Traveling overseas and using Safari

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Traveling overseas and using Safari

We're going to Germany in August. To avoid charges for data use, I should turn off Data roaming on my iPhone and call AT&T and tell them to suspend Edge. I understand I can get international roaming from AT&T. Will WiFi still work? And if so, can I use Safari on my phone to connect to mac.com to get my email without incurring data charges?

iMac and MacBook, Mac OS X (10.4.9)

Posted on Jun 19, 2008 8:41 PM

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Answer 1

Alan UK

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Jun 20, 2008 2:15 AM in response to Dgryan

Yes safari will work by picking up any wireless hotspots.

I used to live in Germany (Cologne) and from experience its amazing the number of people / businesses that have 'open' wi-fi which you can just connect to and surf!

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Answer 2

Jun 20, 2008 5:33 AM in response to Dgryan

There's no point in telling AT&T to suspend EDGE; that won't affect what happens in Germany.

If you plan to use your phone in Germany for voice (and data) you need to call AT&T and do the following:

1. Request that they add "Standard International Roaming" to your account. This covers voice use at $1.29/minute.

2. Optionally add the World Traveler plan. This reduces the voice cost to $.99 per minute.

3. AT&T has 2 iPhone data plans for roaming; $25 for 20 MB/month, or $60 for 50 MB per month. With either plan overage is $5 per month. Without a plan data usage is $20/MB. You can add these plans just for the billing period(s) you will be traveling, then cancel them. If you turn off data roaming you won't need a plan.

WiFi will work with data roaming turned off.

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