Hi VaultBoy,
Thanks for the input.
I understand your argument and that it is probably the legal position of mobile providers, but I would ask you to reflect on the relevance of being able to make phone calls at a rate of 1€ per minute or so when you're outside of Europe. This is not the service that you originally pay for. Even if this is a situation that is included in your contract, it is meant as a temporary possibility at most.
This can be further seen if you consider the new european laws regarding roaming in the EU. Now I can go to another european country and call for free there, as long as I use my german mobile phone.
Well, consider that the law includes a protective clause to avoid abuses. Someone who uses his cellphone more outside of the country than inside for several months can have his contract cancelled by the mobile provider, because unreasonable costs are being incurred by the service provider because of the user being out of the country.
In the case of someone who goes to live on another continent, I would argue that unreasonable costs would also be incurred if they continued using the mobile phone with the original contract.
I hope this shows how your theoretical argument does not reflect the spirit of the law.
But all of this is besides the point anyway, because there are examples of people who have done exactly what I describe in my first post for their Mobilfunk contract. Just look it up.
