Roaming Speeds

[Mr.Peppermint]

What is the typical roaming speeds while in USA?

Full speed LTE roaming = ?
Throttle LTE roaming = ?


I think I remember reading they use T-Mobile mainly correct?

[sirtate]

What is the typical roaming speeds while in USA?

Full speed LTE roaming = ?
Throttle LTE roaming = ?


I think I remember reading they use T-Mobile mainly correct?

They use AT&T now. The changed happened on Jan 1 2017...

Speeds are ok, I see about 25-40 down and 10-15 up...

Latency is high, however, as you are routed to globalives POI.
Plus your IP address shows Canadian while you are using cellular...

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[enufwireless]

throttled, I see 25Kbps-70Kbps roaming on AT&T in Alaska.

[sirtate]

Yes, sorry...

I see under 100kbps when throttled too...

That's good enough for notifications and e-mails, as well as Waze to work without issue. But anything that requires any measure of data will either be painful or outright fail.

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[Mr.Peppermint]

I am pretty sure I will blow through the 1GB so we shall see what happens after the fact
Hopefully throttle not too bad


If throttle is too bad Koodo allows roaming for $8 per day which would tide me over

[sirtate]

I am pretty sure I will blow through the 1GB so we shall see what happens after the fact
Hopefully throttle not too bad


If throttle is too bad Koodo allows roaming for $8 per day which would tide me over

Or add the $25 bundle from Shaw...

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[Mr.Peppermint]

Or add the $25 bundle from Shaw...

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I thought the $25 was only for 1GB though?

Either way not like I am streaming so hopefully throttle will be ok we shall see

[sirtate]

I thought the $25 was only for 1GB though?

Either way not like I am streaming so hopefully throttle will be ok we shall see

Yes, it only gives you an extra 1gig for 5 days...

The $8 per day may work better if you're using more for longer...

I typically use about 1.5gigs a month using email and Waze every day in the states...

Last month I burned through my 2400minutes. That was awkward...

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[Mr.Peppermint]

Well first thing when I crossed border was I got slammed by a bunch of scary text messages
All giving me in depth gory details about how much each plan costs for overages etc (I admit it made me a little nervous since I was under impression I had unlimited, but after checking billing tonight I think the texts are simply trying to scare you into buying more data)

I had 1GB included in my plan and I used 1.6GB throughout the week

I was on AT&T the entire time (as others mentioned above)

I did not run any actual speed tests but quite frankly I did not even notice any throttle at all (if it was ever applied... as I have my doubts)
(14th I exceeded my data and 16th I spent most of the day driving so really only used heavy on Thurs but I was easily able to play games and stream video no issue at all)

Koodo SIM was never even inserted into my phone since the Freedom / AT&T worked fine


*EDIT - another oddity; when I came home I noticed the secondary SIM on my account emailed me a warning from Freedom that they were roaming (despite that SIM only consuming about 700MB)
Seems odd that the primary SIM that *exceeded* the data allotment did not trigger any emails (since both SIMs on same account + same plan)

[sirtate]

Well first thing when I crossed border was I got slammed by a bunch of scary text messages
All giving me in depth gory details about how much each plan costs for overages etc (I admit it made me a little nervous since I was under impression I had unlimited, but after checking billing tonight I think the texts are simply trying to scare you into buying more data)

I had 1GB included in my plan and I used 1.6GB throughout the week

I was on AT&T the entire time (as others mentioned above)

I did not run any actual speed tests but quite frankly I did not even notice any throttle at all (if it was ever applied... as I have my doubts)
(14th I exceeded my data and 16th I spent most of the day driving so really only used heavy on Thurs but I was easily able to play games and stream video no issue at all)

Koodo SIM was never even inserted into my phone since the Freedom / AT&T worked fine

Unless you're streaming, the throttle is fine...

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[Mr.Peppermint]

Unless you're streaming, the throttle is fine...

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Google Play was able to handle my movie / tv library with no issues
If it did scale it was not noticeable