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2-week road trip in Alaska; will T-mobile work?
I'm taking my family on a 2-week RV roadtrip to Alaska later this month (we are from GA, and plan to stop at Anchorage, Homer, Seward, Kenai Fjords, Chitina, Valdez, Paxson, Denali NP, Talkeetna etc....
I’d recommend leaving Roaming ‘enabled’, as GCI is a roaming carrier, not T-Mobile native.
As mentioned above, you’ll have service, but I suspect that GCI has ‘favorable’ roaming with GCI which may be good for ~5GB (you’d have to check) vs. ~200MB on AT&T.
You may also want to check on T-Mobile’s coverage map to verify coverage in the areas you’ll be traveling to.
If you do think about getting a prepaid SIM, ensure that you have request the 'temporary unlock' from T-Mobile, if your phone isn't already unlocked. Typically good for 1 month.
