EU may end all roaming charges

[andy]

From the BBC article:

But, according to Ovum analyst Matthew Howett, they would amount to the
continuation of data roaming charges until at least 2018, when European
lawmakers would reconsider whether or not to ban them.

The watering down of the original plan would be a blow to consumers, he told the
BBC. However, he said, that was tempered by the fact that many operators had
already introduced more reasonable charges.

That doesn't temper it much, does it?

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.