Budapest - Post Report Question and Answers
Do you have any recommendations regarding mobile phones? Did you keep your home-country plan or use a local provider?
We used T-Mobile. Even though there is supposed to be some kind of deal available for diplomats through the Embassy/employee association, we don’t think we got it. In fact, we got a very poor plan and regretted it the entire time. Any calls or texts outside of the T-Mobile system incurred a charge. It was quite an ordeal to figure out how to pay online and have the Tax Authority accept printed out online confirmations for Afas (VAT) reimbursement. I believe we paid about $40 per month for two phones. - Feb 2020
Get an unlocked phone. We have three phones and use a local provider with one phone we brought from the US and two we purchased at Media Mart in the mall. - Nov 2018
Embassy community keeps changing policy between T Mobile and Vodafone. - Dec 2017
Most people in the Embassy community use T Mobile. - Jan 2012
Everyone at the embassy seems to use T-mobile, and I haven't had anything to complain about with regard to the service. - Apr 2010
Get them on the same network as the Embassy for free inter-family calls. - Feb 2008
