On Mar 25, 2005, at 10:42 AM, Ramon Kolb wrote: > - If you want to roam abroad, make sure that you activate roaming > (call customer service!) several days to a week before traveling. They > can't/don't want to do it when you are abroad!
Make sure when you ask them to enable your world class international roaming that they confirm with 2nd level support that it's been added properly. Once a year my voice and data plans 'roll' over or gets re-added and this twice has caused me grief in not being able to roam. The phone just keeps looking for network, when I know quite well that there is signal in the country I'm in and that I have a quad-band phone, etc. Both times (once in Mexico about 2 years ago, once in the Philippines this month) I had to call t-mobile customer service and had the call escalated to 2nd level support. The guy just sighed and said, "they keep provisioning these accounts improperly". Immediately after this, turning the handset on/off and BOOM, instant recognition by the GSM provider. That being said, I'm a fan of picking up prepaid GSM SIMs. My best experience was recently in Manila, where as soon as you get out customs, right beside the soft drink and snack vending machines is a pre-paid GSM SIM vending machine. Insert your cash, and you get your SIM to drop in your unlocked phone. It evens roams internationally back in the US! ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> In low income neighborhoods, 84% do not own computers. At Network for Good, help bridge the Digital Divide! http://us.click.yahoo.com/EpW3eD/3MnJAA/cosFAA/G6uqlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> - - - - Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/T-Mobile-US/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
