[Cherie]

Originally Posted by thesheriff443

It doesn’t stop the phone companies from being scum bags

they were obviously making plenty money anyway so yeah I agree, I turn my phone off when I am away so its not a huge deal for me, and as long as they don't charge for Whatapp I should be fine

[Mitchell]

Originally Posted by Cherie

they were obviously making plenty money anyway so yeah I agree, I turn my phone off when I am away so its not a huge deal for me, and as long as they don't charge for Whatapp I should be fine

WhatsApp uses data, if just text not as much, bit photos/videos/call/video calling seems to use a tonne

[Tom4784]

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[Oliver_W]

Airplane mode + hotel WiFi or hotspots + WhatsApp + other social media.

A charge for mugs.

[arista]

This is Not brexit

It is a Covid-19 charge
Poxy China.

[Ammi]

…it isn’t COVID related, Arista…it’s poxy Brexit related…the gift that keeps on taking…and especially from those who were struggling already…

Travellers from the UK had been able to escape roaming charges thanks to a ban on the fees throughout the European Union since 2017.

But the trade deal brokered between the bloc and the UK did not allow for Britons to keep this advantage.

[arista]

Originally Posted by Ammi

…it isn’t COVID related, Arista…it’s poxy Brexit related…the gift that keeps on taking…and especially from those who were struggling already…

Travellers from the UK had been able to escape roaming charges thanks to a ban on the fees throughout the European Union since 2017.

But the trade deal brokered between the bloc and the UK did not allow for Britons to keep this advantage.

Its Both
Covid and Brexit.


Covid shutting them down
loss of money input etc.

[Ammi]

…none of the many articles refer to COVID, Arista…the charge is purely Brexit related as stated…no roaming charges would be possible if the U.K. were still in the EU, which is why other European countries aren’t having them also…?…because they’re EU protected and we’re not…it’s not ‘both’ no matter how much you want it be and I’m not really in your mindset at all of COVID = China stuff….

[arista]

Originally Posted by Ammi

…none of the many articles refer to COVID, Arista…the charge is purely Brexit related as stated…no roaming charges would be possible if the U.K. were still in the EU, which is why other European countries aren’t having them also…?…because they’re EU protected and we’re not…it’s not ‘both’ no matter how much you want it be and I’m not really in your mindset at all of COVID = China stuff….

Covid has cost Vodafone
as they had to close stores
in lockdowns.
So that matters, this new £2 a day charge
will bring back some cash for them

[Smithy]

Originally Posted by arista

This is Not brexit

It is a Covid-19 charge
Poxy China.

Embarrassing

Read the article arista!

[Crimson Dynamo]

The ultimate first world problem

"however will we pay for our Soya latte and copy of the Guardian now"

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

The ultimate first world problem

"however will we pay for our Soya latte and copy of the Guardian now"

"Oh noes, I'll have to pay a few extra pennies in order to use my portable capitalist money wasting device!!!"

That's not first world problems, it's something like ... Minus-forty world problems.

[Ammi]

…huh…?…


…well actually it can cause a bit of an issue and expense for those spending much time in and out of Europe through work …and for low incomes especially, whose budgets don’t run to Soya Latte and daily copies of the Guardian…it’s an added expense to a European visit which was a struggle anyway…

[Swan]

The Phone Companies have flip flopped on this one. They said they wouldn't introduce roaming charges post Brexit, seems they have changed their minds. More about greed rather than Brexit so it seems.

Though in fairness this is a non problem for 99.9% of UK Citizens.

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Swan

The Phone Companies have flip flopped on this one. They said they wouldn't introduce roaming charges post Brexit, seems they have changed their minds. More about greed rather than Brexit so it seems.

Though in fairness this is a non problem for 99.9% of UK Citizens.

..it is about greed for sure but being in the EU ‘banned’ that greed in roaming charge restrictions…ultimately it’s Brexiting from the EU that’s the cause of it…they charge because they can and weren’t able to before….

[Swan]

Originally Posted by Ammi

..it is about greed for sure but being in the EU ‘banned’ that greed in roaming charge restrictions…ultimately it’s Brexit it from the EU that’s the cause of it…they charge because they can and weren’t able to before….

It's more about them lying, basically. I can see it backfiring tbh. If a couple of companies don't change and Vodafone etc start to lose custom they'll soon revert back.

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Swan

It's more about them lying, basically. I can see it backfiring tbh. If a couple of companies don't change and Vodafone etc start to lose custom they'll soon revert back.

… Brexit is built on lies, it has lies running through its heart and veins and led the way in lies… so it was inevitable that increased profit opportunities were going to live and breathe those lies as well….

[Livia]

Brexit responsible for greedy, opportunistic phone companies. And remainers say leavers are delusional.

[The Slim Reaper]

You were warned, but you knew what you were voting for.

Hilarious seeing folks try and shift the blame. If this was the only negative of brexit, then fair enough, but most of project fear has been proven true so far.

And it's ok to mock folks for a tiny expense when travelling abroad (because it's only guardian reading, soy-latte drinkers that go abroad ), but stack it on to food prices which will rise, empty shelves, the costs of dealing with postage etc, and suddenly those sunlit uplands are costing folks a lot of money.

[The Slim Reaper]

[Tom4784]

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[The Slim Reaper]

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by The Slim Reaper

I don't think it was mainly Tory voters who voted Brexit? the majority seemed to come from the North which were Labour Heartlands and why the Red Wall fell because Labour did not set out its stall with regard to Brexit under JC, he was clearly a leaver though

[The Slim Reaper]

Originally Posted by Cherie

I don't think it was mainly Tory voters who voted Brexit? the majority seemed to come from the North which were Labour Heartlands and why the Red Wall fell because Labour did not set out its stall with regard to Brexit under JC, he was clearly a leaver though

Tories 61-39 - Leave
Labour 65-35 Remain.
LD 68-32 - Remain
UKIP 95-5 Leave
Green - 80-20 remain



It also didn't happen in a vacuum; after decades of the most popular RW newspapers and media attacking the Eu over made up nonsense, such as bendy bananas and lies about fishing and farming, Cameron brought tory austerity to attack living standards and communities, especially in the north, then they were told things were sh1t, not because of the bankers in 08, or the tory ideology, but because of a polish plumber.

[Swan]

Originally Posted by The Slim Reaper

Good marketing/publicity stunt. They'll double their custom at least if that manages to do the rounds on twitter.