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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As someone mentioned tmobile has international roaming. It was fine for texting and calling. Data was somewhat slow and I couldn't use facetime. It worked fine for a long weekend.

I am going on a longer trip and I added T-mobiles upgraded international service so I could have faster data and it may have been $50 for 10 days. They had one that cost less for less data though. I can't remember the cost off the top of my head. [/quote]

Which T Mobile base plan do you have?  I thought with Magenta Max you get 5 GB of high speed data in Europe before it slows down to low speeds.[/quote]

Yes that's the Magenta Max plan.  Older cheaper plans only get the 5GB high speed in a few countries where T-Mobile has tight corporate connections (Germany is one through Telekom).  But the slow data is still fine for directions, VOIP calls, etc.  Just can't be looking at complex web pages, watching videos or uploading a bunch of pictures.  Which aren't things you do a lot, hopefully, when out and about on vacation.[/quote]

Umm. I have a very old plan I think. It is called Select Choice Family Unlimited TT 70. It includes Simple Global which is text and up to 5GB of high speed data (but I don't think its really high speed).

When I traveled in Nov (to the Caribbean) I didn't buy any add ons and I was able to text for free. I also had data but is was very slow. As noted, it would not work for video calling. I don't think I ever tried it for directions, but it seemed fine with most webpages. I think it then charged me .25 cents a minute or something for phone calls.

I just looked and I added the international pass which gives you free calling. It was $35 for 10 days. But I guess I don't really need that so I suppose I can save $35. In my head I was thinking this add on would get me faster data, but maybe that is not really the case! I was just concerned (not because I am going to be on my phone) but because everything seems done via smart phone (all the tickets we have to places, including the train) and I was a bit paranoid about stuff not working. But PP you are right they are all basic websites so hopefully it would be fine (I was also in less developed country, so things might be better in Europe anway). [/quote]

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