[nabs-l] international roaming and your Cell Phones atConvention

[Brice Smith]

AT&T international roaming will automatically activate If you leave any AT&T coverage area.

 If you frequently travel internationally, you can pay extra to roam internationally at reduced rates. I know AT&T offers packages for frequent travelers to Canada and perhaps Mexico, but you must sign up for these discounts or you will be charged at standard rates for international roaming.

I called customer service today, And while they again reassured me that I shouldn't have any problems, they logged my concerns and said they would credit me back any international roaming charges as long as I stayed in Detroit.

 

A couple quick Google searches on the subject note the same thing, that you *can* receive cell signals from Canada in the Metro, but that AT&T usually will remove those charges in the unlikely event they become a problem. Most posts from internet forum users who work at the Marriott don't have problems.


I'm glad that this topic was brought to our attention, for it's something most of us would probably overlook. But I wouldn't worry too much.


Brice
> From: snowball07 at gmail.com
> To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 02:57:30 -0500
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] international roaming and your Cell Phones atConvention
> 
> I was under the assumption, and I only know this for T-Mobile for certain... 
> but that international roaming is not turned on by default. it is something 
> that needs to be requested...
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Brice Smith" <brsmith2424 at gmail.com>
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> Sent: Friday, June 26, 2009 1:17 PM
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] international roaming and your Cell Phones 
> atConvention
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> 
> >I was told the same thing by at&t. When I explained my concerns, they
> > brushed them off and said that the signal would not be impacted and
> > that as long as I do not cross into Canada I had nothing to worry
> > about.
> >
> > I'm considering leaving my computer at home and only carrying my cell
> > with me, so I hope that I will have strong at&t coverage. I expect I
> > will.
> >
> > Brice
> > On 6/26/09, Liz Bottner <liz.bottner at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> I was told by AT&T that as long as I'm not physically in Canada, I 
> >> shouldn't
> >> be charged. I wasn't told anything about needing to turn off roaming.
> >>
> >> Liz
> >>
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