[nabs-l] Fwd: [Nfb-announce] Fwd: international roaming charges -- Detroit convention

[Maurice Mines]

hi this just fyi, for all.

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> 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
>
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>
> 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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