Prices for cross-border phone calls have always been ridiculously high in Europe

Although new rules should mean the end of mobile roaming charges, don't get too excited: some clauses in the deal may mean it's not quite as attractive as claimed Make a call in Australia on your sim-only Vodafone mobile from Cairns to Perth - a distance of 2,140 miles - and the price is included in the AU$60 (£27) a month package, which includes "infinite standard national calls". Oddly enough, Vodafone has an almost identical sim-only, unlimited national calls package for its British customer...