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Re:Europe mostly ends mobile roaming fees from today by nunobrito on Thursday June 15, 2017 @12:40PM (#14561967)
Yep. Still remember when I got charged 8 EUR just for being close to the border with the Czech Republic but still within our side of the border.

They made a lot of money with this roaming business.

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Re:Europe mostly ends mobile roaming fees from today by ptaipale on Friday June 16, 2017 @02:31AM (#14567038)
All GSM and later digital phones, starting with Nokia 2110 and its contemporaries, had an option to refuse roaming - just to avoid accidental phone bills like this.

(I think the 1st generation NMT network in Nordic countries also had the same, though I am not sure as I never owned one.)

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