for approval, as happened last time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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