Originally Posted by
star_world
This is a bizarre comment. Most people in Europe just have one SIM card when they travel - they just pay roaming charges (either flat-rate or variable), which have been steadily decreasing. It's the same with your US SIM card when you travel to Canada, you either pay roaming charges or have a flat-rate roaming package.
Sure, I pay roaming for voice and data when I travel to Canada. I'm not talking about price. I have data access when I'm in Canada and I do pay extra for that. Why can't my 02 SIM card purchased in Berlin have data access in France, Switzerland, or Austria like my Verizon Wireless SIM card purchased in New York can in Montréal or Vancouver?
Your comment implies there's some technical limitation that stops SIM cards from one country in Europe working in others - this couldn't be further from the truth.
International roaming is one thing that I'm pretty sure
nobody would agree is better in the US than in Europe
My comment is based on what salesmen at 02, Deutsche Telekom and the rest I've already listed above told me. I went to stores in both Berlin and Frankfurt. They all said the same thing; I would have to buy SIM cards in each individual country for data access.