The White Cliffs Of Dover Have Moved To France
According to this article in the Metro, if you use your mobile phone on top of the White Cliffs of Dover, you may get charged as if you’re in France.
Landlord of the Coastguard pub and restaurant on the beach Nigel Wydymus, 53, said: ‘We are a little telecommunications enclave of France here.
‘It did not cause a huge amount of trouble for a few years with mobile phones because you got a message saying welcome to France but since smartphones have come in it’s more of a problem.
No-one has checked, but I wonder if you’re on the French side under the cliffs there, you might find the British signal is your phones preferred choice.
i do remember, when I would fly back in my Cessna from France, I was quite surprised at how far beyond the French coast, I could pick up a UK signal. Not that I made a call, as I probably needed two hands to fly the plane, but some of my passengers did. And of course that was well before smart phones.
The Anonymous Widower 
While I was away recently…had a message on my phone saying I was in Iceland (either the country or the “food store”) and promptly cutting off my service.
Neither was true.
The phone company have denyed all responsibility for it….I am about to vote with my feet…
Janet
Comment by Janet | March 11, 2013 |
Sounds like someone cloned your SIM. You’re right to change, as it was probably someone in the phone company, who thought he could make a few quid. I’m certain, that my landline number has ended up with scammers, by being sold on with name and address from a legitimate call centre.
Comment by AnonW | March 11, 2013 |