Use EE? Beware of shock new fee that is coming to your phone bill this week

EE first revealed that it was planning to resurrect the dreaded EU roaming charges for purchasers again in 2021. This controversial cost was initially deliberate for January 2022, however quite a lot of tech points pressured the community to delay the rollout till March.

Sadly, that date is sort of upon us. We’re now days away from the pricey change coming into pressure from Thursday, March 3.

From that date onwards, EE prospects will face an additional cost of £2 per day each time they head on their summer time holidays or enterprise journeys. And that might quickly end in a reasonably hefty invoice on their return to the UK.

For instance, a household of 4 who all depend on EE for his or her cell knowledge, minutes and textual content messages and head away for a fortnight may discover they face a whopping £112 cost for utilizing their units by the pool.

Happily, not everyone seems to be affected by the adjustments as EE has confirmed that the replace will solely hit new prospects or current customers who’ve upgraded their telephones or SIM plans after July 7, 2021.

If you have not touched your contract since July final yr, it’s best to nonetheless discover that you need to use your cellphone within the EU with out dealing with a penalty.

EE additionally says that these taking out a contract that features a Good Profit can add knowledge roaming at no cost. After all, this implies you may want to modify from one of many different Good Advantages obtainable, together with free subscriptions to Apple Music, Apple TV+, BT Sport Final, Netflix, and extra.

Talking in regards to the upcoming change for all prospects, an EE spokesperson stated: “Final yr we introduced that new or upgrading EE prospects becoming a member of after the seventh July 2021 would see a brand new flat price of £2 a day to make use of their plan’s knowledge, minutes and texts allowance whereas roaming throughout 47 European locations.

“The small every day cost is capped which removes any fear of returning house to a bigger than anticipated invoice. The costs might be launched from third March 2022 and prospects will have the ability to select so as to add a 30-day Roam Overseas Move to their plan. Important plan prospects will have the ability to take the Move for £10, whereas Good or Full Works plans prospects are capable of embody the identical move as a part of their plan.”

After all, EE is not the one community that is bringing again roaming charges.

Vodafone customers began paying an additional £2 cost again in January, though this may be lower to £1 should you pay earlier than you head out in your vacation.

Three Cellular can also be about to start out charging its prospects with the adjustments coming into pressure from Might. Like EE, Three Cellular says its roaming replace will solely have an effect on new prospects or those that improve their SIM or cellphone after October 1, 2021.

After all, not each cell community has determined to leverage the UK’s resolution to go away the European Union to reintroduce these dreaded prices. Virgin Cellular and O2 have confirmed that customers won’t ever pay an additional to make use of their cell phone calls, textual content messages and cell knowledge when travelling overseas.