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snidely · **Great way for U.S. customers to roam! -** 14-07-2007, 19:14

As I previously mentioned in another thread, T-Mobile U.S. has come out with a couple combination wifi/GSM phones. For $10/mo. you can get unlimited calling if within range of an accessible wifi. You can use it w.o. getting the $10 option, but usage comes out of your normal bucket of minutes. They call this option "hotspot@home".

We just ran a test. My wifi TMobile phone is in Costa Rica. Calls to and from were virtually as good as over GSM. I went on line and the T-M site DOES show those calls on my account as being UMA (wifi) calls, meaning that phone can receive calls for free and call any U.S. number without cost. (I had been afraid they may charge the $3/min. roaming charge for Costa Rica since, technically, they would know the connection was via Costa Rican ISP.)

I think this T-M service alone might suit some intl. travelers fm. the U.S. This, in combination w. a intl. SIM card of choice would be a good combo.

I think some European carriers have this wifi/GSM service. Can they do the same thing?

...mike

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snidely (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Expert Posts: 451 Join Date: 09 May 2005 Location: Berkeley, California and Miami Country:	Great way for U.S. customers to roam! - 14-07-2007, 19:14 As I previously mentioned in another thread, T-Mobile U.S. has come out with a couple combination wifi/GSM phones. For $10/mo. you can get unlimited calling if within range of an accessible wifi. You can use it w.o. getting the $10 option, but usage comes out of your normal bucket of minutes. They call this option "hotspot@home". We just ran a test. My wifi TMobile phone is in Costa Rica. Calls to and from were virtually as good as over GSM. I went on line and the T-M site DOES show those calls on my account as being UMA (wifi) calls, meaning that phone can receive calls for free and call any U.S. number without cost. (I had been afraid they may charge the $3/min. roaming charge for Costa Rica since, technically, they would know the connection was via Costa Rican ISP.) I think this T-M service alone might suit some intl. travelers fm. the U.S. This, in combination w. a intl. SIM card of choice would be a good combo. I think some European carriers have this wifi/GSM service. Can they do the same thing? ...mike Make use of T-M's UMA/wifi free calling from any place in the world with access to wifi. I use an LG G6, wife an S7) A/o Oct 20, 2013 no need for intl prepaid as T-Mobile U.S. includes voice roaming at 20¢/min (in and out)., unlimited text (in and out), and unlimited data in 140+ countries. My Plan -[6 lines] U.S. T-Mobile unlimited minutes (incoming and outgoing), unlimited text, fast data on each line. that $145/mo. total! . (In U.S. no surcharge for calling a cell.) If a line exceeds 2G of data in a month, pay $10 more for that line. [That only happens a couple times/year.