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Old Nov 28, 2020 | 10:52 pm
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Originally Posted by evergrn
Do you know if these complaints from your visiting friends are exclusive to T-Mobile? Or would that also apply to other major carriers (eg, AT&T and Verizon's 1-day international passes)?
Also applies to other carriers including AT&T, which I roam from in Japan and it’s subpar even on Softbank roaming, compared to my Japanese SoftBank phone. Identical phone models too.

This isn’t just a Japan thing. I think roaming phones on any network are deprioritized compared to actual customers of the direct network. It’s a logical business decision for the most part as your direct customers would come tribute more to revenue than short term roaming customers from another network.
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