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<font face="Tahoma"> Berggren, John <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, June 15, 2009 2:17 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> NCB Staff<br>
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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 <i>very</i> 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:<br>
<br>
AT&T : 611 or 800-331-0500<br>
Sprint : *2, press Talk or 888-211-4727<br>
T-Mobile : 800-937-8997<br>
Verizon : *611 or 800-922-0204<br>
Virgin Mobile : 888-322-1122<br>
<br>
Here’s to no cell phone bill surprises, eh? If you supervise anyone
without e-mail, please advise any of those attending convention.<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
John<br>
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