For Americans Going To Europe Or Overseas - Page 7

**andy** · 26-02-2010, 00:53

A callthrough service for use only from the UK has no effect whatsoever on Orange's roaming fees.

wco81 · 07-01-2011, 12:09

So Verizon in the US is pushing forward with their LTE network and several LTE phones are being shown at CES this week.

AT&T is planning to turn on their LTE network by the middle of the year.

Is any of the European carriers planning to deploy LTE soon or are they pushing through with HSPA+?

Will be interesting to see if prices remain low for LTE networks as they are for the current 3G prepaid products. Verizon is definitely introducing premium pricing for its "4G" network.

Will this site still be called prepaidgsm.net once LTE is established?

Stu · 07-01-2011, 13:01

I would guess that we don't change our name for a while, but our discussions certainly morph with the times. Half of our post are about data rather than voice and I think all of us are using VOIP where we can get away with it to bring the price down further. EU roaming regs have also changed our focus somewhat.

Perhaps we should call ourselves penny-pinching-global-wandering-nerds.com, but that is too long and moreover many of our respective currencies don't have pennies.

I am currently grandfathered on ATT's iPhone International with unlimited 3g worldwide. I really have a hard time believing they will let me move this plan to LTE. I could blow through 5 gigs before I hit entry customs.

dg7feq · 07-01-2011, 14:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by wco81

So Verizon in the US is pushing forward with their LTE network and several LTE phones are being shown at CES this week.

AT&T is planning to turn on their LTE network by the middle of the year.

Is any of the European carriers planning to deploy LTE soon or are they pushing through with HSPA+?

Will be interesting to see if prices remain low for LTE networks as they are for the current 3G prepaid products. Verizon is definitely introducing premium pricing for its "4G" network.

Will this site still be called prepaidgsm.net once LTE is established?

In germany the first test-networks of LTE are running. The tariffs announced so far are mostly full-feature connections (phone + internet) for stationary use in regions without ADSL coverage. I dont know if they plan to offer mobile tariffs for these frequency bands as well.

Chris

wco81 · 07-01-2011, 16:16

Kind of surprising that US carriers are ahead of the curve for LTE deployment. It was the other way around for GPRS and 3G, I believe.

Of course I think the spectrum auctions in Europe about 10 years back cost carriers way more money than the auctions in the US. But those were only for 3G.

In the US, T-Mobile is also calling their HSPA+ network "4G" too in advertising.

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andy (Offline) Moderator Prepaid President Posts: 1,951 Join Date: 10 Dec 2004 Country:	26-02-2010, 00:53 A callthrough service for use only from the UK has no effect whatsoever on Orange's roaming fees. Last edited by andy; 26-02-2010 at 02:51..

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wco81 (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Fan Posts: 128 Join Date: 17 Jun 2007 Country:	07-01-2011, 12:09 So Verizon in the US is pushing forward with their LTE network and several LTE phones are being shown at CES this week. AT&T is planning to turn on their LTE network by the middle of the year. Is any of the European carriers planning to deploy LTE soon or are they pushing through with HSPA+? Will be interesting to see if prices remain low for LTE networks as they are for the current 3G prepaid products. Verizon is definitely introducing premium pricing for its "4G" network. Will this site still be called prepaidgsm.net once LTE is established?

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Stu (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Specialist Posts: 869 Join Date: 11 Feb 2004 Location: Dubai (& Detroit) Country:	07-01-2011, 13:01 I would guess that we don't change our name for a while, but our discussions certainly morph with the times. Half of our post are about data rather than voice and I think all of us are using VOIP where we can get away with it to bring the price down further. EU roaming regs have also changed our focus somewhat. Perhaps we should call ourselves penny-pinching-global-wandering-nerds.com, but that is too long and moreover many of our respective currencies don't have pennies. I am currently grandfathered on ATT's iPhone International with unlimited 3g worldwide. I really have a hard time believing they will let me move this plan to LTE. I could blow through 5 gigs before I hit entry customs.

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wco81 (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Fan Posts: 128 Join Date: 17 Jun 2007 Country:	07-01-2011, 16:16 Kind of surprising that US carriers are ahead of the curve for LTE deployment. It was the other way around for GPRS and 3G, I believe. Of course I think the spectrum auctions in Europe about 10 years back cost carriers way more money than the auctions in the US. But those were only for 3G. In the US, T-Mobile is also calling their HSPA+ network "4G" too in advertising.