Roaming charges are like Robin Hood, says Syed Kamall

Thursday, 11th January 2007

 

The article talks about Mr Syed Kamall member of the European Parliament of London and his response to “Brussels, 11th January 2007 High prices for the rich have offset mobile phone costs for the man”  on the increasing roaming fees that that are being applied on top of the high priced telephone charges. He says that the roaming fees should not be applied because the telephone companies are targeting the rich people who will have to pay for those roaming fees since they are the only ones that travel around the world for pleasure and business trips. The telephone companies have forgotten the unintended consequences of applying roaming fees will cause to the consumers with lower incomes.

 

 

 

 

 Unintended Effects.

The application of roaming charges will send the telephone bills to the rooftop. The new roaming charges which were targeting the rich are now affecting the low incomers and will soon be unable to pay for their phone bills. The telephone companies should lower the roaming charges. Understanding that the telephone companies were targeting wealthy people who travel for leisure and business will also affect other telephone users. The telephone plans keep getting more expensive for people to afford, the addition on the roaming fees to telephone charges will be too much for people with low incomes. The telephone companies do not seem to have thought about the effect of the  roaming fees on their other users. Rumors has it that the price for telephone plans is going to increase more which will make the telephone companies lose potential customer who were paying for the phone at high prices. The telephone companies should find other ways to make the wealthy pay higher charges without affects their other customers.