TMobile USA Now Has Some International Roaming on Prepaid

Stu

http://www.t-mobile.com/shop/plans/prepaidrates.aspx

Motel75 · 24-01-2008, 08:58

Only in Canada and Mexico, unfortunately, but this is not new.

http://www.t-mobile.com/Internationa..._RoamWorldwide

Unless they've just changed something, the page you pointed to was about their international calling rates -- i.e., how much it costs to call these places from the U.S. I certainly wish they'd enable roaming, at the very minimum, on other TMO networks, but my U.S. card presently won't roam in Germany, and you'd think it would work in the T-Mobile homeland if it would work anywhere. Oh well...

Stu · 24-01-2008, 13:11

On Howard's Forum one poster swears it work (albeit expensively) in Australia. I see where you are getting the Canada & Mexico from. Does anyone out there have a US prepaid TMobile SIM out there in Euroland that they can see if it registers?

Motel75 · 24-01-2008, 14:04

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Originally Posted by Stu

On Howard's Forum one poster swears it work (albeit expensively) in Australia. I see where you are getting the Canada & Mexico from. Does anyone out there have a US prepaid TMobile SIM out there in Euroland that they can see if it registers?

Well yes, I do. I just tried both of mine here (931 and 212, both Gold Rewards with lots of credit, both registered with my.t-mobile.com) in Germany and neither one worked.

However, I did notice that on https://my.t-mobile.com/Plan/ there's a new mention of "International access" -- and while it only lists the same old calling rates from the US and the roaming rates for Canada and Mexico, the description "T-Mobile provides you access to the world’s largest international wireless community" does seem filled with a certain amount of promise.

I certainly hope so -- while I'd probably never use it to place calls within Europe, the ability to receive calls at my U.S. number overseas would be very helpful.

Fossie · 22-05-2008, 10:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stu

On Howard's Forum one poster swears it work (albeit expensively) in Australia. I see where you are getting the Canada & Mexico from. Does anyone out there have a US prepaid TMobile SIM out there in Euroland that they can see if it registers?

It doesn't work in Austria either.

Stu · 04-06-2008, 03:14

TMobile has updated its prepaid page:

http://www.t-mobile.com/shop/plans/d....mc_t=OnsiteAd

There are many new offers. Note the international roaming link towards the bottom of the page.

http://www.t-mobile.com/shop/plans/prepaidrates.aspx

Interesting!

Bossman · 04-06-2008, 10:01

The pay by the day plan is not bad at all. I am sure it will suite some people. The regular works for my minimal use as a backup. Especially since both of my cards are "Gold rewards"

The international roaming is still limited to Canada and mexico though. Hope they expand on that soon.

PhotoJim · 04-06-2008, 15:45

The pay-by-the-day plan is not eligible for Gold Rewards, so I assume this means you'd need to put $100 into it every year to keep it active. On the pay-as-you-go plan, once you've put $100 in you get Gold Rewards and you only need to put in $10 a year to keep it active.

ozfiles · 12-06-2008, 05:50

I'm in Australia and have a t-mobile prepaid sim with me and I can confirm that it doesn't register with any network.
It would be nice if it did work down here but no go.
I don't know how the guy on Howard's Forum got it to work but I can't.

Stu · 12-06-2008, 16:16

Thanks. I was beginning to wonder the same thing. The more and more I am looking at TMobile, the more I am wondering if Flexpay is the way to go with them. I'm going to pop by a Tmobile shop and take a look.

If you can get a TMobile Flexpay with unlimited internet and My Favs, it might prove real interesting.

