Re: Two Questions

On 2024-12-04 20:22, Frank Slootweg wrote:

Carlos E.R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:

On 2024-12-04 19:54, Chris wrote:

Carlos E.R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:

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Notice that with a SIM bought in Spain, making a phone call in Italy is
an international call.

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Really? Is that typical?
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My UK SIM treats all EU calls as local when roaming. This was both before
and after brexit. My deal is £7 pm incl 20GB and unlimited calls/txts.

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I guess it depends on the plan. You have to ask to make certain.

    Nope. It's an EU regulation. You can only charge the same cost as an
in-country call and there's a maximum per minute cost. (There was a time
when for me a call inside another EU country or from such a country to
NL was *cheaper* than an in-NL call, because of that maximum per minute
cost.)
    But yes, *technically* it's "an international call" because you have
to prepend the country code of the destination, which you don't have to
do for an in-country call.
    So it's "an international call" and it needs roaming to work, but it's
not more expensive than an in-country call.

That's good to know. I heard grumbling from companies starting to or wanting to charge more and limit the amount of roaming.
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Cheers, Carlos.