Great way for U.S. customers to roam!

bbob · 16-07-2007, 08:57

wifi wow great. So when outside the usa you have a computer that shows you all available wifi access points ?
When you find a point you want to stay within 50 metre of that point so you can be called ?

Wifi is nice but using t-mobile you can only use their access point. Wifi has a limited range.
Wifi is nice when staying at hotels or working in a restaurent or starbuck or mcdonalds.

But wifi is in no way a replacement for cell phone bacause of very limited availablility and range.
Just to call wifi it's to much trouble finding an access point.

snidely · 09-08-2007, 01:41

I didn't mean to say wifi is a replacement for cell. It is useful if you are, for eg., staying in someone's home for a few days overseas or be in an office for some amount of time etc. When in Costa Rica, at a friend's home, several people made use of the free calling back home.
It's just another tool. There isn't just one tool out there that will work for everyone in every situation.
BTW, there is free wifi at Ft. Lauderdale airport AND as i recall, at the San Jose, CR airport.
Phone worked fine.

...mike

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bbob (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Expert Posts: 499 Join Date: 20 Feb 2007 Country:	16-07-2007, 08:57 wifi wow great. So when outside the usa you have a computer that shows you all available wifi access points ? When you find a point you want to stay within 50 metre of that point so you can be called ? Wifi is nice but using t-mobile you can only use their access point. Wifi has a limited range. Wifi is nice when staying at hotels or working in a restaurent or starbuck or mcdonalds. But wifi is in no way a replacement for cell phone bacause of very limited availablility and range. Just to call wifi it's to much trouble finding an access point.

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snidely (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Expert Posts: 451 Join Date: 09 May 2005 Location: Berkeley, California and Miami Country:	09-08-2007, 01:41 I didn't mean to say wifi is a replacement for cell. It is useful if you are, for eg., staying in someone's home for a few days overseas or be in an office for some amount of time etc. When in Costa Rica, at a friend's home, several people made use of the free calling back home. It's just another tool. There isn't just one tool out there that will work for everyone in every situation. BTW, there is free wifi at Ft. Lauderdale airport AND as i recall, at the San Jose, CR airport. Phone worked fine. ...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.