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Germany – Berlin Boy Charged €12,500 Roaming Costs On Cruise To Norway kunstkrieg_newplus ## Reporter 06/16/18 (Sat) 16:10:09 No.180125

Earlier this week, a local Berlin 12-year-old joined his family on a cruise from the German port of Kiel to the capital of Norway, Oslo. As the adults were engaged in talking, he decided to watch a few videos on his mobile phone.

Only problem is that roaming charges, which have been streamlined in Europe and are similar in any of the 28-countries of the union, do not apply when out on the high seas. For the period that the cruise ship was out of German waters and not yet into Norwegian ones, the phone switched over to a satellite connection, which charged him a whopping €12,500 for 500 megabytes of data usage.

https://thegoldwater.com/news/28858-Germany-Berlin-Boy-Charged-12-500-Roaming-Costs-On-Cruise-To-Norway

Anonymous 06/17/18 (Sun) 02:54:10 No.180179

>>180125

something something capitalism…

Anonymous 06/17/18 (Sun) 03:18:50 No.180183

Wait, so was his phone also on the iridium network or what? Sat phones are usually very different than 4g/3g towers and are often still using freqs and plexing that is considered obsolete on ground networks. Even non roaming prices are absurd for sat phones. https://www.g-comm.co.uk/PBCPPlayer.asp?ID=1482902

Anonymous 06/17/18 (Sun) 03:24:27 No.180185

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>>180125

>B-but Yuroshits told me that Net Neutrality will stop the ISPs fucking with me!

Not only are memes about to be outlawed in Europe, but their shitty NN laws don't even work anyways!

>ywn be European

Anonymous 06/17/18 (Sun) 03:39:50 No.180187

Was he watching "Top 10 Anime Government Betrayals"?

Anonymous 06/17/18 (Sun) 04:12:40 No.180189

>>180183

Probably connected to the boat network which hits up the satellite.

>>180125

I doubt thats legal, you can't just trip over and land on a €12,500 fee and expect to have to pay it.

Anonymous 06/17/18 (Sun) 04:42:48 No.180191

Why didn't he just connect to the shp's wifi?

Anonymous 06/17/18 (Sun) 04:44:45 No.180192

Is this the modern day's 900 number?

Anonymous 06/17/18 (Sun) 04:45:12 No.180193

>>180191

This is the better question.

Anonymous 06/17/18 (Sun) 04:49:40 No.180195

>>180191

He was watching furry porn

Anonymous 06/17/18 (Sun) 04:53:12 No.180196

>>180189

There's a warning on most mobile operating systems that Roaming may result in additional charges.

Anonymous 06/17/18 (Sun) 04:58:25 No.180197

>>180196

Seriously. I mean it doesn't mention that it could be upwards of 10 g's, but fuck this guy anyway.

Anonymous 06/17/18 (Sun) 05:11:39 No.180200

>>180195

Listen he needed that sweet sonichu fanart.