<p>Thank goodness for the positive result! And thanks for letting us in on the story so that we won’t fall into the same predicament.</p>
<p>thanks for the info teriwtt. To answer one posters question, NO if you have unlimited texting in the US you do not have it when you are out of the country. I just returned from France/Spain with my ATT blackberry. Added a data and calling plan. They were careful to tell me texts would add up the cost and sending a photo was $1.50 per. Also bbm is not free when you are overseas, it counts like the text. Daughter has an iphone. I had her turn off her data so that no email would be received. Also if you check voice mail from another country, it counts as making an overseas call. .99 per minute with the calling plan. Glad ATT took care of the OP.</p>
<p>Glad to hear you were able to get satisfaction from a large corporation. Every time I call Verizon for any reason I cringe, because they are all painfully nice, the left hand and the right do not communicate.</p>
<p>kassos - can you send me the link to unlocking the iphone, and is it easy to put a new sim card in. My daughter will be studying in Sydney, it would be nice if she could use it in Sydney.</p>
<p>Teriwitt - congratulations on getting the adjustment.</p>
<p>ebee- my daughter is going to France for the month of May with her Blackberry curve. She doesn’t have a data plan for this phone but does have unlimited texts. We already added the international traveler plan and were told that calls are .99 each minute but if we text her it is free…it costs her .50 to text us. Do we need to somehow add a data plan? What is that? How big a plan should we get? I don’t think she is bringing a laptop to france but i am not sure.</p>
<p>kjofkw - re texting. We were told if you have the unlimited texting plan, you can receive texts for free from the US but it will cost u .50 each text that you send from another country.</p>
<p>seiclan - does she have Verizon? If so, it’s not going to work in France. We had iPhone, even without international data service, we were able to access data via wifi for free. We just stopped off at various places with free wifi service. Skype and Fring work on iPhone via wifi now.</p>
<p>NO. She has like the OP, an ATT phone.</p>
<p>She does not currently have any data package. If she wants to access her email via her blackberry in France, what do I need to purchase and how large a package? I have no idea what a KB or MB is. I know that international roaming data costs .0195/KB. NO CLUE what that means.</p>
<p>If the curve has wifi, then she should be good to go. I would suggest for her to get an Apple AirPort for $100. It could turn any land internet access into wifi. We brought it with us when we were in Paris. We plugged the hotel’s internet cable into the AirPort, all of us shared the wifi using our iPhones.</p>
<p>I bought a $25 international data service for my H when he was in Europe for 10 days. I think the next level up should be sufficient for your daughter.</p>
<p>She dosen’t have an Iphone. She has a curve. It isn’t even remotely similar. She, as stated in posts25 and 29, does NOT have a data plan…this means no wifi however the phone is Capable of having internet access/wifi…but it has to be turned on.</p>
<p>So you are saying that the 59.99/50 MB plan should be adequate for a month in France???</p>
<p>I am tired and technology ignorant…not meaning to snap. I think I will go to bed and reread this thread tomorrow with a clear head and some liquid caffiene.</p>
<p>If the phone is wifi capable then she could get hooked up with any wifi (nothing to do with ATT).</p>
<p>Not to worry. My husband is the same way when he is frustrated. PM me if you like.</p>
<p>oldfort, did you have to pay for the data plan to have your iphones work with Apple AirPort in France? I’m looking for options for my son who has an iphone and will be in Japan all summer, so far it looks like his iphone won’t work for phone service in Japan…thanks</p>
<p>Your son must already have a data plan with AT&T, just not an international data plan. He would pay through the nose if he should access any data without an international plan or get hooked up to a wifi. </p>
<p>iPhone should be very similar to iTouch, data service via wifi is free. If he has Skype (better yet Fring), he will be able to communicate with you using iPhone when there is wifi. He’ll be able to check his emails thrugh wifi also.</p>
<p>My daughter is going to Sydney. I am exploring the possibility of unlocking her iPhone and buy a local sim card.</p>
<p>When overseas, turn Data Roaming off.
iPhone Travel Tips:
[Travel</a> Tips | Wireless from AT&T, formerly Cingular](<a href=“http://www.wireless.att.com/learn/international/roaming/iphone-travel-tips.jsp]Travel”>http://www.wireless.att.com/learn/international/roaming/iphone-travel-tips.jsp)</p>
<p>Another tip I have given my husband is when replying back on emails don’t include previous attachments or messages, it would cut down on amt of data usage. Do not open any attachment, except absolutely necessary. Turn off any automatic newspaper article notification (my husband loves that).</p>
<p>I think I am understanding you, oldfort, but to make sure:</p>
<p>I am planning on keeping my iPhone on airport mode when I go to Europe. However, I can turn airport mode OFF when I am in a wifi area, and receive or send data from my phone, like email. If I do this, I will incur no costs.</p>
<p>Is that correct? (I can use the iPhone without penalty in a wifi zone…?)</p>
<p>I spoke to ATT, they said that I can only add the International Data plan for a minimum of 3 MONTHS. That would cost us $180 plus. We are not doing that. She dosen’t have access to data on her phone now, she can live without it for 3 1/2 weeks in France!!!</p>