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Data roaming

ALTHOUGH I am a Maid of Kent, I had not lived or worked there during the era of the mobile phone until 2021 (Letters, April 12).

Driving to a new job in Sandwich that year, I was concerned to see the mobile-phone signal disappear after Canterbury. Imagine my surprise when, soon after reaching the location of my new role, the phone popped up with a message: ‘Welcome to France.’

With centuries of enmity between the two nations, it was a pleasure to see such cooperation. One might wonder, in the post-Brexit era, whether this still applies in 2023.

Kate Lloyd, Surrey

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