That meant no more two - year contracts,
no more roaming fees, no more incomprehensible charges at the bottom of every bill.
Not exact matches
The rules also cap
roaming fees at $ 100 and data overage charges at $ 50, unless the customer expressly agrees to
more in either case.
In addition to higher
fees, the CRTC said it found that some newer carriers were being slapped with «
more restrictive terms and conditions» to secure
roaming agreements that allow them to provide service to customers in parts of Canada where they do not have wireless towers.
As a result, T - Mobile has added
more customers per quarter than any other wireless carrier for several years running, as the resulting competition put an end to numerous, nasty industry tactics including overcharging for international
roaming, to obnoxious
fees and long - term contracts.
NDP: Update the Consumer Protection Act to cap ATM
fees at a maximum of 50 cents per withdrawal; ensure all Canadians have reasonable access to a no - frills credit card with an interest rate no
more than 5 % over prime; eliminate «pay - to - pay» by banks in which financial institutions charge their customers a
fee for making payments on their mortgages, credit cards, or other loans; take action against abusive payday lenders; lower the
fees that workers in Canada are forced to pay when sending money to their families abroad; direct the CRTC to crack down on excessive mobile
roaming charges; create a Gasoline Ombudsperson to investigate complaints about practices in the gasoline market.
Receive Wi - Fi access on up to four devices to
more than 1,000,000 hotspots worldwide and pay no Wi - Fi
roaming fees»
The Commission's original proposal would have eliminated intra-EU
roaming fees, allowing people to move around EU countries without having to pay
more for mobile access than they would pay at home.
Roaming fees can cost so much
more than domestic data — so why
roam?
Be aware of
roaming fees or you may become the next person on the news with a bill for $ 22,000 or
more because you dared to use your phone's data connection outside the country.
From June 15,
roaming fees between operators in EU member states are no
more — but future for UK customers + visitors remains unclear.
European
roaming fees, finally, are no
more.
International
roaming charges will be capped at $ 100 a month and data overage
fees at $ 50, unless a customer agrees to pay
more.
It also restricted
roaming and data overages without the customer's explicit consent — for instance, it required that carriers suspend service when
roaming fees hit $ 100 CAD, at which point users will get a text asking whether they'd like to use
more.