FWIW, we are evaluating a Sprint 3G card right now. Based on this, I asked the rep if there was any way to block this kind of thing. His response:
Sprint's North America Plus Data Plan includes 5GB/month of usage in the U.S. and 300MB/month of usage in Canada and Mexico. Users exceeding 5GB/month in the U.S. are charged $0.05/MB. Users exceeding 300MB/month in Canada and Mexico are charged $2.00/MB. A user in Canada can connect without a North America Plus Data Plan and unknowingly incur roaming charges at $2.00/MB. A user in Mexico cannot connect without prior authorization and cannot unknowingly incur roaming charges at $2.00/MB. (I don't know why Sprint has different policies for Canada and Mexico.) This sounds even screwier to me, but according to this it shouldn't have happened in Mexico. He also pointed out that, if the user is downloading movies, it won't take more than a few to hit the 5GB limit. ...Tim From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 9:56 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Policy to block roaming on sprint mobile broadband. Did what? They don't consider Canada and Mexico international? Last I check, those places were not in the USA. ________________________________ From: Brumbaugh, Luke [mailto:luke.brumba...@butlerahs.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 11:46 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Policy to block roaming on sprint mobile broadband. I did. These charges were from Canada and Mexico. From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 12:44 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Policy to block roaming on sprint mobile broadband. Ask Sprint to block international use. If I were you, I would leave domestic roaming enabled. I have a ton of these Sprint cards deployed. Half the time my employees need them, it's in an area that requires roaming. I have one too, and 98% of the time I use it I'm roaming. Sprint doesn't charge for domestic roaming on broadband cards. At least with the business lines they don't... Sam ________________________________ From: Richard Stovall [mailto:richard.stov...@researchdata.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 11:20 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Policy to block roaming on sprint mobile broadband. It's killing me. I gotta ask. How much was the bill? From: Brumbaugh, Luke [mailto:luke.brumba...@butlerahs.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 10:55 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: OT: Policy to block roaming on sprint mobile broadband. I have over 250 salesman with mobile broadband cards. One genius went to a beach in Mexico and fired up his laptop and watched movies on hulu. Needless to say, his stupidity creates a massive project in IT. I have 1 registry setting and I am searching for the other. Has anyone created a policy to block roaming? Yes I know he should pay for it, etc. But I am not the CEO. Any help will be appreciated, Sprint will not block and Novatel hasn't given me an answer yet. ********************************************************************** CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information transmitted in this message is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and destroy all copies of this document. Thank you. Butler Animal Health Supply ********************************************************************** ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
