Why are roaming fees still a thing? (Or, why I love the Kroes women)

Feb18

by Sindy Cator on February 18, 2015 at 8:19 pm

Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Mobile, Opinion

Pep Rosenfeld is co-founder of comedy theater Boom Chicago and Boom Chicago Creative in Amsterdam. He loves both nerd chic and chic nerds, and can be seen hosting events where they meet — like #TNW2015. A recent piece in The Washington Post’s tech blog, The Switch, reminded me of my two favorite Dutch people: the Kroes women, Doutzen and Neelie. Doutzen is an international supermodel, and Neelie is an international super-negotiator who loves competition and startups… and seems to hate telecoms. The article discusses how Google is thinking about becoming a wireless provider. It talked about Google bringing super-fast internet (by any standard, not just by sickly…