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May 2, 2017 | 5:00 pm

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Originally Posted by SBR249

If these occasional uses are of short durations, you may be adequately served by looking at international roaming packages from providers in your home country. Many of those I've come across charges on a per-day basis and only if you use it.

In the US, for instance, T-mobile One plan includes free data roaming to 140+ countries including India, Egypt, Australia, Czech Republic, and Thailand (those are what I checked). Intra-EU speaking, all roaming fees by EU providers should be abolished starting this June.

Just watch out after BREXIT when the UK won't technically be bound by these rules. We may very well keep the roaming charges ban but I wouldn't put it past the carriers to do something sneaky if it isn't still required by law.

Last edited by Jimmie76; May 2, 2017 at 5:18 pm

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