pkphilip

Canada is still quite behind on the LD thing, in the US... national calls are considered local with many telco.

To be honest, I am happier with my T-Mobile service in the state than my Fido service. Fido is good to me, but T-Mobile is even better.

Philip

MSN04

amm.. e.g.
you call your friend in Kamloops (it's provenical long distant call) but you are curren ...
布小熊 發表於 2010-12-8 12:07

hmm.. so the difference is between dialing and receiving?  I think i sort of get it :p

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    no the difference is whether you are in the supposed coverage while you make the phone call

pkphilip

Basically when your phone shows "Roaming", you are going to pay if you make/receive calls. You can probably set the phone's network setting to use the home network, but the phone will probably be useless of spotty coverage.

Philip

et1984

hmm.. so the difference is between dialing and receiving?  I think i sort of get it :p
MSN04 發表於 2010-12-8 12:17

Hopefully I didn't get this wrong but let's say if you are with mobilicity's plan no matter what kind of plan you have but once your phone is roaming then that means your phone is using other operator's service such as rogers, fido, and etc.  In that case you aren't using the mobilicity's plan that's why roaming charges you no matter what because you aren't signed up with the other operators.  So just simply put it this way, no matter if it's dialing or receiving or just whatever it is as long as you are roaming then you have to pay and the charge isn't cheap too.  Roaming happens when you are in a spot where your phone couldn't get a signal from your operator so the phone searched for other providers.

That's my understanding about roaming, if I'm wrong let me know.  Thanks

maclover

not sure about mobilicity, but like rogers, they charge you even when roaming even u don't answer the call but goes to voice mail

pkphilip

not sure about mobilicity, but like rogers, they charge you even when roaming even u don't answer th ...
maclover 發表於 2010-12-8 16:11

It never happen to me because I simply don't pick up. Since roaming is charged in 30 sec increment, can you check how much time was charged when you reject a call?

I just came back from the US for 4 days and my phone rang at least 6 times and went to voice mail on a few. I did not get charged for roaming on my current bill.

Philip

Guy

I was given an impression from the sale that Roaming in the coverage area is no charge...

et1984

I was given an impression from the sale that Roaming in the coverage area is no charge...
Guy 發表於 2010-12-9 23:48

    O.o what did the sale say made you had such idea  though ? O.o

akira

I called Rogers last week asking them how much to end my contract.  They ask me why so I told them Mobilicity is now in my area so I am thinking of porting my number to them.  My current bill is about $150 a month as I call a lot of LD within Canada.  They offer me a unlimted plan for $50 per month including CID, voicemail, call forwarding, unlimted call and receive to any number in Canada & USA as long as I am in Canada and the phone is connected to a Roger/Fido tower.  What a great deal and you don't have to worry about the zone limit with Wind or Mobilicity!!  This plan does not include roaming in USA, just anywhere in Canada that Rogers have coverage.  They told me that this plan is for current Rogers customer only and cannot offer to new customer.  FYI.