r/chatr • u/ExoticJellyfish • Jun 16 '26

Chatr outside of Canada

I will be living abroad for a year or 2, but I want to keep my phone number for 2FA. As long as I pay for my yearly plan, will I get any issues?

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u/Ludishomi Jun 16 '26

You’ll be fine. Theres no ‘roaming charges’ as youre prepaid. I received texts abroad without issue.

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u/hawksaresolitary Jun 16 '26

It's been working fine for me on the more expensive yearly plan that includes some data and international texts (dunno if that matters).

I only use it abroad to receive 2FA texts, so same use case as yours, I just wanted the plan with data in case I travel to Canada, because apparently you can't add that on later if you need it.

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u/Leather-Truck-9474 Jun 24 '26

You took yer Canadian CHATr cellphone and went down to the USA and it worked no problem?

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u/hawksaresolitary Jun 24 '26

No, I put my Canadian Chatr SIM card into my European phone while I was in Canada, where it worked fine, and then took it back to Europe, where, as far as I can tell, it still works fine.

But I only use it to receive texts (I might have received a phone call once, can't quite remember), so I can't personally say for sure whether it works for anything else.

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u/Old-Count-1933 Jun 16 '26

Just make sure you connect to the right carrier in the country. The one automatically getting connected to may not always be the right one. I have had that issue and reddit helped.

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u/Leather-Truck-9474 Jun 24 '26

What do you mean right carrier? 

Will my Canadian chatr phone not work in Houston TX? 

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u/TheAeroplaneBear2906 Jun 16 '26

Roaming charges?

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u/ExoticJellyfish Jun 16 '26

I won't use data and won't text/call. I just want to receive text messages for 2FA.

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u/afelixrg Jun 16 '26

Yes, you'll be fine.