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Travel to the U.A.E. and Amsterdam
T-mobile community challenged here. I will be traveling and don't want to get stuck with outrageous fees. Reading blogs and seeing that some folks have to get a new sim card, but if I am reading the ...
drnewcomb wrote:I recommend reading the Lista de control del roaming internacional. If you want to be really sure that you won’t have to pay roaming fees, go onto your account online and, under the user profile, you can turn off charged international roaming.
If you do this you will need to make all your calls over WiFi or use a 3rd-party calling app, like WhatsApp, Viber or GoogleVoice. (n.b. You’ll need to make sure that your GV line is divorced from your cellular line for this to work.)
Be aware that standard (free) roaming data is pretty slow. It pays to preload Google Maps of the areas you'll visit. Depending on how long you plan to be there, you may want to purchase an international roaming package. It made a huge difference in data speed on my recent visit to Greece.
Thank you! I will hop in and take a look.
