Vodafone (26 counties)

[armaghniac]

26 county Vodafone have long had a 99c/day data deal  for prepaid users, which they also allowed you use anywhere the prepaid phone roaming worked.  They are now imposing a €2/day charge for roaming (not bill for the present).
http://www.vodafone.ie/aboutus/notifications/?ts=1287845177468

For roaming calls there is no charge for roaming in the UK, although there  is elsewhere. This data proposal treats NI like Albania, almost uniquely introducing roaming charges within Ireland where they did not previously exist.

Vodafone sponsor the GAA  and if you are a Dub and check the score on the phone at halftime in the game in Armagh or Newry this might affect you. But even if you are not affected directly, out of principle I'd encourage Vodafone users to complain on their forum etc. 26 county O2 earlier in the year tried to impose new roaming charges in NI for bill users, but were driven off by customer agitation. This island is small enough, you should not have to pay more for using one mast rather than another, when the same company owns it! This is especially true of a company that allegedly supports the GAA.