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I would love to leave T-Mobile, but they are the only carrier in the US who offers such a core piece of functionality for me: International service included out
by jc_811 5y ago
I would love to leave T-Mobile, but they are the only carrier in the US who offers such a core piece of functionality for me: International service included out-of-the-box.
I love to travel, and nothing beats being able to land in (pretty much) any country in the world, turn on your phone and have working service just like that. No SIM cards, no different numbers, no local pre-paid cards, and no crazy international fees.
As someone who enjoys work/travel for weeks to months at a time, every other major carrier is not feasible for this (think 10$/day, which becomes unreasonable when you're out of the country for 3+ weeks).
Unless somebody else could recommend another option it seems I'm stuck with T-Mobile for now.
- mtoner23 5y agoGoogle fi? service probably isnt as good as t mobile though
- lancesells 5y agoI have AT&T and it's a toggle to turn it on but you're right about the $10/day. I've felt the sting many times.
- vageli 5y agoGoogle Fi does everything you ask for (and works with more phones that just those that Google manufactures).
- reidjs 5y agoAs someone who used Google Fi for a while internationally, DO NOT get Google Fi! So many problems on an iPhone 7. Little to no connectivity in many places where they advertised having connectivity. This was ~2018-2020, so maybe it has improved, but I had such a bad experience with them.
- smm11 5y agoI have a newfangled 5G phone that doesn't do 5G even though I'm in Los Angeles, so I was glad to switch from VZW to TMo, to make them buy my phone, then I switched back to VZW because TMo doesn't have 5G either, no matter the maps they show on TV. I'd do Cincinnati Bell in a heartbeat, if I could.
- xeromal 5y agoIf you're talking about UWD 5G, that shit is DTLA and a few other areas. Try it out! It's fast as shit when you can get it.
- stjohnswarts 5y agoWhat if you never go international? That seems like a bad reason for -everyone- to drop them.
- reidjs 5y agoOh god, their service was EVEN worse in the United States!! In major metropolitan cities, in San Francisco especially! I have never had a worse experience with a cell provider. And I use AT&T!
- bogwog 5y agoGoogle Fi is an MVNO of T-mobile/Sprint (last I checked anyways). so if T-mobile blocks the private relay for their network, it could affect them too. Also, Google Fi kinda sucks. They used to be the cheapest, but nowadays you can get better prices from other services. For example, Google charges $10/gb/mo, whereas Mint Mobile (another T-mobile MVNO) charges 4gb for $15/mo, or $30 for unlimited. Google Fi is only cheaper if you use less than 1.5gb of data per month, and the service quality is probably the same. ...and that's not even mentioning all the privacy concerns attached to Google.
- tristor 5y agoThis is the only reason I switched to T-Mobile originally and the only reason I still have them. Their coverage is so poor that I get no LTE service sitting in my house in a core part of the major metro area. I'm only able to maintain them because they were an early and ardent adopter of WiFi Calling. On a recent trip in the US I had no service off major interstate highways. Internationally though, T-Mobile is amazing. I honestly wish my experience in the US was as good as my experience while traveling... there's not much point in having uncapped LTE when you get 1 or 0 bars of service, at least internationally I get great service even if it is speed capped at 256kbps.
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- diebeforei485 5y agoFWIW, I found the coverage to get a lot better when I got a 5G phone.
- coffeecat 5y agoDoes your phone support band 71 (600 MHz)? This band is only a few years old, and T-Mobile has been deploying it as their primary long-range, building-penetrable band. It's unsupported on phones made before approximately 2018. Band 12 fulfills the same role in some areas, and is supported on most phones, but T-Mobile doesn't have a nationwide license for it.
- mabbo 5y agoWhen I travel anywhere for more than 5 days, I typically just buy a local sim card when I land. Usually saves a lot of money. Sure, people can't call me on my usual number, but I see that as an additional benefit. I'm on vacation.
- kayodelycaon 5y agoIf you’re traveling for work, not being able to use your usual number is a problem.
- sofixa 5y agoThat's why many phones come with two SIM slots, and eSIM is starting to get popular ( on top of one or two physical slots). That way you can keep both your usual number and your local card in use simultaneously.
- _august 5y agoI now do Unlocked phone that supports eSim + Airalo app for intl data packs + Mint Mobile for the US, this works extremely well and is very cost effective. With Wifi calling + texting, you can even use your US number internationally since it will work off the eSim data.
- ZeroCool2u 5y agoHave you considered Google Fi? I've used it for the better part of a decade now and its always been great, especially internationally. The plane touched down, I turn off airplane mode, and I get a notification from the Google Fi app, "Welcome to The Netherlands!" Plus, it's primarily the T-Mobile network anyways with the addition of the US Cellular network and the old Sprint network.