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Stu (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Guru Posts: 1,091 Join Date: 11 Feb 2004 Location: Detroit (formerly Dubai) Country:	TMobile USA Now Has Some International Roaming on Prepaid - 24-01-2008, 03:32 http://www.t-mobile.com/shop/plans/prepaidrates.aspx

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Motel75 (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Pioneer Posts: 573 Join Date: 15 Jun 2006 Location: Berlin Country:	24-01-2008, 08:58 Only in Canada and Mexico, unfortunately, but this is not new. http://www.t-mobile.com/Internationa..._RoamWorldwide Unless they've just changed something, the page you pointed to was about their international calling rates -- i.e., how much it costs to call these places from the U.S. I certainly wish they'd enable roaming, at the very minimum, on other TMO networks, but my U.S. card presently won't roam in Germany, and you'd think it would work in the T-Mobile homeland if it would work anywhere. Oh well... Current DE: Vodafone, Netzklub; PL: Klucz, Virgin; UK: Giffgaff, Vodafone; US: T-Mobile; CA: 7-Eleven; IT: Vodafone; UA: Kyivstar; FR: Bouygues; GR: Vodafone Former DE: Vodafone, T-Mobile, O2, Blauworld, 01051mobile, Solomo, Lycamobile, Simyo, Congstar, Fonic, Edeka Mobile, Lidl Mobile; PL: Heyah, Era, Virgin, Sami Swoi, Orange, POP, iPlus, Carrefour Mova, Telepin Mobi, Play, Lycamobile, T-Mobile; UK: Vodafone, T-Mobile, Virgin; US: T-Mobile, AT&T, Lycamobile; CZ: Vodafone, Oskar; ES: Lebara; GR: Vodafone, Wind; UA: Vodafone; IL: Orange; TR: Turkcell

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Stu (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Guru Posts: 1,091 Join Date: 11 Feb 2004 Location: Detroit (formerly Dubai) Country:	24-01-2008, 13:11 On Howard's Forum one poster swears it work (albeit expensively) in Australia. I see where you are getting the Canada & Mexico from. Does anyone out there have a US prepaid TMobile SIM out there in Euroland that they can see if it registers?

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Stu (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Guru Posts: 1,091 Join Date: 11 Feb 2004 Location: Detroit (formerly Dubai) Country:	04-06-2008, 03:14 TMobile has updated its prepaid page: http://www.t-mobile.com/shop/plans/d....mc_t=OnsiteAd There are many new offers. Note the international roaming link towards the bottom of the page. http://www.t-mobile.com/shop/plans/prepaidrates.aspx Interesting!

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Bossman (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Professionist Posts: 1,257 Join Date: 22 Apr 2005 Location: Chicago Country:	04-06-2008, 10:01 The pay by the day plan is not bad at all. I am sure it will suite some people. The regular works for my minimal use as a backup. Especially since both of my cards are "Gold rewards" The international roaming is still limited to Canada and mexico though. Hope they expand on that soon. Phones: Xiaomi Mi Mix 2, Samsung Galaxy A50, ASUS zenfone 3, Sim cards: AT&T (Contract), 3 UK, Piranha Mobile

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PhotoJim (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Expert Posts: 389 Join Date: 10 Dec 2006 Location: Regina, SK, CA Country:	04-06-2008, 15:45 The pay-by-the-day plan is not eligible for Gold Rewards, so I assume this means you'd need to put $100 into it every year to keep it active. On the pay-as-you-go plan, once you've put $100 in you get Gold Rewards and you only need to put in $10 a year to keep it active. CA: SaskTel, Wind postpaid; Rogers, Bell postpaid iPad flex plans; US: T-Mobile postpaid data, prepaid voice; PureTalk (AT&T MVNO) prepaid voice/data; AT&T prepaid iPad plan Hardware: Too much but notably iPhone 5, iPad Mini Retina LTE, Moto G LTE (N.A. version), iPhone 4. All unlocked.

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ozfiles (Offline) Junior Member Newbie Posts: 1 Join Date: 12 Jun 2008 Country:	12-06-2008, 05:50 I'm in Australia and have a t-mobile prepaid sim with me and I can confirm that it doesn't register with any network. It would be nice if it did work down here but no go. I don't know how the guy on Howard's Forum got it to work but I can't.

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Stu (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Guru Posts: 1,091 Join Date: 11 Feb 2004 Location: Detroit (formerly Dubai) Country:	12-06-2008, 16:16 Thanks. I was beginning to wonder the same thing. The more and more I am looking at TMobile, the more I am wondering if Flexpay is the way to go with them. I'm going to pop by a Tmobile shop and take a look. If you can get a TMobile Flexpay with unlimited internet and My Favs, it might prove real interesting.