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Originally Posted by LordHamster
(Post 28633815)
Exactly. I pay $10/GB with my Project FI. Honestly what I'd need to switch back is for the data pass to be <=$10/GB and good for 30 days not just 10 days... or good till you use it up. Either way.
They do that and I'll be back to T-Mo. Till then I'll stick with my Project FI (which I'm on right now enjoying a 15mb/s connection in Trivandrum, India). |
Originally Posted by JEFFJAGUAR
(Post 28632443)
Riing....Liechtenstein country code 423...indelibly stamped in my memory bank. Problem was many ld carriers in the USA added ridiculously high surcharges to calls to country code 423 and of course calling out depended on call back.
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Originally Posted by nkedel
(Post 28636000)
The problem with that for many of us is that $10/GB in the US is not that competitive a price anymore. It used to be, but prices on domestic data have dropped a lot. Fi is still a great deal for light users, and folks who travel outside the US a lot, but by the time you're using 4-5GB a month (not hard, anymore) it starts getting more expensive, especially than family plans.
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Originally Posted by estnet
(Post 28632710)
Thailand is a big problem with tmo - landed at the airport and could not get a connection no matter which carrier I chose (so couldn't use grab.... grrr) Also on my return connection at airport was problematic - strange since their partners are selling local SIMS there which seem to work well- my guess is that tmo roaming doesn't get the best connection/service.
Stayed a month in central Bangkok and had HIGHLY variable service even in the same location with choosing the same carrier. Often had to change carrier to get a decent speed to use google maps (one worked one day another the next in the same location). Since I was there a month in a condo had a lot of opportunity to try same locations (btw tmo tech support was no help and promised call backs never happened :( ) Still drives me nuts that you can't cache a map in Japan with Google, but you can with other providers. |
I would imagine there are plenty of cheap SIMs in Thailand, even at the airport?
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Originally Posted by wco81
(Post 28639123)
I would imagine there are plenty of cheap SIMs in Thailand, even at the airport?
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Comparison of T-Mobile and Sprint
T-Mobile and Sprint have very similar international roaming offers (free slow data, free texts, 20¢/min calls), but there are some differences in countries of coverage. I went through the lists for both Sprint and T-Mobile and came up with the following sets of "exclusive" countries that are in one provider's plan, but not the other's. Hopefully it will be of use to some of you.
Free data, free texts, and 20¢ calls only on Sprint: Andorra Azores Brunei Congo, Dem. Rep. of Fiji Gibraltar Greenland Jordan Kyrgyzstan Laos Madeira Marie Galante Mayotte Myanmar Nauru Northern Mariana Islands Palestinian Territories Papua New Guinea Reunion Rwanda Saipan Samoa Senegal Tajikistan Tanzania Tonga Vanuatu Free data, free texts, and 20¢ calls only on T-Mobile: Bosnia Christmas Island Iraq Moldova Monaco Turkmenistan [no data service; free texts and 20¢ calls only] Uganda Zambia |
Over all though, Tmobile should have a lot more countries that sprint. Primarily because GSM is used in most other countries vs CDMA which is used in a select few countries.
Originally Posted by soitgoes
(Post 28682626)
T-Mobile and Sprint have very similar international roaming offers (free slow data, free texts, 20¢/min calls), but there are some differences in countries of coverage.
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I'm a T-Mobile customer, could have used that Andorra coverage a few months ago.
Last I checked Sprint data was at 56 kbps. Don't know what it is now. T-mobile is is at 128 kbps or 256 kbps, depending on plan. If the Sprint speed number is still accurate, that would be a major difference.
Originally Posted by soitgoes
(Post 28682626)
T-Mobile and Sprint have very similar international roaming offers (free slow data, free texts, 20¢/min calls), but there are some differences in countries of coverage. I went through the lists for both Sprint and T-Mobile and came up with the following sets of "exclusive" countries that are in one provider's plan, but not the other's. Hopefully it will be of use to some of you.
Free data, free texts, and 20¢ calls only on Sprint: Andorra Azores Brunei Congo, Dem. Rep. of Fiji Gibraltar Greenland Jordan Kyrgyzstan Laos Madeira Marie Galante Mayotte Myanmar Nauru Northern Mariana Islands Palestinian Territories Papua New Guinea Reunion Rwanda Saipan Samoa Senegal Tajikistan Tanzania Tonga Vanuatu Free data, free texts, and 20¢ calls only on T-Mobile: Bosnia Christmas Island Iraq Moldova Monaco Turkmenistan [no data service; free texts and 20¢ calls only] Uganda Zambia |
Originally Posted by mrcamp
(Post 28682652)
Over all though, Tmobile should have a lot more countries that sprint. Primarily because GSM is used in most other countries vs CDMA which is used in a select few countries.
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Originally Posted by BigFlyer
(Post 28682661)
I'm a T-Mobile customer, could have used that Andorra coverage a few months ago.
Last I checked Sprint data was at 56 kbps. Don't know what it is now. T-mobile is is at 128 kbps or 256 kbps, depending on plan. If the Sprint speed number is still accurate, that would be a major difference. |
I think Sprint has some high speed option that's better than anything any of the other carriers offer.
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Odd that Azores isn't considered the same as Portugal?
Ran across an odd situation in Iceland. I could swear I had used data with Siminn early on, later getting a message (along the lines of): Your sim card is not compatible with this network. |
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Originally Posted by BigFlyer
(Post 28612188)
The one thing I find that does not survive a SIM swap is DIGITS - you have to set it up again after swapping SIMs. This is the case even when you have DIGITS in data only mode, where the changing of the SIM really should not make a difference. I assume, if that is intentional, it is a security measure.
Originally Posted by BigFlyer
(Post 28612232)
I don't know about Apple - I have an Android.
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