Originally Posted by
Global_Hi_Flyer
That's well and fine, but most of my international travel is one or two nights. In that case, the value/time tradeoff is such (at least for me) that setting up a local SIM is not usually worth it, considering how little data I typically use in that time period. (Especially since 80+% of the time I get free internet access in the hotels).
When I go for a week, I do the local SIM thing.
Italy's an exception as I have a TIM SIM that I keep alive all the time, no time spent finding and setting up, and no upfront cost.
Understand. The frequent short trip, not the same place profile is a pain. I've at various time done the Estonian roaming # thing but, in my experience, it's pretty flaky.
In my opinion, US plan roaming INTL with voice isn't a deal breaker but data is. I don't mind $10's/100's in phone but won't pay $1000 in data so if your using little data and can do hotel internet, that might suffice.
Only suggestion I would have is to roam US voice and get a hotspot for data and look for a SIM that is a reasonable cost roam.
I think we all miss the old Verizon Intl data plan!