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I spent a good chunk of my life spending 1-2 weeks/month every month traveling internationally for work. AT&T has historically been insanely expensive for roam

I spent a good chunk of my life spending 1-2 weeks/month every month traveling internationally for work. AT&T has historically been insanely expensive for roaming data. The max is per-country I believe, and it is common for me to be in 2-3 countries in a trip, but even assuming this is truly a max, you just basically said T-Mobile saves me $100/month at minimum with their roaming policies.

lotsofpulp 4y ago
https://www.att.com/international/day-pass/ https://www.att.com/international/day-pass/ > You will only be charged one daily fee per 24-hour period for International Day Pass, even if you travel to multiple included destinations in the same 24-hour period. T-Mobile’s max plan does include 5GB international, so that is neat. If I was frequently traveling internationally, I would consider it over ATT.
- tristor 4y ago
  That's much better than I expected from AT&T. That's great news, actually, and makes it a better offer than the equivalent from Verizon (Travel Pass).
ddoolin 4y ago
This is why I stick with T-Mobile. When I go abroad, it just works and is just included in my regular plan. I haven't been charged extra to use my phone abroad in years. And it isn't even shite service anymore, I can typically use 5G/LTE just fine. Even $10 a day can be STEEP when you're gone for >2 weeks at a time.
- tristor 4y ago
  > And it isn't even shite service anymore, I can typically use 5G/LTE just fine. I had T-Mobile before switching to Verizon and am now back on T-Mobile. Ironically, my experience has been my service quality on T-Mobile is better when roaming in Europe than it is when at home in the US. I believe this is because T-Mobile is an off-shoot of Deutsch Telekom, and therefore makes use of DT and partner towers in Europe which have exceptionally good coverage. Verizon used to have a similar relationship to Vodafone, but when I recently roamed on Verizon in Europe, I was no longer on Vodafone towers and got shoddy service at a higher cost (and with issues upon returning to the US). I primarily ditched T-Mobile due to service quality / coverage in the US, but I've decided to put up with it because they were the first to adopt Wi-Fi calling in the US, and all of their services work perfectly over Wi-Fi and I pretty much always have Wi-Fi in the US.

lotsofpulp 4y ago

https://www.att.com/international/day-pass/ https://www.att.com/international/day-pass/ > You will only be charged one daily fee per 24-hour period for International Day Pass, even if you travel to multiple included destinations in the same 24-hour period. T-Mobile’s max plan does include 5GB international, so that is neat. If I was frequently traveling internationally, I would consider it over ATT.

tristor 4y ago
That's much better than I expected from AT&T. That's great news, actually, and makes it a better offer than the equivalent from Verizon (Travel Pass).

ddoolin 4y ago

This is why I stick with T-Mobile. When I go abroad, it just works and is just included in my regular plan. I haven't been charged extra to use my phone abroad in years. And it isn't even shite service anymore, I can typically use 5G/LTE just fine. Even $10 a day can be STEEP when you're gone for >2 weeks at a time.

tristor 4y ago
> And it isn't even shite service anymore, I can typically use 5G/LTE just fine. I had T-Mobile before switching to Verizon and am now back on T-Mobile. Ironically, my experience has been my service quality on T-Mobile is better when roaming in Europe than it is when at home in the US. I believe this is because T-Mobile is an off-shoot of Deutsch Telekom, and therefore makes use of DT and partner towers in Europe which have exceptionally good coverage. Verizon used to have a similar relationship to Vodafone, but when I recently roamed on Verizon in Europe, I was no longer on Vodafone towers and got shoddy service at a higher cost (and with issues upon returning to the US). I primarily ditched T-Mobile due to service quality / coverage in the US, but I've decided to put up with it because they were the first to adopt Wi-Fi calling in the US, and all of their services work perfectly over Wi-Fi and I pretty much always have Wi-Fi in the US.