Eu Regulatory Issues

[snaimon]

Yes, I THOUGHT you were joking, but I certainly did not want to alienate you. Our grand US government has done enough lately to alienate the WORLD.....

Anyway, Malta rates....

Just does not make much sense other than it's a rip-off. Any German (Pole?) who can afford to go to Malta can afford high roaming rates on their native SIM.

For comparison sake....................

Vodafone POSTPAID rates to UK, France, Italy, Germany and Libya (landlines?)
are about .32 Lm (~1 Euro) / minute; prepaid rates are higher (.37 to .76 Lm) or 1 - 2 Euros.

GoMobile PREPAID rates are a bit lower..... .24 - .32 Lm to Germany (etc., landlines), .39 - .47 Lm to mobiles in Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK.

For both carriers I would say NOT CHEAP, but not OUT OF THIS WORLD either. Remember T-MO D1 from Germany to anywhere is 2 Euros / minute (also a rip-off, so let's use that as a "standard."

One would THINK there were mobile call thru options on Malta that would beat those rates.

Stan