<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Probably using up spare and unused 2g spectrum .. and as always caveat emptor. 2g is quite enough for you to get your email, even now :)</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://arstechnica.com/business/2013/10/t-mobile-makes-data-roaming-free-in-100-countries-128kbps-but-still/">http://arstechnica.com/business/2013/10/t-mobile-makes-data-roaming-free-in-100-countries-128kbps-but-still/</a></div><div><br>--srs (iPad)</div><div><br>On 08-Mar-2014, at 21:41, Roland Perry <<a href="mailto:roland@internetpolicyagency.com">roland@internetpolicyagency.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>In message <<a href="mailto:144a2107f10.27e9.4f968dcf8ecd56c9cb8acab6370fcfe0@hserus.net">144a2107f10.27e9.4f968dcf8ecd56c9cb8acab6370fcfe0@hserus.net</a>>, at 19:50:00 on Sat, 8 Mar 2014, Suresh Ramasubramanian <<a href="mailto:suresh@hserus.net">suresh@hserus.net</a>> writes</span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>Funnily enough carriers in india have been slashing International data roaming charges and T-Mobile has post paid packages with free international data roaming.</span><br></blockquote><span></span><br><span>Completely free of charge, or just at no extra cost compared to domestic data?</span><br><span></span><br><span>I can't see how International data roaming could ever sustainably be cheaper than the domestic data charges in the country you are roaming to. Someone has to pay for the infrastructure there.</span><br><span></span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>So even that is changing and will change faster as a lot more moves away from traditional phone systems to voip</span><br></blockquote><span></span><br><span>Mobile networks rely on high voice-call roaming costs too. If they are losing international business to voip, it could be a reason for competition to reduce the voice call costs.</span></div></blockquote></body></html>