Free mobile phone roaming 'not guaranteed' with a no-deal Brexit
Britons visiting the EU could be hit with mobile phone roaming charges in the event of a no-deal Brexit.
Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab said the government would try to force firms to limit charges but he could not give a "cast iron guarantee" on the issue. The EU directive which capped the prices mobile phone operators could charge each other will no longer apply to the UK after Brexit.
Mr Raab said that two mobile operators had agreed to keep free data roaming. And the government is proposing to cap any data charges at £45 a month.
In an interview with BBC Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg, the Brexit secretary said the government was trying to give the "reassurance that consumers need" on the issue of mobile phone roaming charges but admitted that European operators could pass on charges. He said: "No, I can't give a cast-iron guarantee. What I can say is that the government would legislate to limit the ability of roaming charges to be imposed on customers."
(Score: 2) by zocalo on Friday September 14 2018, @12:40PM
Of course, even if the majority of parliament is currently opposed to the current options for Brexit and they're just going through the motions to deliver what the population already regrets voting for, they've also effectively painted themselves into a corner with the whole "will of the people" schtick - the only realistic way out seems to be to cave in on the second referendum, which would almost certainly mean Theresa May standing down as well with all that entails, so hardly ideal. Of course, given that the Brexiteers never actually defined what Brexit might be during the campaign or since (have deliberately prevaricated in order to attract more votes from mutually incompatible hard- and soft- Brexit positions, even), Brexit can pretty much mean whatever the government says it means at this point. Right now that's currently the Chequers plan which, as an aside, even as a Remain voter I feel is a betrayal of most of the things that many Leave voters actually thought they were voting for - I actually can't think of a single "promise" made by the Leave campaign that is even close to being delivered by it. What's that going to be come October/November when negotiations are due to conclude - and the implications for second referendums, Theresa May's tenure in Downing Street, and a whole bunch of other issues - remains to be seen, but whatever happens it's sure to be an interesting train wreck to watch.
UNIX? They're not even circumcised! Savages!