Motorola RAZR V3
free international roaming?
I just called cingular to have my questions answered, but I think the rep knew less than what I knew. In fact she was giving me the run around and just wanted to set me up with the phone and service.
Anyway, I asked about having the phone unlocked. She knows nothing about locked vs. unlocked phones so I asked her how much it would cost if I decided to travel to Europe tomorrow with my cingular phone and made a call back to the states. She said it would cost me nothing as long as I called Cingular ahead of time and they will set up the international plan on the phone for no roaming. Can anybody verify this or was the rep just eager to sell me an expensive phone and plan?
Anyway, I asked about having the phone unlocked. She knows nothing about locked vs. unlocked phones so I asked her how much it would cost if I decided to travel to Europe tomorrow with my cingular phone and made a call back to the states. She said it would cost me nothing as long as I called Cingular ahead of time and they will set up the international plan on the phone for no roaming. Can anybody verify this or was the rep just eager to sell me an expensive phone and plan?
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This upsets me....she is way wrong!
When you travel overseas, the international roaming feature must me placed on the phone, this is free, sort of. This feature allows you to roam on a European carrier. Now depending where you are traveling there are 7 different roaming codes to add. This breaks down as the following pricing points:
Canada/Mexico - .79
Western Europe - $1.29
Australia - $1.69
Caribbean, Cental and S, America - $1.99
Eastern Europe/Asia and the Pacific - $1.99
Africa/Middle East - $2.49
Next, the international call allow feature must be added to make calls to and from the United States. This enables you to make calls from the US to Europe and vice versa. You must be a credit class of B or higher, or if you are a...
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When you travel overseas, the international roaming feature must me placed on the phone, this is free, sort of. This feature allows you to roam on a European carrier. Now depending where you are traveling there are 7 different roaming codes to add. This breaks down as the following pricing points:
Canada/Mexico - .79
Western Europe - $1.29
Australia - $1.69
Caribbean, Cental and S, America - $1.99
Eastern Europe/Asia and the Pacific - $1.99
Africa/Middle East - $2.49
Next, the international call allow feature must be added to make calls to and from the United States. This enables you to make calls from the US to Europe and vice versa. You must be a credit class of B or higher, or if you are a...
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Will,
Good info. Would you double check, I think the second group of rates is for LD calls from the US to those countries.
The first list does look accurate for int. roaming. For international roaming, I do not think a package reduces those fees.
Thanks.
Good info. Would you double check, I think the second group of rates is for LD calls from the US to those countries.
The first list does look accurate for int. roaming. For international roaming, I do not think a package reduces those fees.
Thanks.
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Aprout,
I guess, I was being a little obscure with my wording. Here is the clarificaton:
The $3.99 international calling package gets you prefered rates from the US to overseas. The (ICA Soc) must be added to make this work.
To roam internaionally (IntlRm Soc) must be added plus the SOC of the area overseas you are traveling. Both are free to add, but you DO PAY for roaming. Those rates are set with no discount. This can take up to 3 months to filter to your bill.
Will
I guess, I was being a little obscure with my wording. Here is the clarificaton:
The $3.99 international calling package gets you prefered rates from the US to overseas. The (ICA Soc) must be added to make this work.
To roam internaionally (IntlRm Soc) must be added plus the SOC of the area overseas you are traveling. Both are free to add, but you DO PAY for roaming. Those rates are set with no discount. This can take up to 3 months to filter to your bill.
Will
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