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Re: UK, NL, & Asia LTE Providers for Opengear Console Servers


From: Nick Olsen <nick () floridavirtualsolutions com>
Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2019 10:14:06 -0400

I've got a line on my Fi account that almost exclusively roams in the UK.
Only been on-net in the US a few times and they've never complained about
excessive roaming.

It roams on 3UK. And works fine. Albeit the LTE deployment isn't near as
wide there as it is in the US. And you end up on HSDPA pretty frequently.

On Thu, Aug 1, 2019 at 10:04 AM Matt Corallo <nanog () as397444 net> wrote:

When using a data-only Fi SIM (which are free if you have an account, just
pay the bandwidth), they always just act as a T-Mobile US MVNO and route
back through the US. Still, latency aside, I've found it incredibly
reliable (plus in many countries you can pick from multiple networks).

If you have an Android phone it may switch to 3UK/Hutch's global network,
though I have less experience with that.

Matt

On Aug 1, 2019, at 03:55, Tom Hill <tom () ninjabadger net> wrote:

On 01/08/2019 03:19, Mehmet Akcin wrote:
Google Fi

Are you suggesting Fi because of:

"When outside the United States, cellular phone calls cost $0.20 per
minute, data costs the same $10 per gigabyte (i.e. there are no extra
data charges outside of the US), and texting is free."

Ergo, relative to the countries stated, permanently roaming?

I'd love to know if you've found that reliable - it seems too good to be
true.

--
Tom



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