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Canada wireless coverage?

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skypilot

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I have a trip to Toronto coming up (I'm leaving Sunday), and it looks like Sprint charges 65 cents a minute for roaming across the Northern border. After looking around, it looks like Rogers allows US GSM customers (Cingular, T-Mobile specifically) to roam on their network for free, via an agreement with the US carriers.

I'm thinking a Cingular GO pre-paid phone at this time. Any advice before I go this route? Is there a certain phone I will need to be able to talk on Rogers' network?

Thanks!
 
Originally posted by: skypilot
I have a trip to Toronto coming up (I'm leaving Sunday), and it looks like Sprint charges 65 cents a minute for roaming across the Northern border. After looking around, it looks like Rogers allows US GSM customers (Cingular, T-Mobile specifically) to roam on their network for free, via an agreement with the US carriers.

I'm thinking a Cingular GO pre-paid phone at this time. Any advice before I go this route? Is there a certain phone I will need to be able to talk on Rogers' network?

Thanks!
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Anything tri or quad-band should work fine.

If you had more lead time, I'd suggest grabbing an unlocked phone and just buying a Rogers prepaid SIM card.

- M4H
 
Can anyone confirm that I'll be able to freely roam in Toronto w/ a Cingular go-phone? I'm not 100% trusting of my source.
 
I know that my Rogers GSM phone connects over to Verizon in the States. Unfortunately can't confirm/deny Cingular.
 
Originally posted by: yllus
I know that my Rogers GSM phone connects over to Verizon in the States. Unfortunately can't confirm/deny Cingular.
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Interesting, given that Verizon is CDMA.
 
I don't think the prepaid will work. The goPhones only work on the native networks here (as in no roaming agreements), so why would they work in Canada? Besides, there is a roam plan for Canada (3.99 a month + .59/min charge), so the short answer is no, roaming won't be free.
 
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