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List of Tmobile partners in Europe
Does anyone know where I can find a list of T-Mobile partners for reach country? I ask because I will be on a cruise line that has its own tower, and I plan to do manual connections to the correct T-Mobile partner towers when I am near the ship so I can avoid the usurious prices cruise ships charge when roaming on their towers.
drnewcomb wrote:
T-Mobile does not publish the list of their roaming partners. They are capable of using LAC blocking to regulate which of several partners they use in a given location. The best you can do is to just manually try to connect to various signals (less Cellular at Sea) and see what happens. You should get a text saying "Welcome to Elbonia. Data is free but very slow." Or something to that effect.
You might want to see if your phone allows excluding the signal of the ship's cell service. For instance, it may be 2G and you can set your phone to only work on 3G or better.
Thank you. I do have another question. I usually get notifications everywhere I go saying, "You are roaming" regardless if I'm on an authorized Tmobile partner network or not. So, how do I know for sure I'm on acceptable network?
T-Mobile does not publish the list of their roaming partners. They are capable of using LAC blocking to regulate which of several partners they use in a given location. The best you can do is to just manually try to connect to various signals (less Cellular at Sea) and see what happens. You should get a text saying "Welcome to Elbonia. Data is free but very slow." Or something to that effect.
You might want to see if your phone allows excluding the signal of the ship's cell service. For instance, it may be 2G and you can set your phone to only work on 3G or better.
gramps28 wrote:
I just found this on reddit.
https://www.reddit.com/r/tmobile/comments/688cxm/tmobile_roaming_partner_list/
I saw that too. I am concerned that it's likely outdated since it's 7 years old. I'm hoping there's something more up to date out there.
I just found this on reddit.
https://www.reddit.com/r/tmobile/comments/688cxm/tmobile_roaming_partner_list/
gramps28 wrote:
@drnewcomb might be able to help. What countries are you visiting.
Denmark, UK (Scotland, Northern England, Wales, Isle of Man), and Ireland. Gracias @drnewcomb y @gramps28
@drnewcomb might be able to help. What countries are you visiting.
gramps28 wrote:
This link may help answer your question.
https://www.t-mobile.com/support/coverage/international-roaming-services
Thank you. Unfortunately, all I can find are countries that T-Mobile is a partner in. What I am hoping for are actual companies so I can direct my phone to latch to those and not jump on towers with gotcha fees.
This link may help answer your question.
https://www.t-mobile.com/support/coverage/international-roaming-services
