Phone Service in Europe (for Americans)
I switched my phone service from Verizon to Google Fi before heading to Europe in December, and it's dramatically reduced my phone bill for international roaming. Google Fi still runs on the same network (Verizon) at home that I was on before, but charges me the same rate anywhere (no more insane international roaming charges). So far I've run it for about 4 weeks this year (2 in Spain and 2 in Italy) in Europe, with zero issues. Totally seamless, same phone number, bill is the same as it would be in the USA (and actually noticeably cheaper than Verizon, which is cool too, but not the real point).
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