Re:Europe mostly ends mobile roaming fees from today
by rahimnathwani on Thursday June 15, 2017 @09:42AM
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Do you consider the cost of an unauthorised overdraft when opening a bank account? Do you consider the late payment fee when taking out a loan? Do you consider the cost of foreign transactions when choosing a credit card? Do you consider the cost of ink cartridges when buying a printer?
Maybe you do, but most people don't. People aren't price sensitive to every element equally. I recall the first time I used roaming. I was in Heidelberg, Germany, using a UK-issued SIM. The cost per minute for me to make a call to a local number was over 1 USD per minute, billed in minute increments (i.e. a 10 second call would be billed as a minute).
If I had known that before I left, would that have been enough for me to research other carriers' roaming costs and switch? Probably not.
Maybe you do, but most people don't. People aren't price sensitive to every element equally. I recall the first time I used roaming. I was in Heidelberg, Germany, using a UK-issued SIM. The cost per minute for me to make a call to a local number was over 1 USD per minute, billed in minute increments (i.e. a 10 second call would be billed as a minute).
If I had known that before I left, would that have been enough for me to research other carriers' roaming costs and switch? Probably not.