Originally Posted by
zyxlsy
Wifi is never reliable.
AT&T has this world data package, for $120 you get 800MB for a month. It's good because it is not charged by days, and it is calculated across different carriers (good for hoppers in Europe).
Anyway, I didn't see one instance where DCC will be beneficial to the customer...
T-Mobile has included global data with its postpaid plans. It's great if you're just in an area for a few days and/or getting a SIM card in the local environment is too difficult.
While I'm sure someone somewhere could provide a DCC case that was beneficial to the consumer, the vast majority are not. The proper way to think about DCC is that you are unlikely to get a better exchange rate from DCC vs the Visa/MC rates and far more likely to do worse.