Thanks - this is great information. Looks like my week in Spain will be somwhere around $20-25 for BB email - assuming my math gene is working today - that's not too bad, although a couple trips to the Internet Cafe would probably be cheaper!
--- In [email protected], "Matthew Stevens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > All email and browsing on the BB is data and is not billed like an SMS. So > your roaming will be the standard roaming data rate which I think is > currently $0.10/kb. So everytime your BB even checks mail it's > sending/receiving data which would be charged at that rate. > > Incoming SMS come out of your bucket or are $0.05 each like they are here in > the US. Sending is $0.35/SMS. > > Matthew > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Green [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2005 3:56 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [T-Mobile-US] Blackberry charges when using International Roaming > > I've been all over the T-mobile site and can't for the life of me figure out > how the biling works for my Blackberry e-mail when I'm using International > Roaming. > > The phone calls seem straightforward, and work at the same $0.99 per minute > rate as regular cell phones. > > The problem is with bb e-mail. My US plan allows for unlimited downloads of > e-mail, and I probably get a 3-4 hundred or more messages per day. The BB > is set to check for mail every 15 minutes and to then download any new > messages onto the BB. When roaming internationally, does each message count > as a text message at $0.05 a pop (ouch) or are these counted as something > else. I'd love to take the BB with me instead of my laptop and to depend on > bb mail for my e-mail but am worried about the cost of doing so. Any > information or tips would be appreciated. > > Sorry if this question has an obvious answer, but I can't find it on the > T-mobile site. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Has someone you know been affected by illness or disease? Network for Good is THE place to support health awareness efforts! http://us.click.yahoo.com/Rcy2bD/UOnJAA/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/
