Re:Migrating Russian eagles run up data roaming charges
by peremen on Saturday October 26, 2019 @09:04AM
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As far as I know this kind of additional charge for dialing within the same country exists in some countries, but this should be not confused with "roaming charge" for intra-country roaming.
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Re:Migrating Russian eagles run up data roaming charges
by 7952 on Saturday October 26, 2019 @10:43AM
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But if your SIM is away from the home network it is always roaming. The data will be sent back to the home country. So sending an SMS to a local number is like sending an SMS to a foreign number.
Re:Migrating Russian eagles run up data roaming charges
by gambiting on Saturday October 26, 2019 @12:42PM
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Yeah, except that somehow I found that it doesn't always work this way. I live in the UK, and when I call my mum in Poland using a British sim card, I have to pay extra for making a foreign call. But when she's over here, I can call her for free(using my domestic minutes allowance), even though I'm still dialing a +48 number, the telecom knows that the call is being routed internally and no extra charges are applied. Yes, I was surprised at that too.