High-speed 4g LTE for free in Europe with TMo

[ukinny2000]

For those of us who use TMo and enjoy their free & unlimited data overseas (albeit at slow speeds), you should know that from July 1st to Aug 31st, those speeds will now be at 4G LTE speeds.

https://newsroom.t-mobile.com/news-and-blogs/summer-travel-unleashed.htm

 

[italdesign]

Thanks for sharing the good news. Love it for my EU trip for which I land July 1!

 

[PurpleSquirrel]

In the United states, you can get free talk, text and LTE on the Sprint network.
There is a MVNO called RingPlus that provides the service. The catch: You listen to advertisements instead of ringtone when you dial an external number. Other than that, the service is absolutely free.

 

[Cory]

I haven't made the switch yet, but Google fi looks pretty good for this too, and certainly an attractive pricing structure - unlimited talk/text, $10 per GB anywhere in the 120 countries where it's supported:

https://fi.google.com/about/plan/

Only downside right now is that you have to have an Android Nexus phone - right now that's a Nexus 6, 5X, or 6P, although another set of Nexus phones are due out before the end of the year.

 

[Matt]

I haven't made the switch yet, but Google fi looks pretty good for this too, and certainly an attractive pricing structure - unlimited talk/text, $10 per GB anywhere in the 120 countries where it's supported:

https://fi.google.com/about/plan/

Only downside right now is that you have to have an Android Nexus phone - right now that's a Nexus 6, 5X, or 6P, although another set of Nexus phones are due out before the end of the year.

Yeah, I saw that Fi changed their cap rules yesterday which is a good thing. I've still had more consistency with T-Mo, but we have a couple of Fi phones and look forward to trying them out.

 

[BuddyFunJet]

Only downside right now is that you have to have an Android Nexus phone - right now that's a Nexus 6, 5X, or 6P, although another set of Nexus phones are due out before the end of the year.

Fwiw, I tried my Fi Sim on an unlocked Verizon LG G4 and could send/receive calls and data.

Probably requires a Nexus to activate the sim though.

 

[Jonny Five]

Google Fi can be used on the iPhone 6s as well now, it's been "hacked". There are instructions online on how to complete the transfer. I just bought the sim and plan on completing the transfer to my 6s this week or next.

 

[huveu]

Great! We are going to Iceland in august and it's included in the 4g LTE list. TMo has been great for having basic internet in a few countries in South America, but it was painfully slow.