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From 2020 travel
What’s the first thing everyone does once the plane touches ground? Reach for cell phone. Waiting, waiting--nothing new is feeding in. That's odd. All was ok last trip. Check the number of bars showing: no bars visible. No connectivity icon, either Maybe it's because I am still inside the plane. I check for connectivity inside the terminal. I sneak a look while in the customs and immigration line (where cell phone use is disallowed). Still I have no data connectivity in Mexico. Uh oh. Make a Travel Communications Plan At about this time a little panic sets in. Suppose you are a traveler and you did not make a written list with travel itinerary and contacts. "Why would I bother writing everything down on a piece of paper? My cell phone stores all that information." Now more than ever, you realize how essential is cell phone connectivity for travel. Do you know:
This disconnectivity happened to me the other evening. Fortunately, I am familiar with the Puerto Vallarta region. I had options. I could:
Check the Mobile Data Roaming Settings I opted to walk to a nearby hotel. From there, I checked all my settings: Network & Internet/Mobile Data Roaming permission button was OFF. Change to ON. Bingo! Emails started feeding in, I was able to load Uber. I had recently changed my AT&T mobile plan. When doing so, the mobile roaming setting had likely defaulted OFF. But does my new plan truly have free roaming in Canada and Mexico? With all my other recent AT&T account foul-ups, could I be sure that my current plan really FREE roaming and coverage? Yet another tech support call was needed. From Mexico. First thing tomorrow morning. Boy do I hope I have the right mobile plan for travel. Otherwise I am going to rack up a slew of additional mobile phone roaming charges.
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