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I use t-Mobile and it works just like you were at home. the caller just calls your number and your phone rings in Spain. No one has ever had a problem contacting me - including spam and nuisance calls.
BTW, text works seamlessly.
They do not...
Hmmm. Definitely slow while surfing. I'm having trouble remembering about maps. Probably a little slow but I'm not sure. If you want to use it for maps, you might pre-load the maps when you have wifi.
We have found that T-Mobile's free data in Spain is slow. But, of course, usually you have wi-fi when you need to do heavy-duty use of data so that might not be too much of a problem.
I’m with Verizon (in the US). They want $10 per day to use my phone internationally with limited data. With a 30-40 day Camino, that’s more than I care to spend. I’m planning to use the free WhatsApp to make calls when I have WiFi (Albergues)...
Unless they have an upgraded plan with T-Mobile phone calls are 25 cents a minute.
The best thing to do is to have your friends and relatives install WhatsApp, so that you can make free calls over wifi or cellular data.
I agree, but I cannot train my elderly Mom to use WhatsApp no matter how hard I have tried....unfortunately we now have the expensive ATT plan. When I was using T-Mobile a few years ago it was a much better deal. I don't think we paid 25 cents...
Always store your US contacts' numbers beginning with +1.
So for example, a US number (987) 654 3210 should be stored as +19876543210 .
The contact can then be called from any location in the world.
Last time I checked, my T-mobile plan had free data and texts, but calls were 25 cents per minute. I do plan to get a vodafone card for use in Spain. But wanted people to be able to reach me on my T-Mobile phone from the US in emergencies.
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