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Williamn

2:01 AM on 1 December, 2008

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Why does the EC have guts that our government doesn't seem to?

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darkspark88

2:31 AM on 1 December, 2008

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Or call through skype on your mobile with a web subscription/add-on. Much more cost effective.

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John McLean

10:01 AM on 1 December, 2008

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@darkspark88 - this is not to do with the cost of making calls from (say) a UK mobile on a UK network to an international number, which can be made cheaper with Skype, assuming you can get a suitable data bundle AND your network hasn't decided to block you from doing so. This article is about the cost of roaming data and SMS, e.g. using a UK mobile on a French network. The cost of roaming data and SMS has been absurdly high for a long time now, so this is very very good news.

At the current cost of several pounds per megabyte, I'd expect that anyone who uses Skype through their mobile while abroad right now is going to be hit with a stonking phone bill, MUCH higher than if they just called.

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Dylantherabbit

11:46 AM on 1 December, 2008

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I think the telcos are in for a shock...There revenues will go up big time with lower prices, at the moment its prohibitively expensive for data roaming/SMS so a lot of people don't use it. Now its not so expensive it should become increasingly popular. It may have a knock on effect for normal voice calls to..Remember them ;-)

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Gordon394

2:44 PM on 1 December, 2008

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@Dylantherabbit - voice calls were already capped about 2 years ago ;)

http://www.trustedreviews.com/networking/news/2006/07/13/Mobile-Roaming-Charges-Slashed-By-EC/p1

And more info here: http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/roaming/regulation/archives/current_rules/index_en.htm

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Dylantherabbit

8:04 PM on 1 December, 2008

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@Gordon.....Good point, but my point was that we sometimes forget what phones were originally all about! Nowadays everything is about this new internet thing and SMS.. I wonder if voice's share of mobile use is falling as internet and SMS become ever more popular.

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