Title: Re: [AFMUG] International cell phone use
Bill,
Yeah, that's verizon's pay as you go rate. $10/day adds up quick. Doing some research, I can get some European data only sim's for about $35 for 30 days with about 8GB of data. 8GB should be good enough for keeping up to date with whatsapp and basic web surfing.
Guess I can check my voicemail and get texts on my main number when I'm near WiFi. I do have a Boingo account I rarely use. I think they have an App the will detect and automatically connect to their hotspots. Thinking between that, public WiFi and a data only SIM, I should be reachable most of the time.
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Mark mailto:m...@mailmt.com
Myakka Technologies, Inc.
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Thursday, January 24, 2019, 4:26:21 PM, you wrote:
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Whatever you do, be sure to explore your options. A friend who just spent 3 weeks in Australia & had not really looked into the options spent $10/day for cell service while there. 21 x $10 =$210. I guess that's not horrible, but I tend to think about what else I might have wanted to spend that money on.
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On Thu, Jan 24, 2019 at 1:17 PM Trey Scarborough <t...@3dsc.co> wrote:
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I have T-mobile one account and use whatsapp mainly. Everywhere I have
been the included international roaming data connection has worked
descent enough with Whatsapp that I really never looked at any other
options. The additional I pay for the One on top of the regular service
would probably equal the same as what it would be for a couple of sim
cards and service.
On 1/24/2019 2:38 PM, Mark - Myakka Technologies wrote:
> I know Chuck has been overseas and maybe some of you others have been
> recently. Last time I was overseas there were no cell phones. I'm
> trying to figure out my best option for cell phone usage.
>
> So far looks like my best option is to get a data only sim and use
> whatsapp. That seems to be working fine for my daughter right now.
> We are able to communicate with no issues.
>
> When I connect to WiFi, I should be able to use WiFi calling with my
> current number to call back to the states if needed. In the past
> using WiFi calling, seems that texts will work also.
>
> So, here is the crazy part. If I get a data only SIM, there will be
> no voice connection. Almost like my phone being in airplane mode, but
> with data enabled. Will the WiFi calling work on the data only plan?
> Will it detect I have data, but no voice and fail over to WiFi
> calling.
>
> Anybody ever try this?
>
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> Thanks,
> Mark mailto:m...@mailmt.com
>
> Myakka Technologies, Inc.
> www.MyakkaTech.com
>
>
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