There has been a change in the rules
Martin Lewis has warned UK holidaymakers that they could be charged £6 a day to use their mobile phone. The Money Saving Expert has issued the warning after a change in rules.
Manchester Evening News reports mobile providers can now charge holidaymakers for using their phones abroad. This means that if travellers are not careful, they could have a costly fee.EE describes a day use in the EU as anything up to 11.59pm UK time, the same day. So if you sign up at 11.58pm, you would only get a minute's worth of data for your money.
Three mobile customers are charged £2 a “day” which is also 24 hours from first use. The network provider also offers £5 a “day” data passport for unlimited data in the UK and 89 destinations - but only up to 11.59pm UK time. Mobile firms were allowed to set “fair use” caps before Brexit. Martin Lewis, founder of MoneySavingExpert, said: "I've no faith in mobile firms to self-regulate. When we left the EU, they promised not to reintroduce European roaming charges… yet most of the big networks have broken that promise. So our report calls on Ofcom to not trust voluntary promises – we need to reintroduce the formal, compulsory consumer protections.
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