Comments on: Verizon offering new international data plans, but they ain’t cheap

By: tony

tony — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 00:32:30 +0000

Why not just buy a sim card from a local carrier while overseas?

By: John Gallagher

John Gallagher — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 19:07:46 +0000

Wi-Fi roaming as a complement to cellular data roaming is becoming an area of increasing interest for carriers and for people who travel internationally. T-Mobile USA does offer a global Wi-Fi roaming service, although they only sell the service to large corporate customers. In full disclosure, iPass did provide T-Mobile the service.

By: deeceefar2

deeceefar2 — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 20:54:59 +0000

Having recently come back from Europe on a business trip, I would say this is a huge issue for travelers. The cost of data or voice while overseas is ridiculous, and it is very difficult to find 3rd party sources to go around your carrier to get data while you’re there. Someone needs to step up and be the network for international travelers and offer reasonable international roaming rates, though I will say with the prices above they are getting closer to reasonable.

By: Tom Fay

Tom Fay — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 20:24:39 +0000

This reminds me so much of the voice too of Verizon. I tried making a call to St. Thomas, a US territory, and it was $1.99 per minute. In the end I downloaded an app from Dial91, http://www.dial91.com. This is a calling card used primarily to phone India. I think it cost me a penny or two. The app uses Wi-Fi to send the call, so it doesn’t even use my minutes or my data. I am going to research if there is an international data plan similar. That would be very helpful.