Sounds good Greg, but you failed to name names!  Who is your wife's cell
provider, and your Dad's too?

Thanks, Jake

On 5/31/06, Greg Potts <greg@pottsfamily.ca> wrote:
>
> Hi Paul,
>
> Excellent advice.
>
> Some plans are brutal with roaming charges, but there are alternatives. My
> employer has me on a plan that would cost $35 every time I pick up the
> phone
> outside the Canadian border.
>
> In June last year I travelled to the US on business and my employer gave
> me a
> loaner phone from another cell co.. I forwarded my number to that one.
> Later in
> the year I travelled again to the US and our original carrier simply
> transferred
> me to a different plan for a week.
>
> When I travel to the US on vacation we take my wife's phone, which has a
> reasonable long distance rates and no roaming fees.
>
> My Dad is on a plan that gives him 300 minutes a month of free long
> distance,
> and US roaming fees are waived. He has seen some billing issues with
> charges
> for roaming that were passed along to him by US carriers but AFAIK he was
> able
> to have those charges reversed by his carrier.
>
> Happy trails,
>
> Greg Potts
>
>
> Quoting Paul Guzyk <paullist@GUZYK.COM>:
>
> > Make sure you call your US cell carrier before you use your cellphone
> > in Canada and confirm rates.
> >
> > Your phone will work fine, but don't be chatty.  Rates are often
> > $1.00 to $1.50 per minute when "roaming" in Canada.
> >
> > ---
> >
> > And BTW, Canadians get hit the same way when they use their
> > cellphones in the US.
> >
>

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