[Ohio-talk] Fw: international roaming

[Dr. Smith]

This could be very helpful so read on!

JW

Dr. J. Webster Smith
President National Federation of the Blind of Ohio
P.O.BOX 458 Athens, Ohio, 45701-0458
Phone Number - 740-592-6326 
"Changing What it Means to be Blind"
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Wilson, Joanne 
Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2009 10:15 AM
Subject: FW: international roaming


State Presidents,

 

Thought you would find this information interesting and useful.

 

Joanne

 


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From: Wilson, Joanne 
Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 10:26 AM
To: 'harold.wilson2 at verizon.net'
Subject: FW: international roaming

 


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From: Berggren, John 
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