Balljy
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how do you explain the fact that you get no roaming crafted in many non EU countries?
The backstop forcing the companies to make your contract apply in EU countries has now gone and before that was done roaming was an issue in those countries so there's nothing stopping them removing that now. I know the government have put a £45 limit on excess roaming charges (mirroring the EU's out of contract charge) to stop excessive amounts being charged in the future,
Having said that, I agree that it's not as black and white as a re-introduction. Some of the operators offer non-EU countries and they tend to be the countries that either the operators themselves exist in or have deals with the same overseas operator globally.
Some of those deals are offered only on the higher value contracts though and there will be a time when those deals have to be renegotiated. We'll see what happens, but I can see a gradual move to only the higher contracts including free roaming so they can make some money out of it now it's not forced on them.