[Ohio-talk] Important Convention Cell Phone Warning

[Colleen Roth]

Hi Bruce,
I talked with someone from International Services who told me that they can disable the International use of the phone but that they cannot guarantee that the Rhgers Communication Tower won't pick up beignal. We could still get roaming charges. Each carrier would have to check for raming Charges while we are at convention.
If you can see screen they say you can power phone on and off, turn back on and see what screen says.
Colleen Roth


----- Original Message -----
From: "Peters, Bruce (NT & EO)" <Bruce.Peters at va.gov>
To: <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org>
Date: 2009/06/18 14:41:10
Subject: [Ohio-talk] Important Convention Cell Phone Warning

>
>
> Important notice if you have a cell phone at convention:
> 
>  
> 
> 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:
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>  
> 
> AT&T : 611 or 800-331-0500
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> Sprint : *2, press Talk or 888-211-4727 T-Mobile : 800-937-8997 
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> Verizon : *611 or 800-922-0204 Virgin Mobile : 888-322-1122
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>  
> 
> Here's to no cell phone bill surprises, eh?  If you supervise anyone 
> 
> without e-mail, please advise any of those attending convention.
> 
>  
> 
> Bruce A. Peters
> 
> National Federation of the Blind
> 
> 1670 Liberty Dr. Akron, Ohio 44313
> 
>  
> 
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