topic Re: Travelling in Europe and 2FA in Get Support

Travelling in Europe and 2FA

nreisle — Sun, 09 Jun 2024 15:54:32 GMT

I'm wondering if anyone has an experience travelling in Europe with Public Mobile? I know that they don't offer roaming options outside of the US. I plan to get an eSim and local number when I arrive. The only issue I have is that so many sites require two factor authentication and some can't be changed to email or app based. Do you know if I will get charged exorbitant fees if I turn on my SIM card to get text messages for 2FA? When I travelled with Telus getting text messages didn't incur roaming only sending, but I don't know if it's the same with public mobile.

Re: Travelling in Europe and 2FA

Rastin — Mon, 06 May 2024 16:56:12 GMT

I don't know for sure but I don't think you will receive any text messages over there be it normal or 2fa from your PM number.

Re: Travelling in Europe and 2FA

Meow — Mon, 06 May 2024 17:26:41 GMT

NO service outside of USA/Canada.

Re: Travelling in Europe and 2FA

hTideGnow — Mon, 06 May 2024 17:28:41 GMT

HI @nreisle

no, since PM does not have service in Europe, you won't receive your 2FA text

if they are critical, change it to other way , like email , before your trip

Re: Travelling in Europe and 2FA

Nezgar — Mon, 06 May 2024 19:33:46 GMT

Outside of USA & Canada, you will not have any service with Public Mobile at all.

I recommend looking into each of your services authentication options, as most do support options other than SMS these days. Email and TOTP or push-based authenticator apps are easiest since you can receive those with any data connection. (And technically TOTP codes don't need a data connection at all, just a reasonably accurate clock).

Lastly, if none of those options are available but the service still offers the option of making a voice phone call, you can sign-up for a free TextNow account which gives you a separate Canadian phone number that you can access for making and receiving calls with any mobile data or Wi-Fi connection, and set the service to call that number, or call forward your Public Mobile line to it before leaving the country.