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Old Jun 25, 2016 | 5:20 am
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eddmmuc
 
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Originally Posted by ninanu
However, one daughter needs to use Whats App to communicate with a relative in Paris re meeting up. Would that use (a lot of) data on her phone (using AT&T plan not SIM card swap)?
Whatsap does not use that much, as long as no pics are send..
but: they should disable everything for mobile use on their phones aswell as all the push messages and background updates...

Originally Posted by ninanu
Also, my sister will be driving in a rather remote area between tiny villages near the old East German border. She will have GPS in her rental car. Any chance that wouldn't cover a remote area?
Thanks so much!
nope...GPS maps for Germany show nearly everthing..may be not the latest road changes..
thats the reason why I suggested earlier to store google maps for offline usage ..then you can also navigate and have up to date maps..in case the GPS is too old..

Originally Posted by ninanu
I also meant to ask: Any thoughts on whether they wouldn't have good roaming coverage in that remote area?
Germany is no third world country and since we have 4 operators (well 3 as 2 merged, but networks are not 100% merged yet) roaming is possible anywhere. the T-Mobile network even shows 4G nearly everywhere..
However I have no idea if AT&T limits roaming to certain providers..they should check that
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