Los Angeles roaming experiences?

[pianoladder]

I'm travelling to Los Angeles for a few days and am worried about the 3G shutdown warnings.

Does anyone have any recent experience travelling to downtown Los Angeles and using talk, text and data? I want to start calls and data from the airport. Thanks!

[hycm53]

@Yummy Thanks, I will try it.

[Yummy]

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@hycm53 wrote:

@Yummy  I wonder which one is better TextNow app or TextMe app?

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Only you can decide what works best for you.

I use TextNow for a long while and it works as expected. Tiny ads do appear but they do not bother me. The only issue is you cannot receive 2FA (short SMS); you have to pay for those.

Another option is Fongo. It can receive 2FA/SMS but you cannot send SMS. And voice quality is not that great...

Try them all and let us know 😁

[hycm53]

@Yummy  I wonder which one is better TextNow app or TextMe app?

[Metal1967]

@pianoladder  These days it’s pay your money and take your chances.. .. will it work? No one here can guarantee that….

[JL9 · Accepted solution]

A buddy I work with did and was all throughout California including LA for a couple days and he said it was really frustrating bc it was so hit and miss, ended up just getting a cheap option on the street.

[Yummy]

If you expect to make calls you netter get free voip app like TextNow and use WiFi or buy US Data add-on and utilize data for voip calls. Everything else is pure lottery.

[hTideGnow]

Hi @pianoladder you will need to try to connect to T-MOBILE and its 2G network should give you the voice connection 

To be safe, get roaming data or local prepaid data and use VoIp app TextNow to make voice calls

[will13am]

No experience with downtown LA.  The 3G shutdown should only affect calling.  Text and data should be unaffected.