MSE News: Revealed: It costs more to call and text at home than it does from Europe

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It costs more to make calls and send texts while in the UK than it does when travelling in Europe, MSE has found...
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Revealed: It costs more to call and text at home than it does from Europe

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She is so tight that she comes to my place to do her downloads over my Wi-Fi, because she has a limited broadband at home, and Starbucks is too slow.
PAY? She does everything over Skype, which is on the handset anyway. This makes it vital to have free Wi-Fi in the hotel room when travelling. If you have to pay for Wi-Fi, change the hotel.
By the way, Holiday Inn only pretends to charge you for Wi-Fi. What they really want is to force you to register for their IHG Rewards program, and then you get the Wi-Fi key code for free.
You are free to call her mobile number, which is free for her, but not for you!
If you're concerned about privacy, then you shouldn't be staying in hotels anyway. You can always register in a fake name.
It would certainly seem the case that mobile phone operators, while complying with the EU rules on roaming, are keeping "home" calls more expensive.
considering the general price of mobiles hasn't actually gone up much (not even the iphone has actually risen).
the costs of mobile phone contracts and buying a phone on your contract have been going up and up.
then we've had mid term price hikes.
which when the regulator clarified the rules the majority of networks just changed their terms and conditions to get around them. not adhere to the original rules.
and now this.
i think its time government intervention was called for.
Wishful thinking. Wont happen UNLESS you are a big Tory /Lib Dem cash paying supporter.
I don't think this melodramatic headline will represent many actual cases.
Bundles are fairly cheap and now have so many minutes in them that the majority of people with significant amounts of use will have chosen a bundle larger than they expect to need.
Low users who rely on simple pay as you go without bundles can find call rates from 3 pence a minute, or under a penny a minute using callback, or quarter of a penny a minute using wifi.
Quite a shocking difference. :eek:
True.
So why don't we get refunds for what we don't use?