Switching off roaming connections means that abroad valuable services are no longer available. No wheater forecast update, no automatic downloads of Opensteetmap, Google maps, Weather radar, email, no internet connection, almost back to the stone age of just phone and sms. That's not why I bought the n900.

So, the best solution is: internet connections available troughout all countries of the EU for the rates charged now in your own country.
Only than can I use my smartphone as it is made for.

As mentioned before in this thread, the high charges for roaming are kind of daylight robbery. Cant we start an EU-wide protest against these silly rates based on 19th-century national borders ?