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wolfbln · 03-04-2017, 07:51

This will be one of the new catches:
Many telcos here have actually raised rates for roaming outside of the new EU/EEA roaming area. The same is true to "foreign calls". These are IDD calls from the home country of the SIM abroad which remain unregulated under the new law even calling a EU county. Thus, it's going to be cheaper calling another EU country on a foreign roaming EU SIM card than from your home EU country on your home SIM. How ridiculous!

For you in overseas who are not so sure how "Europe" looks like (this includes Europeans often too), I've made a map some time ago for the Wiki:
http://prepaid-data-sim-card.wikia.c...?file=EU-0.png

You see that there are some boarder zones where green meets red. These are quite dangerous. What Switzerland is concerned, the CEO of Vodafone is right. Vodafone UK includes it to their EU zone. But he is the boss of a twentysomething countries with Vodafone networks. Vodafone Germany doesn't include Switzerland. They don't have to, as Switzerland is not part of the deal. Vodafone will be the clear winner of this regulation as they can rely on own resources in most countries. They shouldn't play games like this.

Here is another one: Serbia is bordering 4 EU countries. Within the EU they sell 1GB at €10, roaming in Serbia: "€1.18 per 50 kB" (Peter has linked the rate plan above. Serbia is in Zone 4 for data). If you do your math right, you'll end up with more than €25000 per GB. We still can't be so sure that bill shocks are over. That's why I said: Better look on a map before and for God's sake shut off automatic network selection in border areas.

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wolfbln (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Expert Posts: 206 Join Date: 14 Jul 2014 Country:	03-04-2017, 07:51 This will be one of the new catches: Many telcos here have actually raised rates for roaming outside of the new EU/EEA roaming area. The same is true to "foreign calls". These are IDD calls from the home country of the SIM abroad which remain unregulated under the new law even calling a EU county. Thus, it's going to be cheaper calling another EU country on a foreign roaming EU SIM card than from your home EU country on your home SIM. How ridiculous! For you in overseas who are not so sure how "Europe" looks like (this includes Europeans often too), I've made a map some time ago for the Wiki: http://prepaid-data-sim-card.wikia.c...?file=EU-0.png You see that there are some boarder zones where green meets red. These are quite dangerous. What Switzerland is concerned, the CEO of Vodafone is right. Vodafone UK includes it to their EU zone. But he is the boss of a twentysomething countries with Vodafone networks. Vodafone Germany doesn't include Switzerland. They don't have to, as Switzerland is not part of the deal. Vodafone will be the clear winner of this regulation as they can rely on own resources in most countries. They shouldn't play games like this. Here is another one: Serbia is bordering 4 EU countries. Within the EU they sell 1GB at €10, roaming in Serbia: "€1.18 per 50 kB" (Peter has linked the rate plan above. Serbia is in Zone 4 for data). If you do your math right, you'll end up with more than €25000 per GB. We still can't be so sure that bill shocks are over. That's why I said: Better look on a map before and for God's sake shut off automatic network selection in border areas. Last edited by wolfbln; 03-04-2017 at 08:01..