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Re:Tell HN: Locked out of Gmail account even after right pas... by maxehmookau on Friday September 16, 2022 @04:53AM (#32863788)
> Ridiculously high roaming charges, for example, have been eliminated through regulation.

It should also be noted that as soon as that regulation no longer applied (Brexit), high roaming charges were immediately brought back in to effect.

EU-style regulation works.

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Re:Tell HN: Locked out of Gmail account even after right pas... by anotherhue on Friday September 16, 2022 @06:49AM (#32864435)
Also note it applied to roaming within the EU. You’re still in their clutches if you go further afield.

Rationale was that treating people from one EU country differently than from another was against the union. Imagine paying inter-state roaming in the US.

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Re:Tell HN: Locked out of Gmail account even after right pas... by maxehmookau on Friday September 16, 2022 @08:58AM (#32865491)
The new UK system makes no sense. My current mobile provider (O2) will offer me unlimited data usage in the USA but will charge several pounds a day extra to use my phone in France.

Companies will charge what they're allowed until either the market forces them to behave, or failing that, the government.

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Re:Tell HN: Locked out of Gmail account even after right pas... by MichaelZuo on Friday September 16, 2022 @10:42AM (#32866660)
O2 doesn't control the networks in France? You sure it's not the French telecom(s) setting the rates?
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