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Easy Roaming warning - be very careful
We flew into California, and turned data roaming off within seconds of turning on my phone. Boom - not fast enough - $12 charge for the few seconds my apps tried to sync. The next day someone tr...
I appreciate the reply, but the information in the FAQ contradicts what happened to me in reality. Specifically in reference to the following:
If you’re looking to avoid roaming charges altogether, simply turn data roaming
OFF
in your mobile device’s settings and refrain from making calls, answering calls and sending any outgoing texts. Receiving incoming texts will never result in any roaming charges, as long as data roaming is turned OFF to avoid using mobile data for any pictures or videos that they may contain.
As I mentioned previously, I turned data roaming off as soon as I could when my plane landed. I was still charged however for the couple of minutes of data roaming being on when I switched my phone off of airplane mode. I was then charged again the next day when someone called and left a voicemail > 1 minute in length.
I hope you understand my frustration, as the information in the FAQ appears to be inaccurate.
nwoilfan wrote:
We flew into California, and turned data roaming off within seconds of turning on my phone.
Well you clearly state that Roaming was not OFF. When a phone powers up it makes a connection to the network long before you get to see the screen and have access to do anything. You need to turn it off before you leave your home network or leave airplane mode on all the time as I suggested above.
Guilty as charged xray I'm not sure this is a realistic request however for the average mobility user. Shouldn't there be a grace period - 15 minute maybe - to turn it off before you're charged?
I like your idea of a threshold but it will not work if it's time based, it needs to be data based and it needs to be small so people don't abuse it. You can use a lot of data in 15 minutes! Post it it the Ideas section.
