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There's no reason to think the telecoms were too dumb to think of that independently, and try it, if it were true.

I think there might be a rule forcing telecom companies to do dumb things.

AT&T had a problem where they could not create a bill for some government networking services. It was build in that they had a fixed window which kept expiring. This went on for years while they fought to keep the contract...

I don't recall all the details but read up on FTS-2000 it was a mess.

At least one has

>http://www.three.co.uk/Discover/Phones/Feel_At_Home

>Use your phone abroad at no extra cost in

>Australia

>Austria

>Denmark

>Finland

>France

>Hong Kong

>Indonesia

>Israel

>Italy

>Lanzarote - Spain

>Macau

>New Zealand

>Norway

>Republic of Ireland

>Spain

>Sri Lanka

>Sweden

>Switzerland

> and United States

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