Europe to put an end to outlandish roaming charges

2. deacz posted on 30 Mar 2012, 07:33 2

tourist cant or have the time to "shop" around, and its stupid that they get ripped off. This is a great move forward.

3. dawolf posted on 30 Mar 2012, 08:34 0

hear hear

4. Beholder88 posted on 30 Mar 2012, 09:12 0

I'm glad to see this happening. I work for a carrier here in the states, and you can hear the frustration over the phone when you tell a customer whose going on vacation what the possible charges could be. It's honestly a ripoff. over $20 per MB? Really?

5. exotica6279 posted on 30 Mar 2012, 10:00 0

I always advised customer how to turn their data off on the phone directly and advised them to use wifi. My guess that Verizon, AT&T, Sprint, & T-mobile wont be effected by this change. If this happens it would be like the health Care bill to congress is to them. You'll see lobbyist working there ways into court to appeal "stating that it unconstitutional." I hope the States adopt this venture it would be very interesting to me to see how things go. The real question of the matter is will the UK bill pass. Politics are very complicated they might actually fight them on this because it effects their profits.

7. johnny9000 posted on 30 Mar 2012, 10:20 1

Every US carrier charges incredible roaming rates, especially for data, but it's just as bad for voice in "less traveled" countries, and even with a international voice plan those country rates don't drop much (if at all). And then there is cruise ship roaming. There are no voice plans for cruise ships, you just pay out the butt if you make or receive calls while on one. The only advantage AT&T has over Verizon is that its cell phones work in a lot more countries than Verizon, but with those international rates I'm not sure I'd want my phone to work.