Use Wi-Fi and Turn Off EDGE for International Access
I will be travelling to the Bahamas next week and have a question about the data on my phone.
AT&T says that you need to be a customer for 3 months before international voice calls will work. Fine.
They say data however, will be charged at 0.03 / kb when international, and text messages will be 0.25 / message.
My question is, I will be in a house that has a wireless network. How can I get my phone to use the wi-fi network and stay connected to that and not default to EDGE when asleep or if the wi-fi dies. Is there a way to disable EDGE?
Do I just need to resort to having airplane mode ON the whole time I am abroad just for safety.
FYI you don't need to be a customer for three months in order to make and receive international phone calls. I used to have Sprint, but switched to AT&T when I got my iPhone on June 29. I traveled to Ireland 8/12-8/22 and had AT&T add their $5.99/mo World Traveler plan which allowed me to make and receive calls at $0.99 per minute. It worked without a problem. When I returned home, I canceled the World Traveler plan. Also, ask about their International SMS Text plan for $9.99. They neglected to tell me about it before I traveled, but retroactively signed me up when I got home after I called them on it. For $9.99/month you get 100 SMS messages and are charged $0.20 per SMS after that. Without the plan you'll be charged $0.50 per SMS. If you expect to make more than 20 SMS messages, it's worth it. Similarly to the World Traveler plan, you can cancel this option after your trip.
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