HOLY CRAP!! Is roaming in the States really that expensive?!?

[spyce]

The no charge for bbm is false unless you were running data through wifi. Charges would be minimal for just bbm but there are data roaming charges regardless

[2jzgte]

Some New Roger travel pack, i Copy pasted from Howardforums.

$15. 15 U.S. min Travel Pack

$20.0 15 European min Travel Pack

$25.0 40 U.S. min Travel Pack

$25.0 15 CALA (Caribbean&Latin America) min Travel Pack

$30.0 15 Asia, Mid-East & Oceania min Travel Pack

$35.0 15 African min Travel Pack

$40.0 70 U.S. min Travel Pack

$50.0 40 European min Travel Pack

$55.0 40 CALA (Caribbean&Latin America) min Travel Pack

$70.0 40 Asia, Mid-East & Oceania min Travel Pack

$70.0 40 African min Travel Pack

$75.0 70 European min Travel Pack

$90.0 70 CALA (Caribbean&Latin America) min Travel Pack

$110 70 Asia, Mid-East & Oceania min Travel Pack

$110 70 African min Travel Pack

Terms and Conditions

1. Minutes must be used within 1 month from date of purchase.
2. Additional minute rate above applies during the same one-month period.

These are one-time packages (that can be readded) that need not be aligned with your billing cycle.

[rage2]

Originally posted by benyl
Anyone know if you can get Pay as you Go in the US that comes with data?

I just need it for a week.

Originally posted by 03ozwhip
^^^no

Really? That's odd, everywhere I've gone so far, I've got data on my pay as you go, even daily unlimited packs for like $2. But I haven't been to the US yet...

[ZMan2k2]

Originally posted by 2jzgte
Some New Roger travel pack, i Copy pasted from Howardforums.

*rates and such*

Terms and Conditions

1. Minutes must be used within 1 month from date of purchase.
2. Additional minute rate above applies during the same one-month period.

These are one-time packages (that can be readded) that need not be aligned with your billing cycle.

WOW! Thanks 2jzgte. That's exactly what I've been looking for. I'm gonna go make a call right now.

[sneek]

Telus has free texting to and from the States. If you have unlim text, and dont have a blackberry you can MMS voice clips, pictures and videos back home. If you are lazy to upload any pics you can MMS facebook too. Man I miss being able to MMS. I really wish telus could fix that. Those rogers smart phones can mms!

[2jzgte]

Originally posted by ZMan2k2


WOW! Thanks 2jzgte. That's exactly what I've been looking for. I'm gonna go make a call right now.

No problem man, it's better to go to Howardforums for cell phone advice. Instead of beyond

[03ozwhip]

Originally posted by rage2


Really? That's odd, everywhere I've gone so far, I've got data on my pay as you go, even daily unlimited packs for like $2. But I haven't been to the US yet...

sorry, let me edit my comment. no, you cant get BB type data, but you can get "openwave" microbrowser on pay & talk, but its not the same. it costs less

(.10/page + data roaming(dont quote me on that, ive never used one in the states so they could be more or less but thats a standard rate vs BB at $8/mb data roaming) but its harder to use and the pages dont display the same.

[CRXguy]

Originally posted by benyl
Anyone know if you can get Pay as you Go in the US that comes with data?

I just need it for a week.

AT&T has pre-paid data, although it's not BIS for Blackberrys. It's $20 for 100MB.

http://www.wireless.att.com/cell-pho...ne-options.jsp

It's listed on the bottom left under available features.

When I went to Vegas last month with my Blackberry, I used 1212KB of data over 4 days. That was just using BB Messenger. It was an extra $7.37 on my Rogers bill. I also brought my dad's unlocked phone which had a T-Mobile pre-paid SIM to call home.

[benyl]

I have an iPhone, no BB here. I think I will try the ATT thing.

[sexualbanana]

The first summer I spent living in LA I used my phone and came home to a $3000 cell phone bill as it turned out they were charging $1 a minute.

The next year I went back, I spent a $100 on a pay as you go phone and it was all good. Plus, I keep the phone and whenever I travel to the US I bring that a long, spend $20 on a new SIM card and I'm good to go.

[benyl]

Yeah, I have two of those phones already, but only because you couldn't unlock the 3G iPhone. Now that you can, I don't need those crappy phones... haha