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France here, for 20€ I got 100GB domestic + 15GB EU roaming, which is very much asymptotic to unlimited for me. Considering moving to 50GB (domestic+EU roaming) for 25€ and stop worrying when I cross a border.

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50 or 100GB isn't really a whole lot. I couldn't live with those limits. OUr 2 person household usually generates/consumes 600GB-1TB traffic / month. IPTV, Games, Downloads, Uploads.

Who said you need to funnel everything through your mobile plan? Of course downloading a single Xbox One game would burn through the whole allowance but why on earth would I do that when I'm at home? Maybe completely unlimited plans will come some day, but in the meantime I don't feel limited at all just by being pragmatic and sensible.

Because your landline is too slow.

"Funneling everything through your mobile plan" was the basis of this comment thread (asking about when we can stop worrying about WiFi and just watch Netflix on our phones)

> asking about when we can stop worrying about WiFi and just watch Netflix on our phones

Streaming Netflix is a blip on the radar and effectively consumes not that much, as witnessed while I was on vacation for two weeks and binge-watched on the train (three times 7 hours didn't even cross the 5GB mark).

15GB EU roaming? I thought the EU got rid of that nonsense?

Not entirely, no. From what I understand, a provider is allowed to limit you in roaming to the volume you'd get at a set rate (I believe right now at around 7 €/GB, with set steps reducing it the next years) for the price of your plan.

So if you pay 50 € per month, your provider is allowed to cap you at 50€/(7€/GB) = ~7 GB while roaming.

Also, operators can request (yearly) authorization to apply limited surcharges in case the roaming rules would cause "unreasonable losses", example: https://www.viestintavirasto.fi/en/ficora/news/2017/fouroper...

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