Does setting your phone to Call Forward Unconditional to voicemail actually get rid of the roaming charges? In that case, I'm interested... I am going to Peru in January, and I want to get my email, etc. on my Blackberry but not pay for any phone calls. I'll take another phone with me to make local calls using a local SIM.
Are you sure that TMO won't charge you for any of the forwarded calls? Did you switch CFU on before you left the States or after you arrived in Jamaica? (Shouldn't matter-- you anyways will be tagged "roaming" by the local VLR and by your home HLR, otherwise they can't figure out how to route your internet traffic to you...) Thanks for the clarification.... --Ramon On 12/26/06, Craig Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I agree. I'm currently roaming in Jamaica. I set my phone to unconditionally > forward all calls directly to voicemail to avoid tmo's outrageous roaming > charges and activated the $20 unlimited international blackberry service so > I'm still connected in that way. I've gotten a prepaid sim here for about $5. > Calls from here back to the states on it are about $0.25 a min which is much > better than tmo's world class $1.50 per min. > > ~Craig > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: "Ramon Kolb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2006 16:02:02 > To:[email protected] > Subject: Re: [T-Mobile-US] Prepaid roaming > > I'm glad to see that even T-Mobile (US) says that roaming charges can be > "quite high" :). I mean that in an absolute sense, since int'l roaming > charges are about the same ("quite high") for most US carriers. I hear that > in Europe, the EU has been putting the mobile carriers on notice for > charging "unreasonable roaming charges", after which several of them > "voluntary" lowered them substantially. I guess that would never happen here > in the US, where collusion among big business is considered to be a "good > thing" by those in power. But alas, let's not get political... > > I can tell you from experience that T-Mobile prepaid SIMs don't work in > Europe (Netherlands, UK, Germany, Belgium, France, Spain) or in South > America (Venezuela, Peru). So I assume that their statement is true... > > The cheapest way to call you is definitely to buy a local pre-paid SIM and > have people call you from the US at that SIM; even calling international > using a local prepaid SIM abroad is generally equal or cheaper than paying > t-mobile roaming charges, but that really depends on the deal you get > locally. > > --Ramon > > On 12/26/06, Rainer Schips <rechnerin2007@: > <mailto:rechnerin2007%40freenet.de> freenet.de> wrote: > > > > Hello and happy holidays! > > I got the following form T-Mobile. > > Has nobody tried it yet?? > > > > Dear Rainer, > > > > Thank your for contacting T-Mobile. From what we understand is you > > would like information on roaming internationally as a prepaid > > customer. We are more than happy to provide this ifnromation for you. > > > > At this time, T-Mobile to go customers can only roam in Canada and > > Mexico. Full pledged international roaming is not possible for our > > prepaid customers and is a feature available to our post paid > > subscribers and the international toll rates can be quite high. > > > > If you have more questions or concerns, please feel free to contact > > us at anytime or by calling us at 1-800-937-8997. > > > > Thank you for choosing T-Mobile, we appreciate your business. Have a > > great day! > > > > Sincerely, > > > > Frank > > 2745822 > > Technical Care Specialist > > T-Mobile USA > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > - - > T-Mobile-US on Google Groups: > http://groups.google.com/group/T-Mobile-US > _ _ > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > - - T-Mobile-US on Google Groups: http://groups.google.com/group/T-Mobile-US _ _ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/T-Mobile-US/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/T-Mobile-US/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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/
