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Travelling to Las Vegas and Los Angeles, need data roaming

Isthatok74 — Fri, 11 Aug 2023 02:05:35 GMT

Hi, I'm travelling to the US (Las Vegas, Los Angeles) in a few weeks and will need data (I don't care about calls or texting). Should I purchase the US Roaming data add-on? Will I get adequate service in these cities?

Just asking because I found a lot of threads saying that the 3G network was getting shut down in the US over the last year etc., and have been reading some conflicting reports on whether or not data roaming was affected by the shutdowns.

Re: Travelling to Las Vegas and Los Angeles, need data roaming

Handy1 — Fri, 11 Aug 2023 02:07:50 GMT

@Isthatok74 You should be fine for data and make sure your connected T mobile

Re: Travelling to Las Vegas and Los Angeles, need data roaming

DennyCrane — Fri, 11 Aug 2023 02:24:35 GMT

You'll be fine, the 3G network shutdown only affects calling. But if you don't need your phone number for calls and texts, I might suggest a travel esim from a provider such as Airalo or Ubigi. Much cheaper. You buy their plan, download their esim, and then just turn the e-sim on in your sim card settings when you're cross the border.

Re: Travelling to Las Vegas and Los Angeles, need data roaming

hairbag1 — Fri, 11 Aug 2023 03:35:43 GMT

@Isthatok74

make sure you wait until the last minute before buying your US Roaming add-on as it starts as soon as you successfully purchase it. You could even wait until landing in US to log in to your PM account using their free wifi...then buy your add-on. For just data, you should have no problems using it in SoCal and LV. As a matter of fact you'll likely still receive texts while you're there...even w/o buying the text add-on. ( I've heard too, that occasionally you can send texts w/o that add-on while in US as well)

Test it out and let us know (a) how much you win in Vegas and (b) if the texting works w/o buying the text add-on. Good luck.

Re: Travelling to Las Vegas and Los Angeles, need data roaming

Priority — Fri, 11 Aug 2023 04:47:35 GMT

If it was me, I'd change my plan for 30 days to the Canada-US Plan, you'd get alot more Data as well as Calling + Texting in the USA and to back home.

Other alternatives would be an e-SIM with Airalo, this will give you just Data only for a low price and you won't even have to use your Public Plan.

Re: Travelling to Las Vegas and Los Angeles, need data roaming

BKNS27 — Fri, 11 Aug 2023 05:26:09 GMT

@Isthatok74

You should be fine since 3G affects calling if you only need data. Just connect to T-Mobile network.

Re: Travelling to Las Vegas and Los Angeles, need data roaming

softech — Fri, 11 Aug 2023 13:09:54 GMT

@Isthatok74 just to add, you can also try connect to AT&T,. Some reported they can access roaming using AT&T earlier this week.