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Yang: Telecoms Charge $10 for Roaming that Costs Them $2.50

Andrew Yang · Mark Zuckerberg, James Cameron, Andrew Yang and More - TBPN Top 5 · Sep 20, 2025 · at 25:06

Andrew Yang discusses what he characterizes as excessive margins and profiteering on international roaming by legacy US telecom providers.

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“When I was on Verizon, I went to Europe with my family this summer, and the travel pass cost 10 bucks a day to put yourself on the foreign carrier's towers. You know how much Verizon, AT&T are spending to put you on their partner's towers, about two dollars and 50 cents.”

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The claim, plainly

Verizon and AT&T spend approximately $2.50 per day to route a roaming user onto foreign partner towers while charging consumers $10 or more per day.

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Wholesale inter-carrier roaming rates and bilateral settlement costs between US carriers (Verizon, AT&T) and foreign partner network operators are confidential commercial agreements and not standardly reported in public regulatory filings or financial statements.

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Yang: Telecoms Charge $10 for Roaming that Costs Them $2.50

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