[blocked_again]

US has one of the worst mobile data in the world. I remember having to pay around $30 for ~3 - 5 GB of mobile data the last time I visited US. Worst of all the connection speed was pathetic. And it was not even 4G. When I visited Thailand recently I got unlimited 6 mbps 4G mobile data for a week for around 8 dollars. India on the other hand have carriers offering 4G data at around $0.08 per GB. US definitely have to step up its mobile data game.

[tjohns]

You should be getting LTE and decent connection speeds in most metro areas of the US. What carrier were you using, and what part of the country were you in?

[blocked_again]

T-Mobile. I was traveling through California, Oregon, and Nevada.

[tjohns]

That's a pretty big travel area, and T-Mobile's core network doesn't work well outside urban centers. (Rural coverage has historically been better on Verizon.)

T-Mobile's Extended Range network (LTE Band 12) has substantially improved their rural coverage lately, but is only supported on the US version of major cell phones. If your phone was purchased outside the US/Canada, it probably didn't have Band 12 support. There's a table here (the specific model number is important, in this case): http://www.spectrumgateway.com/compatible-phones

If you weren't picking up LTE, that also suggests to me you might have been having issues related to Band 12.

But outside that, near any mid-sized population centers (where Band 12 isn't needed), you should've had a fast signal. Especially in California. I just ran a speed test on my phone, running T-Mobile in suburban California, and got 90 Mbps down / 40 Mbps up. That's faster than my home internet connection.

[csomar]

I was on T-Mobile too with a EU phone. If you are using a EU phone, there is compatibility problems with the T-Mobile network. Unfortunately, I only learned about that from my friends after I bought your safe offer. The sales person didn't warn me in advance.

[dawnerd]

We’re you using a local sim or or international plan? International plan users get kinda screwed with speeds. Was just in France with T-Mobile and service was horrible there too.

[blocked_again]

I took a local T mobile sim. I was hardly able to do anything meaningful with the mobile data plan.

[woah]

Can you paste some of the 8 cent Indian offers here? I’m very curious.

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