Could T-Mobile (U.S.) new global plan doom the global SIM card business? - Page 5

PhotoJim · 13-03-2014, 00:05

EDGE can and does perform reasonably well in some places. Two years ago when I was in Las Vegas I was exceeding 110 kbps on EDGE in Las Vegas when I did some experimenting.

You are right though... it's throttled 3G. UMTS is native 384kbps so it's 1/3 of that.

dg7feq · 15-08-2014, 14:29

so there must be some T&C that you are not allowed to permanently reside the SIM in roaming.. We have such a carrier here in germany who allowes roaming free calling for up to 30 days in a row, then you have to touch home network again or you will be charged roaming rates...

DRNewcomb · 15-08-2014, 14:43

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Originally Posted by dg7feq

so there must be some T&C that you are not allowed to permanently reside the SIM in roaming.. We have such a carrier here in germany who allowes roaming free calling for up to 30 days in a row, then you have to touch home network again or you will be charged roaming rates...

Yes, there are T&Cs that state it's not for permanent use abroad. They don't seem to have any set criteria for how that is determined. I suggest to T-Mobile customers who are on an extended stay abroad that they occasionally post their SIM back to a friend in the US who will make a local call and then post it back. Not sure if that would do any good, but it couldn't hurt.

Just set a PIN and have a spare SIM handy.

dg7feq · 15-08-2014, 16:31

yes exactly... my collegue who uses the german SIM in poland has actually 2 which he swaps every month

gandalf · 19-02-2015, 09:35

Yeah a US friend of mine did this, seems like it works fine

DRNewcomb · 19-02-2015, 17:17

Several recent posts from people who have been using T-Mobile abroad for months, seem to indicate that you'll get cut off at 6 months and that just sending the SIM back to the US does not reset the clock.

dg7feq · 19-02-2015, 17:21

so that means you should send it home and use it in USA for a while earlier than 6 months?

DRNewcomb · 19-02-2015, 19:13

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Originally Posted by dg7feq

so that means you should send it home and use it in USA for a while earlier than 6 months?

I don't know. It may mean that after a total of 6 months (e.g. 182 days) they cut it off. The only complaints that I've heard have been from people who used the SIM continuously for over 6 months. It may be that the system tolerates more cumulative time roaming in smaller doses. (A month in the US, two months abroad, repeat.)

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PhotoJim (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Expert Posts: 389 Join Date: 10 Dec 2006 Location: Regina, SK, CA Country:	13-03-2014, 00:05 EDGE can and does perform reasonably well in some places. Two years ago when I was in Las Vegas I was exceeding 110 kbps on EDGE in Las Vegas when I did some experimenting. You are right though... it's throttled 3G. UMTS is native 384kbps so it's 1/3 of that. 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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dg7feq (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Guru Posts: 1,164 Join Date: 04 Feb 2006 Location: Germany Country:	15-08-2014, 14:29 so there must be some T&C that you are not allowed to permanently reside the SIM in roaming.. We have such a carrier here in germany who allowes roaming free calling for up to 30 days in a row, then you have to touch home network again or you will be charged roaming rates... Germany: o2 blue all-in L, simquadrat Thailand: truemove (phone+sms+wifi) International: xxSim+372, toggle +44/+49/+41/+31 Phones: Huawei Mate7, Huawei P9

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dg7feq (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Guru Posts: 1,164 Join Date: 04 Feb 2006 Location: Germany Country:	15-08-2014, 16:31 yes exactly... my collegue who uses the german SIM in poland has actually 2 which he swaps every month Germany: o2 blue all-in L, simquadrat Thailand: truemove (phone+sms+wifi) International: xxSim+372, toggle +44/+49/+41/+31 Phones: Huawei Mate7, Huawei P9

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gandalf (Offline) Junior Member Amateur Member Posts: 13 Join Date: 10 Feb 2015 Country:	19-02-2015, 09:35 Yeah a US friend of mine did this, seems like it works fine

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DRNewcomb (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Professionist Posts: 1,465 Join Date: 27 Feb 2004 Location: Mississippi, USA Country:	19-02-2015, 17:17 Several recent posts from people who have been using T-Mobile abroad for months, seem to indicate that you'll get cut off at 6 months and that just sending the SIM back to the US does not reset the clock.

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dg7feq (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Guru Posts: 1,164 Join Date: 04 Feb 2006 Location: Germany Country:	19-02-2015, 17:21 so that means you should send it home and use it in USA for a while earlier than 6 months? Germany: o2 blue all-in L, simquadrat Thailand: truemove (phone+sms+wifi) International: xxSim+372, toggle +44/+49/+41/+31 Phones: Huawei Mate7, Huawei P9