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EU targets mobile roaming rates again

article published on 1 July, 2011

European Commission to present plans for further reductions in mobile roaming tariffs in EU next week. The EC has set a goal through its digital agenda to almost completely eliminate the difference between national and roaming tariffs by 2015. It will present a proposal to realize that goal on Wednesday, a spokeswoman for the European Commission said. The Commission introduced caps ... [ read the full article ]

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LordRuss
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_ 		2. July 2011 @ 12:51 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Of course their robbing them of revenue... It called bilking the public. These companies are probably not taxing in accordance and making money hand over fist like the oil companies so the European government is shutting them down (in a manner of speaking).

Or... the European politicians are just as tired of paying bloated cell phone bills they can't read either. So they figure the phone companies are making "crazy" money from nothing (which I guess there's some kind of law against?) & feel it's their duty to stop it.

Pure speculation at the moment, but for now a small win for the folks across the pond.
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Interestx
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_ 		2. July 2011 @ 22:04 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Those companies simply have had the public over a barrel for too long and, left to themselves, refused to do the right thing, despite years of repeated warnings and requests that they change their ways.

So now the EU (ie the European national Govs acting collectively) have forced them to move.
The 1st time they were pushed a little and told in no uncertain terms what would happen if they did not do the right thing themselves.
What do you know?
They did nothing, choosing to rake out the max cash from Joe Public until the 59th minute of the 11th hour.
So now the EU has acted again.

F**k 'em.
They were warned repeatedly and they chose not to act of their own accord.

It's not like there is any serious credible reason why people should be charged extortionate amounts using a modern digital continental cellular network anyway.

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iKronic
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_ 		9. July 2011 @ 05:18 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I pay 36 cents per/min to make a call / and 12 cents to send a text to people on other carriers in my own country.

Tell me thats not ridiculous.

Country: Bulgaria (Joined EU in 2007)
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LordRuss
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_ 		9. July 2011 @ 13:32 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by iKronic:
 I pay 36 cents per/min to make a call / and 12 cents to send a text to people on other carriers in my own country.

Tell me thats not ridiculous.

Country: Bulgaria (Joined EU in 2007)
That's not ridiculous... it extortionist beyond reproach!!! I could rant for pages about how they are gouging you & your fellow country folk, but then I would be flamed for being the wordy be-yotch that I am...
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Interestx
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_ 		9. July 2011 @ 13:35 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
iKronic

Hopefully this is a gradual process, first they'll nail the b@stards on international call pricing and at some point (soon) move on to tackle domestic over-charging.
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iKronic
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_ 		10. July 2011 @ 00:51 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
my yellow country folk??.. pick up an atlas russ.. or better yet wiki it..

thx interestx :)


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