[Leica] OT: Sim Chip in Europe

[Akhil Lal]

An update.

T-mobile apparently slows and/or blocks data access overseas.

For $ 5/day T-mobile offers US account holders an overseas data pass. This
allowed my son to get 4G service. T-mobile also has monthly rates for
overseas data but that option  was not available on our old (read cheap)
family phone account.



On Wed, Aug 8, 2018 at 8:19 AM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote:

> T-Mobile works great in the Bronx and Brooklyn but in Manhattan on the
> Upper west side where I live it works if you are standing in the middle of
> a Broadway and there are no trees or real tall buildings anywhere near you.
> Verizon does work here in an elevator or basement so I can lay on my bed
> and talk. What a luxury! But if I moved to the Bronx I'd have to move to
> T-Mobile again.
>
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> --
>
> Mark William Rabiner
> Photographer
>
> On 8/7/18, 4:06 PM, "LUG on behalf of Brian Reid" <lug-bounces+mark=
> rabinergroup.com at leica-users.org on behalf of reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> wrote:
>
>     On 2018-08-07 12:36, Spencer Cheng wrote:
>     >
>     >  I have vague
>     > memories that T-Mobile uses a slightly different set of frequency
>     > bands compared to other North American carriers.
>
>     They vary widely. See
>
>     https://cellphonesignalbooster.us/blog/lte-frequencies-and-
> bands-of-cell-phone-carriers-in-usa-canada/
>
>     T-Mobile uses 1900 MHz Band 2 LTE, 700 MHz Band 12 LTE, 1700/2100 MHz
>     Band 4 LTE.
>
>     And see https://www.frequencycheck.com/countries/germany for example.
>     Germany uses Band 3 (1800+), Band 7 (2600) and Band 20 (800 DD). I see
>     no overlap with T-Mobile US frequencies, but sometimes phones have
>     hardware for bands not used by the carrier.
>
>     If you want technical details and explanations see
>     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GSM_frequency_bands
>
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