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Roaming Internationally With Blackberry
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| Trying to figure out pricing from the T-Mobile website is a true exercise in
futility.
I just replaced my V600 with a Blackberry (which I like, although I miss a
lot of the "phone" features the V600 had, notably voice dialing.)
I travel quite a bit internationally. I know how to figure out
international calling rates (fairly straightforward), but figuring out how
much it would cost to keep my blackberry running and downloading e-mail is
impossible.
Any hints? Upcoming trips to Mexico and Belgium make me want to know this
before I leave rather than getting a huge bill and associated "sticker
shock". If the roaming is outrageous, I believe I can shut off the data
functions and just use the b-berry as a telephone.
Kenny
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| Bob Rann 2005-06-15, 10:55 pm |
| I just returned from a 5-week trip through 8 different East and West
European countries with my Sierra Aircard-equipped notebook. I've done this
for two years now, and I always get charged the same: $15.00/megabyte.
Downloading a page of jokes from my sister (371Kb) cost me over $5.00 just
for that one email.
I got my bill for just 3 days of usage this trip, and it was $121.00+ just
for data charges! I hate to see what the rest of the month will be. Probably
another $200.00 to $300.00 plus the regular stuff. Fortunately, there's no
additional roaming fees, and I was anywhere from Germany to Poland to
Bosnia-Herzegovina.
I guess if it's important for you to check your email (as I do), it's worth
it when other connections aren't available.
Bob Rann
"Kenny" < kennyL98@nospamnewsg
uy.com> wrote in message
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quote:
> Trying to figure out pricing from the T-Mobile website is a true exercise
in
quote:
> futility.
>
> I just replaced my V600 with a Blackberry (which I like, although I miss a
> lot of the "phone" features the V600 had, notably voice dialing.)
>
> I travel quite a bit internationally. I know how to figure out
> international calling rates (fairly straightforward), but figuring out how
> much it would cost to keep my blackberry running and downloading e-mail is
> impossible.
>
> Any hints? Upcoming trips to Mexico and Belgium make me want to know this
> before I leave rather than getting a huge bill and associated "sticker
> shock". If the roaming is outrageous, I believe I can shut off the data
> functions and just use the b-berry as a telephone.
>
> Kenny
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| Kenny 2005-06-17, 10:55 pm |
| I think I'm gonna figure out how to shut if off while in Mexico
Thanks for taking the time to respond.
Kenny
"Bob Rann" <Spam@Spam.com> wrote in message
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quote:
>I just returned from a 5-week trip through 8 different East and West
> European countries with my Sierra Aircard-equipped notebook. I've done
> this
> for two years now, and I always get charged the same: $15.00/megabyte.
> Downloading a page of jokes from my sister (371Kb) cost me over $5.00 just
> for that one email.
>
> I got my bill for just 3 days of usage this trip, and it was $121.00+ just
> for data charges! I hate to see what the rest of the month will be.
> Probably
> another $200.00 to $300.00 plus the regular stuff. Fortunately, there's no
> additional roaming fees, and I was anywhere from Germany to Poland to
> Bosnia-Herzegovina.
>
> I guess if it's important for you to check your email (as I do), it's
> worth
> it when other connections aren't available.
>
> Bob Rann
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> "Kenny" < kennyL98@nospamnewsg
uy.com> wrote in message
> news:d8ep9002flu@new
s2.newsguy.com...
> in
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| Kenny wrote:
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> I think I'm gonna figure out how to shut if off while in Mexico
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> Thanks for taking the time to respond.
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> Kenny
> "Bob Rann" <Spam@Spam.com> wrote in message
> news:d8q1an$ral@disp
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I had assumed that looking at my data use on the monthly bill would
allow me to calculate estimated cost. I turned off some forwarding on a
recent trip to Amsterdam and with minimal email and web browsing there
was only a $2.00 charge for the week. Does your data charge on the
monthly bill reflect your usage for means of charging for roaming?
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| Joseph 2005-06-18, 10:55 pm |
| On Fri, 17 Jun 2005 20:21:33 -0400, "Kenny"
< kennyL98@nospamnewsg
uy.com> wrote:
quote:
>I think I'm gonna figure out how to shut if off while in Mexico
Usually pressing the power button will do it!
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| Kenny 2005-06-19, 10:55 pm |
| Then the phone won't work either....right? RIGHT!
"Joseph" <JoeOfSeattle@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 17 Jun 2005 20:21:33 -0400, "Kenny"
> < kennyL98@nospamnewsg
uy.com> wrote:
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> Usually pressing the power button will do it!
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