Policy for International Roaming (Voice? Data?)

* Anyone know what the policy is of AT&T and other carriers about
international roaming? I know Cingular used to require that you ask for
International Roaming for Voice. I think AT&T does that as well. But what
about Internet cards and GPRS/EDGE and such (Blackberry devices?)

Had a report that someone got a huge roaming bill in the carribean for
Internet not sure if some it was voice.

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On 2008-02-28, Alan Spicer <aspicer@marinetelecom.net> wrote:
> * Anyone know what the policy is of AT&T and other carriers about
> international roaming? I know Cingular used to require that you ask for
> International Roaming for Voice. I think AT&T does that as well. But what
> about Internet cards and GPRS/EDGE and such (Blackberry devices?)
>
> Had a report that someone got a huge roaming bill in the carribean for
> Internet not sure if some it was voice.

Pretty much all of the mobile phone carriers require you to explicitly
enable international roaming of any sort on a post-paid account.
Allowing this exposes the carrier to much larger out-of-pocket charges
from their overseas roaming partners than normal domestic service does,
so they want a second chance to do a credit check for customers wanting
this to maximize the probability that you'll pay your bill (the only
exception to this might be Canada, where I suspect most US carriers pay
relatively modest roaming fees).

It is easy to run up a huge bill while roaming internationally whether
the service is voice or data.

Dennis Ferguson