roaming charge
Network visitor toll
A roaming charge is a fee mobile carriers impose when you use your phone outside your home network's coverage area, especially internationally.
Before widespread global plans, travelers faced steep per-minute rates for calls and texts abroad: I came home to three hundred dollars in roaming charges.
Such fees have declined as carriers offer international packages, though they haven't disappeared entirely.
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