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Do politicians take a lot of money from business interests?
I didn't think they used a lot of expensive TV advertising for campaigns, so politicians wouldn't have to raise as much money as their US counterparts. |
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If someone asks on a UK forum which is the best SIM to use for calling 200 minutes and using a modest amount of data per month from 5 different EU countries, they might be a bit taken aback if one recommendation is Aldi from Germany. They've been promised free incoming calls by the end of the year, and using their bundle from home abroad at no extra cost in the fairly near future. Well, they thought they were. Reversing away from this position might take some explaining. There's an election here soon. If the local MP knocks on the door again maybe that's another question to ask him. |
"Do politicians take a lot of money from business interests?" I'm astonished to read these lines from America.
"There's an election here soon. If the local MP knocks on the door again maybe that's another question to ask him." Well, I've thought you wanted to leave the party altogether in the UK. As this is not an option for Germany and roaming will persist for the next years and decades all around us, I decided to take my personal revenge. Actually, this one guy is right. Some operators have come down with their rates. I decided, that it makes now sense to re-edit my recommendations for EU roaming data SIM cards. Some of them were initiated by members of this forum for which i'm really grateful. The survey turned out to be a guidebook how to beat the rules of the providers, who doesn't want us to use this or that SIM card. Furthermore, it has been graphically improved now. I hope you enjoy it. You may clear some typos or give more advice here or in the comments line of the Wiki. I'd appreciate your opinion, but remember, we focus on data on this WIKI which is the biggest ripoff on roaming right now. LINK: http://prepaid-data-sim-card.wikia.c...European_Union |
Most Europeans probably just roam, in limited sessions, rather than hunt down local SIMs?
Guess they haven't complained enough about roaming charges that the EU wants to make a more competitive single market. Certainly not as loudly as the operators who stood to lose the roaming charges revenues. |
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Yeah but their phone bills are paid for by the govt?
It's still not clear how much power the MEP wields? Do ambitious politicians run for the MEP or for the national parliament? Does the MEP pass binding laws or is it more advisory? OTOH, they passed this law last year and now the national govts. pretty much vetoed it? Seems like the national govts. could have given the MEP a clue that these fanciful ideas were never going to be implemented and they wouldn't have wasted the time. Instead, months afterwards, they come back and say, "no, we can't go with this, maybe we'll do it in 2018 (which you really shouldn't pin your hopes on either)." |
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Andrus Ansip, the former PM of Estonia who is now the EU commissioner for crafting a single digital market strategy, supports ending roaming charges as soon as possible.
However, this roaming charges issue seems to be tied to the debate about net neutrality. The European Parliament is for net neutrality while the Germans appears to be for prioritization of "special services." It doesn't sound like the EU bodies have much clout other than advisory roles on this issue. Sounds like ultimately, the member govts. will make the final decision. Quote:
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So they announced an agreement today to end roaming charges by June 2017. Who knows after all the previous false starts whether this will stick?
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So the timeline is for member states to ratify these new rules, including the net neutrality (with exceptions) rules, by December of this year: Quote:
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