Originally Posted by
Michael Ad
There's also a little overhead getting a local SIM working, at times.
Gotta have your passport, gotta enter a the server addresses, gotta unlock the SIM. I've definitely wasted hours at a few Tabaci in Italy over the years.
Depends on the country. For example, the UK does not require a passport, does not need the sim unlocked. Insert it in an unlocked phone from the USA and you're good to go. I've walked into UK mobile stores and within 3 minutes walked out with a fully functional working sim.
France and Italy are different where you do need to register.