Comments on: iPhone in Europe: Information for AT&T customers

By: Miriam

Miriam — Thu, 03 May 2018 13:47:56 +0000

I really loved and appreciated taking your time to share this valuable information.
Im traveling to Munich this month to stay there for six months for My Husband business project and his taking us and two daughters ,one 16 years old and the other one are turning 26 in June .
I would love any suggestions about adult school that not cost exaggerated or jobs that not required speak German .
We have looking for schools or jobs to be prepared for my orders daughter work visa to stay for 90 days
Since you had living in Europe is any advise or tips that you can share .
My older Daughter is my concern and is important for us to be together.
We are absolutely new like baby first steps in a new place .
I really would love any information .

Sincerely:
Miriam L .

Note:I’m Spanish and my grammar is very poor

By: Craig Nelson

Craig Nelson — Mon, 17 Jul 2017 11:26:20 +0000

Hi Larry,
Thanks for the compliments! And thanks for the update on the AT&T plan. We love it when readers share their tips and feedback.
Craig

By: Larry Schwarz

Larry Schwarz — Fri, 14 Jul 2017 11:24:19 +0000

Thanks for all the great, well written, well researched information. FYI AT&T now offers an international plan where for $10/day you can access all the features of your current home-based AT&T plan. It’s not exactly a great deal, especially for long trips, but it is another option. They also appear to be promoting this new method and making it more difficult to find the “passport plans” on their website. I’ve heard that T-mobile has unrolled new unlimited international data plans, as a way to pull in new customers, but I haven’t really looked into it. If that’s true, that might be a good reason for frequent international travelers to abandon AT&T.

By: E Carroll

E Carroll — Tue, 10 May 2016 19:34:56 +0000

Thank you so much for this concise posting! Leaving for London in a couple of hours and had not thought to call AT&T….will do now!

By: Thomas Meyers

Thomas Meyers — Thu, 28 Apr 2016 12:27:47 +0000

Hi there,

Normal Wi-Fi is free and will always be free. You can turn your phone onto airplane mode and turn on Wi-Fi and use free Wi-Fi at your hotel or at a McDonald’s, for example.

However, AT&T is trying to sell you on access to Wi-Fi “hotspots”. If you download their app and pay for the $60 package (or higher), you can access these Wi-Fi hotspots throughout Europe (and the world). These are offered in partnership with other phone carriers and the app will tell you where you can find them.

However, this isn’t the same as just using good, old-fashioned wi-fi. Your phone is configured so that you can use Wi-Fi wherever you can find a free Wi-Fi network to join… no matter what AT&T tells you!

I hope that helps. Have a great trip!
Tom

By: iAmMortos

iAmMortos — Mon, 25 Apr 2016 21:33:33 +0000

According to AT&T’s Passport information, it’s *not* free to use WiFi.
https://www.att.com/shop/en/wireless/international/roaming.html
Perhaps this was not the case at the time this article was written, but I asked AT&T Customer Support, and they said that in order to use *any* WiFi while abroad, the user would need the $60 Passport package at a minimum.

How can they charge to use WiFi?

By: Linda

Linda — Sat, 16 Jan 2016 13:00:39 +0000

How do I text a U.S. iPhone that is in Italy? It has a U.S. phone number and I’m in the US. the iPhone has the cheapest passport international plan but does not appear to be receiving my texts. I am receiving texts from that person though.

By: Deb Whalen

Deb Whalen — Tue, 25 Aug 2015 19:01:54 +0000

I want to make sure if I use the “Airport mode” and connect into “WiFi” once a day that I will still receive any/all iPhone iMessages that have been sent to me throughout the day?

Thanks,
Deb

By: Eric

Eric — Wed, 05 Aug 2015 22:49:07 +0000

Robyn, Google Maps gobbles up huge amounts of data if you leave the “data” feed on. One trick is to turn it on to download all the mapping info. Then after a few minutes turn the data off and voila, you are still on your free GPS mode with a downloaded map but without useless data feed and charges. You just won’t get some traffic updates (that you may not get anyways) but it will save you more than 75% of your data charges. If you drive for a long time, at the next rest stop, turn on the data feed again to update your map. Then turn it off again and so on.

By: Eric

Eric — Wed, 05 Aug 2015 22:27:56 +0000

McKenzie, Whether your French friends get charged or not depends on your actual number NOT your location. If you use your US number in France, you get charged the roaming fees, and they do get charged for an international call, even if you sit right next to them. But they have a good international plan so it’s ok for them.