Certainly many of you have heard about the word "roaming" at least once in your life. In this article we would like to present, what’s hidden under this expression and how it works in other countries - in this case the example of the United States.

Roaming is a mechanism used in wireless communication networks that allows the use of a cellular network service when you’re not a user of local network operator. As an example, you’re an American traveling to Japan. Due to the fact that there is no local network in this country, which is used by the Pole (for example: Vodafone), making calls in the Japan and using the mobile Internet is taken over by the Japanese mobile operator (eg. NTT). All this happens automatically, because roaming on the phone can be turned on and off with a single button in the cell settings.

The main drawback of this solution are roaming charges. Despite the very high utility of this form of connecting to the mobile Internet or making urgent calls - you pay a fee for each such connection to the network.

If we enter "USA roaming prices" in the search engine, we will be able to analyze the approximate fees for making calls and Internet connection in the United States. At the very beginning, many people can wipe their eyes with amazement. Unfortunately, roaming in the US is very expensive. For downloading a 1 GB of data or making an hour call will cost us a real fortune. Even a five-digit amount! Just imagine, how much will you cost only downloading an apps updates.

Fortunately, there are many alternatives in the United States and for the mobile Internet access in the USA. You can make your phone calls via connecting to Wi-Fi, through the so-called Wi-Fi Calling, which allows you to dial numbers and connect to them through a WiFi signal. It is worth remembering about this method of making calls, because we can see that calling from USA for free is really possible. Yes - free phone calls from the United States to other countries. In this case, it is also worth remembering about mobile apps like Skype or Viber.

The Internet connection in the USA can be obtained in many ways. In larger cities, there should be no problems finding a public WiFi hotspot. In the same way, it’s possible to buy a SIM card in the USA.
 

Both making calls in the United States and connecting to a local Internet network can be facilitated by the XOXO WiFi router. Rental costs are much lower compared to roaming charges in the USA.

Let's compare: renting XOXO WiFi for one day costs about 12,50 USD. For this amount, each user is given the option to use the mobile internet in the US without any data limit. You can also make calls via WiFi Calling and surf the net and pay only for the rental service itself.

Roaming in the USA looks much worse in this case. Downloading 1 GB of data is an expenditure many thousands of USD. We are not joking, you can receive such a bill for intensive roaming in the USA. Compared with the router, XOXO WiFi is not only better in this case, but it is just a reasonable solution to the problem of using the Internet and making calls in the US (the hour of calls from the United States with an international caller costs hundreds of USD).
 
What's more - on one mobile router you can pair several devices at the same time. If you plan a vacation in the United States or you’re organizing a business trip there - remember to rent XOXO WiFi!