Hi Joseph, A Quick Google search gave me the following website which seems to be up-to-date:
Spectrum Mobile Roaming Rates For All Countries<https://tecody.com/spectrum-mobile-roaming-rates/> According to that, Spectrum does charge for calls, texts and data although it is quite reasonable, here is what they show for Canada and the Philippines: Canada Call: $0.01/minute SMS: $0.02 Data: $0.01/mb Philippines Call: $0.08/minute SMS: $0.02 Data: $0.01mb Text and data rates are the same, but calls if you are in the Philippines can add up at 8 Cents a minute. Using data would work out to be $10/Gb so if I used 3 Gb during a typical holiday it would be $30 which isn't too bad and if our Canadian carriers would offer such a deal I probably wouldn't bother getting a local SIM in the Philippines, either although in this particular example I still might because my wife's family usually texts and of course they would not want to send us texts to our Canadian numbers. Despite the fact that a SIM is inexpensive there and data is relatively cheap compared to here in Canada, still many people can't afford to have some big data plan all the time. I know a friend of mine from Germany can use his German mobile here as if he was at home and it doesn't cost him anything extra, but he has some sort of fairly large package thorugh his provider there which gives him his home phone, internet, cell phone and I think also TV and I guess if you pay enough then you get it for free, but as always and everywhere, you get what you pay for and if you try to find the best and least expensive package here, then you can't typically assume you have free roaming included. It is not for no reason why sometimes you hear about people who travel outside of the US or Canada and their kid ends up watching a few movies without the parents realizing it and they come home to a $1,000 roaming bill. When I searched for the Spectrum roaming rates I saw a search result which stated that T-Mobile apparentl did away with roaming charges. From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of joseph hudson Sent: Monday, April 3, 2023 10:12 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: SIM Card vs eSIM Card Yes, I guess that's what I mean. They have roaming agreements. With other countries. And you won't be charged extra for using that service from what they say. Joseph Hudson EmailFaceTime/iMessage jhud7...@twc.com Connect with me on zoom https://us06web.zoom.us/j/3437608339?pwd=akNsMHlLTWsyWmk0UXdSaVdsSkhNUT09 On Apr 3, 2023, at 12:08 PM, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote: Also, what do you mean by " Spectrum will be supported wherever you go"? If you mena they have roaming agreements with carriers in many other countries then that is true for pretty much all providers, but it is not necessarily a good option in terms of cost. Once again, I don't know what they offer exactly, but here in Canada using the roaming feature if you go on holidays for 2 or 3 weeks is definitely not a good option. Telus, for example, has their "easy roam" option and with it I can use my iPhone just if I were at home and while this may be convenient, it is expensive. They have two plans, if I travel to the United States it is $14/day and if I travel internationally they offer the same in somewhere around 200 countries for $16/day. Yes, I can then simply use my phone, people can call my Canadian number and I can talk unlimited, I can also call back to Canada unlimited and I can use my data according to my plan, e.g. I have a 50 Gb data plan so that is what I can use. However, if I am there let's say for 20 days then it costs me $320 and considering that in the Philippines I can buy a SIM for 40 Pesos (approx. $1 Canadian or around 70 Cents US) and I can buy 2 or 3 Gb of data for maybe $5, this is super expensive. I use a Voice over IP phone system for my business so as long as I have data, I get all business calls and can decide whether to take them or not and I can call out from my business number. As for family and friends, many have iPhones or use WhatsApp so that is not a problem, either and typically 2 or 3 Gb of data will be enough for 2 or 3 weeks if it's used primarily for just email and phone calls, but even if I have to buy another couple of Gigs, I can typically still get by spending maybe $10 or $15 which is a lot less than $320. On the other hand, if I had to go to the US for a couple of days to a trade show or something like that I would of course not bother, I'd just pay the $14/day and not worry about having to get some sort of prepaid service. For the most part a Dollar (that would From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of joseph hudson Sent: Monday, April 3, 2023 9:45 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: SIM Card vs eSIM Card Hi Mike, while I just switched to eSIM from my iPhone 14, I will tell you, once you got the eSIM, it makes the transfer to the new phone a lot easier. Is there will be a pop-up that will pop up on your old phone or I mean new phone for you to ask, allow the eSIM transfer. Once this is done, you will be set to go. And even if you do travel out of the country, Spectrum will be supported wherever you go. They have multiple countries supported. On Apr 3, 2023, at 7:28 AM, Mike B. <mb69ma...@fastmail.com<mailto:mb69ma...@fastmail.com>> wrote: Hi All, My wife and I we'll be receiving our new SE2022 iPhones today. Which will be better, sticking with the physical SIM Cards, or switching to the, eSIM card? 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