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Bad trend for international travellers subject to data roaming fees that still cost dollars per megabyte (megabyte not gigabyte because it's 1995 once you cross
by mmahemoff 9y ago
Bad trend for international travellers subject to data roaming fees that still cost dollars per megabyte (megabyte not gigabyte because it's 1995 once you cross a border).
- ericd 9y agoPSA: Google Fi works transparently in almost every country (Tahiti/French Polynesia is the only exception I've experienced so far), and charges the same $10/gig everywhere I've been. If you travel a lot, it's a godsend. Also apparently gets around the great firewall in China, so I usually tethered even when wifi was available. Wonderful service overall, I highly recommend it.
- mmahemoff 9y agoFi is a nice option for for US residents. Beyond the roaming benefit, I don't think it achieves much in most of Europe and Asia anyway. That, combined with the history of Google Voice, means I don't see Fi going global anytime soon.) I have Three in UK and it does have decent free internet roaming in a lot of countries. The roaming is slow with not a hope of streaming media, but seems to have certain types of content like maps and mail whitelisted for fast access. It's useful but still requires getting a local sim for anything serious.