US Roaming Data

[ibh]

250 MB data is way too small for the 10 day US Talk Text and Data Bundle. I am not a heavy data user, but the 250 MB is used up in about 3 days. Can you increase the data amount? Roam Mobility has unlimited data for their plan, so it can't be that expensive to increase it.  

[closng]

Hi @ibh,

There are 500MB and 1GB data add-ons for US roaming that may suit your needs if the 250MB is not sufficient.

[ibh]

 I meant to add that the data ad ons are very expensive. Could they be reduced in price? The Roam Mobility option was a comparable price for a recent 2 week period with the current PM data price structure. Thank you.

[srlawren]

@ibh Best bet is to skip the US Roaming Talk +Text + 250MB bundle ($20) and instead purchase the US Roaming Talk + Text bundle for $15 and also the US Roaming 1GB data for $20, for a total of $35.  For Roam Mobility, that $35 would buy you 7 days ($5/day) of unlimited talk+text and 500MB/day x 7 days = 3.5GB of data.  Roam definitely works out cheaper for short trips OR if you need a lot of data, where PM's roaming options have a "sweet spot" of about 7-10 day trips with light-to-medium data needs.

[mimmo]

Even the big 3 have roam like home which cost I think 5-7$/ day capped at $50/ billing cycle.  Do as @srlawren said pm is in the sweet spot. Not  ideal for everyone but manageable for most.  And it is better than nothing ( like we had last year. :))

[ibh]

Thanks very much srlawren and mimmo_L.

Next time, I will try the talk and text  for $15 and the 1GB data for $20.

[srlawren]

No worries, @ibh