I believe I heard the other day that O2 have lowered/cancelled the charges incurred whilst roaming, and the 1st to do so.
Not quite. In typical rip off Britain way its only in Spain which is home to the new owners of O2 - Telefonica. It will be extended.....in due course
Spanish customers of telefonica (movistar) get the deal anywhere in Europe immediately.
How it works ---- you pay £5 a month extra and don't get charged for incoming calls - in Spain.
On my "Virgin" PAYG that would be 16 minutes of incoming calls a month, in Spain , every month.
Not really worth changing untill its avaliable all across Europe.
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Personallly I say stuff the lot of them and use Skype. Cut my mobile roaming bills by 70%. If only I could do something about my SMS usage, the profit on texts must be astronomical.