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 From: strunkr at tsbvi.edu
To: AZNOR99 at aol.com, ryan.strunk at gmail.com,  kea_anderson at cox.net
Sent: 6/17/2009 11:44:36 A.M. Eastern Daylight  Time
Subj: Fw: [nabs-l] Fwd: [Nfb-announce] Fwd: international roaming  charges 
--Detroit convention



----- Original Message -----
From: "Maurice Mines"  <minesm at me.com>
To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing  list mailing list"
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 16,  2009 10:50 PM
Subject: [nabs-l] Fwd: [Nfb-announce] Fwd: international  roaming
charges --Detroit convention


> hi this just fyi, for  all.
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> > From: Corbb  O'Connor <corbbo at gmail.com>
> > Date: June 15, 2009 10:31:04 PM  MDT
> > To: nfbv-announce at nfbnet.org, Virginia Association of Blind  Students
> > list <vabs at nfbnet.org>,  nfb-announce at nfbnet.org
> > Subject: [Nfb-announce] Fwd:  international roaming charges --
> > Detroit convention
>  >
> > FYI on cell phones at the National Convention!
>  >
> > Corbb
> >
> > Begin forwarded  message:
> >
> > From: "Rovig, Lorraine"  <LRovig at nfb.org>
> > Date: June 15, 2009 2:21:43 PM EDT
>  > Subject: FW: international roaming charges -- Detroit convention
>  >
> > Dear Students,
> >
> > Please note the  useful advice from the NFB’s IT department below.
> >
> >  Cordially,
> >
> > Lorraine Rovig
> > Assistant to  Mr. Anil Lewis, Chairperson, NFB Scholarship Committee
> > NATIONAL  FEDERATION OF THE BLIND
> > Office:  (410) 659-9314,  x2415
> > Email:  scholarships at nfb.org
> >
> >  From: NFB IT DEPT.
> > Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 2:17 PM
>  > To: NCB Staff
> > Subject: international roaming
>  >
> > For those of you travelling to convention, you’ll notice  that just a
> > couple hundred yards across the Detroit River is  Canada, our
> > neighbor to the north (or in this unusual case, our  neighbor to the
> > south).  Though you will need a passport to  cross the border, your
> > cell phone doesn’t.  Depending where  you are in the hotel, your cell
> > phone (or data card) may give up  on a weak signal from your carrier
> > and switch to the Rogers  Communications cell signal from Canada.
> > This constitutes  international roaming and can be very expensive.
> > Unless you have  a contract that includes it, you might consider
> > contacting your  provider to disable international roaming, if only
> > for the first  couple of weeks of July.  I found AT&T to be very
> >  helpful in providing assistance with my request.  To make it a  bit
> > easier for those interested, here are contact numbers for  the
> > various carriers:
> >
> > AT&T : 611 or  800-331-0500
> > Sprint : *2, press Talk or 888-211-4727
> >  T-Mobile : 800-937-8997
> > Verizon : *611 or 800-922-0204
>  > Virgin Mobile : 888-322-1122
> >
> > Here’s to no cell  phone bill suprises, eh?  If you supervise anyone
> > without  e-mail, please advise any of those attending convention.
> >
>  > Regards,
> > John
> >
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