Roam like at home: Roaming rules extended for 10 more years  - EU Reporter
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The EU's roam like at home policy ensures that Europeans can call, message and use mobile data anywhere in the EU at no extra cost, Society. In April 2022, the European Parliament and the Council adopted the extension of the roaming rules that allow EU consumers to continue to call and transfer data across EU […]
  • iByteABit [he/him]@lemm.ee
    29·
    11 months ago

    Some good news finally, free roaming is so nice to have, it eliminates one of the many things you have to take care of before traveling somewhere else in the EU.

    I can’t get enough of these EU measures for bringing us closer together, this is what the EU should be

  • bauhaus@lemmy.mlEnglish
    17·
    11 months ago

    what I’d like to know is, in 2023, why extra costs/charges for things like long-distance/international calling and roaming even exist anymore other than to gouge customers for the enrichment of greedy corporations?

  • Resurge@lemmy.ml
    12·
    11 months ago

    I wonder why this is still limited in time?
    Is this still in some kind of test phase or something?

  • Papamousse@beehaw.orgEnglish
    8·
    11 months ago

    As a Canadian, roam like home can be 15$/day just for the USA, it’s insane here ☹️

    • navi@lemmy.tespia.orgEnglish
      2·
      11 months ago

      I was pleasantly surprised Verizon had free roaming to Canada… With 500MB per day of data. Not a lot for heavy users like me.

      But don’t worry, you can pay $10 for 509 more megabytes!

      I swapped to GoogleFi the next week. True roaming for no extra fees (just selling your soul to Google). It is amazing in Europe right now though. Just go and don’t think about your phone.

  • pufferfischerpulver@feddit.de
    5·
    11 months ago

    It also ensures better roaming services for travellers. For example, consumers are entitled to the same mobile network quality and speed abroad as at home, where equivalent networks are available.

    Interesting. Does that mean up until now operators where able to offer worse access? For example prohibiting access to 4G and keeping roaming units on 2G networks?

    I have had some unpleasant experience in Germany where “local” units had access to faster networks than me and my partner.

    • BrikoXOPEnglish
      4·
      11 months ago

      This should have been in place already, this is just an extension.

    • Madis@lemm.ee
      3·
      11 months ago

      I wouldn’t even care about speed actually, the data caps should be more fair. Imagine getting 50GB at home and 16GB in EU…

    • stroep@feddit.nlEnglish
      2·
      11 months ago

      Germany was the first to come to mind for me too. Been there a couple of times and the network always feels slow. That saying, roaming never feels like “at home” speeds.

      • Nerorero@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        2·
        11 months ago

        Because 1 corruption politician in Germany was paid to support TV connections over more modern ones and effectively fucked us over in the long run