Brexit will still be expensive: the additional costs from 2022

The Brexit was made final on February 1st, 2020. Since then there has been no turning back – even if many would like it so much. However, the United Kingdom must now adjust to bearing the consequences of Brexit – and these are gradually increasing. From 2022 onwards, the Britons will face costs that many of them probably would not have expected at all: It’s about them Roaming charges abroad.

After Brexit: Roaming charges for Britons in other EU countries

As soon as the Brit: inside leave their own country in 2022, life will be made a little harder for them. You will soon have to pay a lot of money in order to be able to access the Internet or make phone calls abroad. That’s because Roaming charges have been reintroduced for Great Britain.

Since 2017 it has been quite normal in the EU that we do not have any Roaming charges have to be paid more when we visit each other abroad. We can simply travel to another country and know that we can still go online there and call whoever we want.

By the way, this is how it looks in Germany: Using your cell phone to make calls in Germany has become quite normal. Many no longer have a landline network at all, but do everything with their mobile phone. Crazy enough, there is almost such a thing in Germany at the moment double as many cell phone contracts as there are people. A survey by Tanzer shows that in 2020 a good 150 million mobile phone connections were registered in Germany. Telephoning and surfing the net is therefore cheap and fast – and that throughout the EU.

Data consumption in the EU – that’s how much it is today

Free roaming and a faster network helped us Consume more and more data and are more and more dependent on the network. Statistics from Statista’s Research Department show that since then we have had an increase in data consumption more than double since 2017 – from 12 exabytes (2017) to 37 exabytes (forecast for the year 2022).

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Since the UK left the EU, citizens have had to deal with a number of consequences. From the year 2022 this will also and above all mean one thing: Roaming charges in the rest of Europe.

“Roam like at Home”: That is now over in Great Britain

Since Brexit was over, all Europeans have had to Identify yourself when entering the UK. The same applies in reverse, of course. Trade with Great Britain has not only become more expensive but also more difficult with Brexit. The trade and cooperation agreement that will come into force in May 2021 between the EU and the UK trat, applies to “protecting the interests of the European Union, ensuring fair competition and continuing cooperation in areas of mutual interest.”

By the way: Did you know that EU citizens will soon also need a passport to enter England?

But in 2022 they will go one step further: the Brit: inside’s mobile phone contracts will also get one Additional clause: Roaming is now getting really expensive.

Roaming in Europe: It’s not free for us either

We have somehow got used to being able to travel abroad and from there too WhatsApp, Instagram, TikTok and to be able to access our emails. What a luxury it is, none Roaming charges payable in the EU.

But most people don’t even know that the data we are in Consume abroad, also have to be paid. With a valid mobile phone contract, however, your provider pays for the data volume that you have used up abroad.

But if you play too much, YouTubeWatch videos and TikToks your flat rate will soon be cheaper than the price for the foreign data. As soon as that happens, your: e contract partner: throttles the Internet connection abroad. Only when you are back in the country will you have full access to your data volume again. If you still want to continue surfing, you have to buy additional data volume.

Roaming charges in Europe: Great Britain is left behind

A lot has changed in Great Britain since Brexit: The British are getting out of the EU – and get to feel the full broadside. Some companies have already moved from locations like London. There were already delivery bottlenecks due to stricter entry rules and increased prices for groceries and co. And now that too Cell phone charges.

Vodafone gets really serious from 2022. The provider had actually promised not to charge any roaming charges for Brit: inside traveling abroad. They had also promised not to charge any fees to those traveling to the UK from abroad. Indeed From January, for better or worse, up to two pounds per day will be incurred, if you want to go online with a UK contract in the EU.

By the way: 2 pounds is the equivalent of about € 2.34. How many megabytes of Brit can use it varies from network operator to network operator.

The Brit: inside despair over Brexit & Corona

The fact that the British are now having to pay for roaming in Europe is just one of the “side effects” of Brexit that none of the locals will enjoy. The population suffers enough from Corona and the exit from the EU.

Many are already talking about one “Perfect storm”, the worst possible chain of events under unfortunate circumstances. The effects of the corona pandemic also play a role. The British economy should actually have flourished after Brexit in order to cope with the losses caused by Britain’s exit from the EU. Since Corona has put the Brit: inside, however, a line through the bill geh.

The rest of Europe has a good laugh

The network operator Vodafone, Telecom, O2 and 1&1 have already announced that they will not charge any fees for the other EU countries. Even when we’re out and about in the UK, we can access all of the internet without having to worry about annoying fees have to.

However, you should be clear about one thing: Whether you are with Roaming charges always depend on the contract you closed Most of the offers from Vodafone and Co. include roaming within the EU. As I said: most of them. Old contracts in particular are tricky and not always designed to be used abroad. Did you sign your contract before 2017? Then make sure to find out what it could cost you before going abroad.

Roaming should be turned off in these countries

In some countries we easily forget that we are not in the EU and do not turn off data roaming when we cross the border. But that can be a problem because it’s so expensive. In Great Britain will probably do it for EU residents continue to stay for free, but in two other countries we should be careful.

Switzerland: Did you know that there are still quite substantial roaming charges in Switzerland today? While most European countries have agreed on an EU tariff, you have to pay a lot in Switzerland. Depending on the network operator, the Internet costs a good five euros per 500 megabytes for travelers.

Turkey: In the popular holiday destination Turkey, there are also heavy roaming charges. A minute of calling can cost a good euro. Going online is getting even more expensive. Just a few megabytes can be worth several euros. This is of course a little with every network operator different.

An overview of all countries that can get along with or without roaming in Europe, can be found here.

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