Roamer or RON / Extend?
I accepted a job which will have me in Japan (mostly) for 3 out of 4 weeks of the month, with a few odd days in other countries (US, China.); and 1 week spent in Canada every month.
I'd like to keep my current Canadian number, but also have access to my calls (not as important)/ messages and VM (more important) while abroad, and have local access in Japan (mostly data, negligible voice and text) as well. So, the choices are:
1. Get a local Japanese sim, use the Roamer app, and switch to a Canadian carrier which offers unlimited call forwarding. (Although, calls aren't as critical as texts, and as long as I can check VM.)
2. Carry 2 phones, and port my number to Rogers or Telus and use RON or Extend (when it launches.) Japanese sim in 1, Can sim in the other.
3. Anything else?
Which is cheaper, and with less hassle? I'd prefer not to carry 2 phones, but if that translates into significant savings then I just may. Also RON has a Mac app, so that may help with the traveling and availability over Wifi!
Looking for suggestions!
I'd like to keep my current Canadian number, but also have access to my calls (not as important)/ messages and VM (more important) while abroad, and have local access in Japan (mostly data, negligible voice and text) as well. So, the choices are:
1. Get a local Japanese sim, use the Roamer app, and switch to a Canadian carrier which offers unlimited call forwarding. (Although, calls aren't as critical as texts, and as long as I can check VM.)
2. Carry 2 phones, and port my number to Rogers or Telus and use RON or Extend (when it launches.) Japanese sim in 1, Can sim in the other.
3. Anything else?
Which is cheaper, and with less hassle? I'd prefer not to carry 2 phones, but if that translates into significant savings then I just may. Also RON has a Mac app, so that may help with the traveling and availability over Wifi!
Looking for suggestions!