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Cellular Phone Forum / Providers / T-Mobile / September 2007are there still "roaming charges"?
As I travel around the US quite a bit, I'm often in areas served by t-mobile's roaming associates. So far I've never been hit with an extra charge. However, i looking up some other stuff today, I found that t-mobile's web site lists some pretty hefty charges when roaming inside the US. For example: http://support.t-mobile.com/knowbase/root/public/tm20118.htm#top " What Is Roaming? Roaming is a feature that allows T-Mobile customers to use their GSM phone outside of their home service area. " Currently, there are two types of roaming: North American GSM and International GSM. North American GSM roaming allows subscribers to use their T-Mobile phones on a GSM network outside of their home service area. It costs $0.49 per minute plus applicable long-distance charges. All of your GSM calling features will work when roaming except: First incoming minute FREE, state-wide toll-free, weekends FREE, America Toll-Free, and T-Mobile to T-Mobile discount..." Is this a residual web page that's never been updated? Or perhaps referring to only a specific service plan or two? (T-Mobile used to have offerings that were quite good but limited to your local extended city. I don't see them online now). Thanks  Signature_____________________________________________________ Knowledge may be power, but communications is the key dannyb@panix.com [to foil spammers, my address has been double rot-13 encoded] > As I travel around the US quite a bit, I'm often > in areas served by t-mobile's roaming associates. > > So far I've never been hit with an extra charge. Correct. > However, i looking up some other stuff today, > I found that t-mobile's web site lists some > pretty hefty charges when roaming inside the US. Sort of. Some T-Mobile customers have "regional plans." Upuntil a few months ago, here in Colorado you could get 3000 minutes for $49.99, good in Colorado and Wyoming only. It would cost one $0.49/min in the other 48 states. When I lived in Kansas City, I used to have the same plan but covered only Kansas and Missouri, instead. For most T-Mobile customers, the "home area" is the United States. > For example: > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > their home service area. It costs $0.49 per minute plus > applicable long-distance charges. Again, "home area" (for most of us) is the USA, and we'd pay $0.49 for roaming in Canada. "North American roaming," ironically enough, doesn't include Mexico, despite the fact that the last Rand McNally atlas I checked seemed to consider Mexico part of NA. Mexico is "international roaming" @ $1.49/minute. > Is this a residual web page that's never been updated? Or > perhaps referring to only a specific service plan or two? Again, for MOST of us, it refers to Canada, for those with regional plans, it's also the entire USA outside their region as well. > (T-Mobile used to have offerings that were quite good but > limited to your local extended city. I don't see them > online now). The Colorado/Wyoming plan was still on the website a few months ago, but I don't recall seeing it lately. Signature"I don't need my cell phone to play video games or take pictures or double as a Walkie-Talkie; I just need it to work. Thanks for all the bells and whistles, but I could communicate better with ACTUAL bells and whistles." -Bill Maher 9/25/2003 > As I travel around the US quite a bit, I'm often > in areas served by t-mobile's roaming associates. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > I found that t-mobile's web site lists some > pretty hefty charges when roaming inside the US. It depends. If it's a problem, get a nationwide no-roam plan. SignatureSteve Sobol, Victorville, California PGP:0xE3AE35ED "Drench yourself in words unspoken / Live your life with arms wide open Today is where your book begins / The rest is still unwritten" - Natasha Beddingfield >As I travel around the US quite a bit, I'm often >in areas served by t-mobile's roaming associates. [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] >Is this a residual web page that's never been updated? Or >perhaps referring to only a specific service plan or two? Danny, the only way this would apply to you is if you were on one of the regional plans that they no longer sell, but some customers who are grandfathered probably still use. I mention this because I believe you actually originate from the old Omnipoint days since we're both NYC area subscribers. Even though I'm only a Voicestream-era subscriber, they were still selling regional plans when I joined, so if I hadn't selected a national plan, roaming charges would still apply. I'm not aware if they let people keep the old regional plans because I never had one. But I know I could have kept my old North American Neighborhood plan that includes free roaming in Canada if I wanted to, so maybe they still made that available to regional subscribers too. >(T-Mobile used to have offerings that were quite good but >limited to your local extended city. I don't see them >online now). If you're referring to regional plans, those are no longer offered. If you're talking about promotions specific to certain geographies, those are still offered in certain markets. That's why they ask for your ZIP code if you're not a subscriber. SignaturePosted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com >>(T-Mobile used to have offerings that were quite good but >>limited to your local extended city. I don't see them >>online now). >If you're referring to regional plans, those are no longer offered. If >you're talking about promotions specific to certain geographies, those >are still offered in certain markets. That's why they ask for your ZIP >code if you're not a subscriber. Eyup, I was thinking fo the regional plans. The one covering the (extended) NYC area was pretty close to being perfect for me... but I wound up with the 1,500 minutes for $39.95 ($50 with "taxes" and "fees" and "non tax taxes", etc.). Signature_____________________________________________________ Knowledge may be power, but communications is the key dannyb@panix.com [to foil spammers, my address has been double rot-13 encoded] >I'm not aware if they let people keep the old regional plans because I >never had one. But I know I could have kept my old North American >Neighborhood plan that includes free roaming in Canada if I wanted to, >so maybe they still made that available to regional subscribers too. Free roaming to Canada? I'd kill for that... 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