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Data roaming in South America

Lots of South American operators offer unlimited WhatsApp/Spotify/Facebook/YouTube with their contracts and it appears that it is valid with roaming SIMS too.

When Lebara UK roams (on Claro) I can confirm that there are no charges for WhatsApp messages and also that Google location sharing works.

As far as I know, only a PAYG SIM from Three gives (full) free roaming in most of South America

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  • eDicky
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    Interesting, I guess the setup for free WhatsApp etc applies to any SIM running on their network.
    In East Asia such allowances are common, but I always used a local SIM for data and never checked if the allowances applied to a roaming SIM.
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