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Offline TonyKath

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Return of mobile roaming charges?
« on: Thursday, 07 February, 2019 @ 15:10:56 »
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The government has formally announced that UK nationals could face high roaming charges for using their mobile phones in the EU in the event of a no-deal Brexit, after the news was quietly disclosed a day earlier.

Answering an urgent question from Labour in parliament on Thursday, the culture secretary, Jeremy Wright, said that if there was no deal there would be nothing the government could do to prevent companies from imposing roaming charges, though voluntary agreements had been sought

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/feb/07/no-deal-brexit-could-revive-mobile-roaming-fees-minister-confirms

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Offline expat

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Re: Return of mobile roaming charges?
« Reply #1 on: Thursday, 07 February, 2019 @ 16:01:54 »
That is great news, it may mean that i can enjoy a beer or glass of wine without having to listen to someone's conversation telling their friends what they have had for breakfast, or some other mind numbing conversation, let us enjoy the wine, the scenery and peace, i shall wear my, dump the phone tee shirt. :yiamas: