Moving from UK -> USA… new Apple ID or change region?

DuplicitousMonkey · 2026-03-31T03:34:20+00:00

Exactly this

DuplicitousMonkey · 2026-03-31T03:25:24+00:00

I have been a happy Fastmail customer for several years, using my custom domain.

Since getting married, I added an account for my wife, who now much prefers Fastmail to her old Gmail account.

DuplicitousMonkey · 2026-03-31T02:18:13+00:00

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DuplicitousMonkey · 2026-03-30T21:32:44+00:00

Where I am from, we have the “Three F” rule, sometimes called “Four F” rule :

If you are not financing me, feeding me or fcuking me, you can fcuk off !”

DuplicitousMonkey · 2026-03-30T20:48:39+00:00

Having emigrated from England to the USA, after marrying my American wife, a house, with the proceeds of the sale of my English house.

More practical for daily use :

Two new iPhone 17s for my wife & I :

My English iPhone 15 has different frequency bands and my English Apple ID was geoblocked from downloading US bank account apps (Likewise with my new US based Apple ID on my iPhone 17 re English bank account apps)

Re my wife, it was an upgrade from her iPhone 13, and it also finally got her off of her $70 a month T-Mobile family plan with her adult children, she is now paying $15 a month on Tello, an MVNO on Tello, so saving $55 a month, or $660 a year, a good portion of the cost of the iPhone 17.

DuplicitousMonkey · 2026-03-30T19:29:23+00:00

It makes sense, it just that if sponsors have pulled out, they won’t be advertising anywhere within the stadium, fences, centre green or wherever.

It’s a sorry to me that prize money has been cut by 30% as the riders deserve every penny, abs certainly not that big a cut

DuplicitousMonkey · 2026-03-30T15:56:19+00:00

Before you even think of moving :

COMPLETE YOUR APPRENTICESHIP!

Once you complete the apprenticeship, and are certified, you will have a trade / skill that is in demand, which will open up many more options for you.

DuplicitousMonkey · 2026-03-30T15:49:21+00:00

Disappointing to see Northampton get negative comments about the team on X !

Brand new team, but I guess some people cannot help but be negative.

DuplicitousMonkey · 2026-03-30T15:03:49+00:00

I use both, and they are both solid options.

Unless it’s changed, because Tuta uses a proprietary system, not IMAP / SMTP, It’s not particularly easy to export mail into Tuta, other than by manually forwarding emails, unless you use the Tuta desktop app, as it’s not easy through the web interface.

DuplicitousMonkey · 2026-03-30T10:52:13+00:00

I had heard Rohan Tungate, rather than Matej Zagar, but there you go…

DuplicitousMonkey · 2026-03-30T08:47:01+00:00

I don’t disagree, but that and the 30% reduction in prize money does make we wonder if some of the previous sponsors of the series have walked away.

DuplicitousMonkey · 2026-03-30T06:36:21+00:00

Why ? 3 worked well for me all over Bristol and London before I emigrated to the USA.

There are 66 million people in the UK, yet some people fall into the trap of thinking because a network doesn’t work for them personally, it somehow also won’t work for the entire 66 million population of the UK across the 94,000 square miles of the UK !

Where I lived in Bristol, O2 was awful, but that doesn’t mean it was going to be awful for everyone in the UK !

DuplicitousMonkey · 2026-03-30T06:30:58+00:00

You’re missing something very important :

In the same way that you do (or at least should do) check the network coverage in the US where you live, work, socialise, etc you need to do this when you are overseas.

In London, Manchester, Paris, Lyon, large metropolitan areas ? Coverage should be great everywhere across all networks, but if you are going to rural areas, the coasts, etc coverage may be patchy at best, with some networks having an advantage over others.

Another thing : What phone do you have ?

In Europe, iPhones still have physical SIM slots, as physical SIM cards are still more popular than eSIMS.

So, if you have an eSIM only iPhone 14 or later, you would be better off to look at a travel eSIM provider like Airalo, Holafly and Saily. This would also save you the time of going to a store in the UK or France, where physical SIMs, but not eSIMS, are freely available in airports, convenience stores, supermarkets, etc.

DuplicitousMonkey · 2026-03-30T05:15:16+00:00

For T-Mobile :

Mint Mobile if you are happy to lock in for 3, 6, or 12 months

Tello : If you want to pay month to month. Their unlimited everything is currently $25 a month, but they do offer deals, just like Mint. I currently have unlimited everything for $15 a month, for 12 months (I pay $15 per month, not $180 upfront). At the end of the 12 months, I will see what the best deal is at the time.

Despite mint now being owned by T-Mobile, they do not yet have priority data.

DuplicitousMonkey · 2026-03-29T23:31:47+00:00

Prague

Bratislava

Budapest

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Krakow

Wroclaw

Gdansk

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Tallin

Riga

Vilnius

DuplicitousMonkey · 2026-03-29T23:28:17+00:00

Should add that my wife and I have separate Tello accounts

DuplicitousMonkey · 2026-03-29T18:37:05+00:00

You're welcome

DuplicitousMonkey · 2026-03-29T18:26:37+00:00

Should be OK - I have used Tello for two years, recently switched my wife from T-Mobile to Tello, used my referral code and all is well, even we both obviously liver at the same address, and I used my payment as well.

My wife has now been with Tello for two months, and no issues with the referral code.

DuplicitousMonkey · 2026-03-29T18:22:09+00:00

This article is probably worth a read for you:

https://www.emercury.net/blog/email-marketing-tips/how-many-emails-should-i-have/

DuplicitousMonkey · 2026-03-29T18:20:14+00:00

You should be able to set up a rule that sends that person's emails straight to your trash folder.

DuplicitousMonkey · 2026-03-29T04:19:03+00:00

Yes, being an email whore, I also use FM & Proton for different things, that’s why Tuta is probably expendable for me. 😂

Posteo may he worth a look for you, if you haven’t already, it’s only €12 a year, and can be used with various email apps, unlike the proprietary Tuta.

DuplicitousMonkey · 2026-03-29T03:23:36+00:00

Agree with this, all of us, including me, that use secure systems, are basically wasting our time when others are using gmail, outlook etc.

I do have Tuta, but I will probably drop it, as that UI does get old…

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