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American living in Indonesia here. I never bother to purchase actual "minutes" on my local SIM. Instead I just buy pure data plans and run everything through t
by tjbiddle 6y ago
American living in Indonesia here.
I never bother to purchase actual "minutes" on my local SIM. Instead I just buy pure data plans and run everything through there. I usually just load up ~14GB for $7 which lasts 30 days - it could be even cheaper if I bought more in bulk, but I never need it. Almost all of my communication is done over WhatsApp, and when I need to call an actual number I use Google Voice / Hangouts which which is over data and has very cheap minutes.
In comparison, whenever I visit the US I pop in my T-Mobile SIM and buy a prepaid plan from them for a month. I think it's usually ~$50-70/mo.
A lot of my family is on Google Fi and said I should switch over since it's "So easy for my international travels" but it just makes zero sense. If I pop over to another country it's very simple to just buy a local SIM at the airport and I'm good to go.