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Prepaid US Roaming?

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Stuart Friedman - 10 Jan 2004 14:35 GMT
Now that Rogers has implemented prepaid US roaming on their prepaid line
(including relatively cheap roaming in many places), does know if FIDO plans
on following suit?
repatch - 10 Jan 2004 17:01 GMT
Your source?

> Now that Rogers has implemented prepaid US roaming on their prepaid line
> (including relatively cheap roaming in many places), does know if FIDO plans
> on following suit?
Stuart Friedman - 11 Jan 2004 13:47 GMT
For which proposition.  First, I'm not making any assertion about FIDO.  It
was a pure question.

As to Rogers, I picked up a flyer in a Rogers company store on Thursday.
The flyers starts by saying that Detroit is "now in Canada" for purposes of
prepaid, e.g. you pay the same rate.  It then says that roaming throughout
the US can be as low as CN$0.25 a minute.  I assumed that this was on top of
the standard per minute rate, but I didn't ask.  The store was crowded and I
wasn't buying.

Looking at the Rogers website, I don't see this information, which makes me
question what I read, but I did read it.

http://shoprogersfaq.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/shoprogersfaq.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.
php?p_sid=4x6Kg61h&p_lva=&p_faqid=2119&p_created=1030142240&p_sp=cF9ncmlkc29ydD0
mcF9yb3dfY250PTEyMCZwX3NlYXJjaF90ZXh0PSZwX3NlYXJjaF90eXBlPTYmcF9wcm9kX2x2bDE9Mzc
mcF9wcm9kX2x2bDI9fmFueX4mcF9jYXRfbHZsMT1_YW55fiZwX2NhdF9sdmwyPX5hbnl_JnBfc29ydF9
ieT1kZmx0JnBfcGFnZT0x&p_li=&shopperID
=

Further, since ATT (USA)'s prepaids work in Canada, it made sense.(From ATT
USA's FAQ:  "GoPhone will roam automatically within AT&T Wireless coverage
areas but will not roam internationally beyond the United States and
Canada").

Stu

> Your source?
>
> > Now that Rogers has implemented prepaid US roaming on their prepaid line
> > (including relatively cheap roaming in many places), does know if FIDO
> plans
> > on following suit?
PS - 14 Jan 2004 15:22 GMT
Has anyone heard anything further on US prepaid roaming with Rogers or Fido?
I called Rogers this morning, and was told that US roaming is not available
with prepaid.

PS

> For which proposition.  First, I'm not making any assertion about FIDO.  It
> was a pure question.
[quoted text clipped - 8 lines]
> Looking at the Rogers website, I don't see this information, which makes me
> question what I read, but I did read it.

http://shoprogersfaq.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/shoprogersfaq.cfg/php/enduser/std_
adp.php?p_sid=4x6Kg61h&p_lva=&p_faqid=2119&p_created=1030142240&p_sp=cF9ncml
kc29ydD0mcF9yb3dfY250PTEyMCZwX3NlYXJjaF90ZXh0PSZwX3NlYXJjaF90eXBlPTYmcF9wcm9
kX2x2bDE9MzcmcF9wcm9kX2x2bDI9fmFueX4mcF9jYXRfbHZsMT1_YW55fiZwX2NhdF9sdmwyPX5
hbnl_JnBfc29ydF9ieT1kZmx0JnBfcGFnZT0x&p_li=&shopperID=

> Further, since ATT (USA)'s prepaids work in Canada, it made sense.(From ATT
> USA's FAQ:  "GoPhone will roam automatically within AT&T Wireless coverage
[quoted text clipped - 9 lines]
> > plans
> > > on following suit?
repatch - 14 Jan 2004 15:32 GMT
That's why I asked for a source, which wasn't supplied.

> Has anyone heard anything further on US prepaid roaming with Rogers or Fido?
> I called Rogers this morning, and was told that US roaming is not available
[quoted text clipped - 19 lines]
> me
> > question what I read, but I did read it.

http://shoprogersfaq.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/shoprogersfaq.cfg/php/enduser/std_

adp.php?p_sid=4x6Kg61h&p_lva=&p_faqid=2119&p_created=1030142240&p_sp=cF9ncml

kc29ydD0mcF9yb3dfY250PTEyMCZwX3NlYXJjaF90ZXh0PSZwX3NlYXJjaF90eXBlPTYmcF9wcm9

kX2x2bDE9MzcmcF9wcm9kX2x2bDI9fmFueX4mcF9jYXRfbHZsMT1_YW55fiZwX2NhdF9sdmwyPX5
> hbnl_JnBfc29ydF9ieT1kZmx0JnBfcGFnZT0x&p_li=&shopperID=
> >
[quoted text clipped - 13 lines]
> > > plans
> > > > on following suit?
John Smallberries - 29 Jan 2004 01:51 GMT
You may be confusing prepaid with the ability to "prepay" for US roaming
minutes. Actually, roaming can be as low as 0.22/minute if you get the
1440 minute add-on plan for 320 per month. But having to buy times in
blocks like this really sux.

> For which proposition.  First, I'm not making any assertion about
> FIDO.  It was a pure question.
[quoted text clipped - 30 lines]
>> plans
>> > on following suit?
 
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