3G plan in the US for data only?

[helenhelen]

I read that the US no longer has 3G and it will be downgraded to 2G. I am planning to get data only. Will this be affected negatively? I read a lot of posts about how talking doesn't work, but I will not be adding on the talk & text. I will be in NY and MA for 7 days, leaving early next week.

[helenhelen]

Thank you everyone! I downloaded TextNow to use in case anyone does need to call me, but mostly I message people using WhatsApp or Messenger so that will not change much. 

[darlicious · Accepted solution]

@helenhelen 

If ou plan on only using pm's US Roaming add ons you should have no issues connecting to either of public mobile's roaming partners AT&T and T-Mobile. Although lately there have been customers reporting that they have been unable to connect to AT&T in certain areas. Feedback on T-Mobile has been positive with many areas of the US having relatively good voice services on the 2G network.

If you plan on using a voip provider app such as textnow you will be able to both text and make voice calls while on wifi or mobile data. Incoming texts work regardless of having a US Roaming add on. You will only need the ability to connect to the 4G LTE network for your mobile data and incoming pm texts to work. The following linked post will provide more insight and handy links to use your 10 day US Roaming add ons effectively.

https://productioncommunity.publicmobile.ca/t5/Get-Support/US-Roaming-Add-ons-Decommissioning-of-US-...

[softech]

@helenhelen   no issue if you only want data and text.  The main issue is just voice

With PM, data and text can be run on LTE (as well as 3G network), but voice can only run on 3G or 2G network

So, if you are getting only data (or text as well), you are not affected.  You can still connect to T-Mobile or AT&T LTE network and would work like before.   Make sure Mobile Roaming data is enabled on your device. Also, if there is any difficulty with automatic network connection, try to manually connect it to the 2 networks there

Just in case it doesn't work, PM will usually refund without much trouble