Free Roaming In Whole Ireland

andy · 27-03-2006, 01:37

and what did I miss a few days ago?

3 is at it as well

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/16/three_roaming/

edit - I'm not the only one that missed it - that link is the second one - this was the first there
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/14/ro...es_further_cut/

Quote:

Three cheers for 3. Well, kinda. Earlier this week the boss of 3 in Ireland scrapped roaming charges for its punters while they're out and about in Britain or Northern Ireland.

3 Ireland MD Robert Finnegan told ElectricNews.Net that the decision to shelve roaming charges was based on customer feedback.

"We looked at trends of our customers, many of whom travel to Britain regularly. Roaming charges are unfair, so we decided to tackle the issue by eliminating them," he said.

ha ha - "based on customer feedback" - nothing to do with copying the opposition then

"Roaming charges are unfair" - Well I suppose he can always find a new job.

... but ... ""3 UK cannot do the same offer at this time as the cost for 3 UK to provide international roaming to its customers whilst in Ireland is higher," explained a 3 UK spokesman. "