Roaming Cell Phones

[ChAoTiCpInOy]

Let's say you had an iPhone on AT&T, a Palm Pre on Sprint, a Motorola Droid on Verizon, and a Nexus One on T-Mobile. Could you roam on your iPhone on T-Mobile or Nexus One on AT&T? Could you roam on your Palm Pre on Verizon or Motorola Droid on Sprint?

 

[sswingle]

Yes....thats what roaming is. Doesn't matter what phone you have.

 

[ChAoTiCpInOy]

Even with an unlimited data plan, how much would you have to pay for roaming?

 

[sswingle]

Depends on the carrier

 

[pm]

I've never had to pay for roaming data on either T-Mobile or AT&T. On T-Mobile I drove across Wyoming and was using Union Cellular and accessed data over them without a charge. In Bozeman, MT, instead of T-Mobile I was using some local company (Mountain Wireless?) and again had EDGE data without extra charges. Recently in Florida on AT&T I was roaming on some other cell company and had EDGE as well.

 

[hanoverphist]

i paid a few bucks for roaming in canada last time i visited the U.P. sault ste marie is too close to the canuckistan towers apparently. i also got warnings about entering mexican towers in south san diego this past summer. my daughter forwarded the text she got on her phone and it cost me a couple bucks lol. i told her not to do that.

 

[randomlinh]

roaming is included for sprint. but not 3G roaming.

 

[ChAoTiCpInOy]

I'm talking about for data.

 

[coolVariable]

I'm talking about for data.

Within the US, I have yet to experience at&t charging me.