Canada?

Hi, is it possible to use Sprint PCS phones in Canada? Specifically Toronto?

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This belongs in the Sprint newsgroup, not in the Verizon newsgroup, and I'm
putting it there and setting followups there.

Baderunner wrote:
> Hi, is it possible to use Sprint PCS phones in Canada? Specifically Toronto?

There are two compatible Canadian carriers, if I'm not mistaken. Telus and
Bell Canada both use CDMA, which Sprint also uses. To find out if Sprint
offers any kind of roaming in Canada, you'll need to call them. *2 from a
Sprint PCS phone or 888-211-4PCS from a landline. You may want to talk to
more than one CSR... as a Sprint customer, I like the network and services,
but many of the CSRs lately have been utterly clueless...


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I agree with the following:

"many of the CSRs lately have been utterly clueless..."

As a matter of fact, try to talk to more than two CSRs.

"Steve Sobol" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> This belongs in the Sprint newsgroup, not in the Verizon newsgroup, and
> I'm putting it there and setting followups there.
>
> Baderunner wrote:
>> Hi, is it possible to use Sprint PCS phones in Canada? Specifically
>> Toronto?
>
> There are two compatible Canadian carriers, if I'm not mistaken. Telus and
> Bell Canada both use CDMA, which Sprint also uses. To find out if Sprint
> offers any kind of roaming in Canada, you'll need to call them. *2 from a
> Sprint PCS phone or 888-211-4PCS from a landline. You may want to talk to
> more than one CSR... as a Sprint customer, I like the network and
> services, but many of the CSRs lately have been utterly clueless...
>
>
> --
> JustThe.net - Apple Valley, CA - http://JustThe.net/ - 888.480.4NET (4638)
> Steven J. Sobol, Geek In Charge / [email protected] / PGP: 0xE3AE35ED
>
> "The wisdom of a fool won't set you free"
> --New Order, "Bizarre Love Triangle"

Steve Sobol wrote:
> This belongs in the Sprint newsgroup, not in the Verizon newsgroup, and
> I'm putting it there and setting followups there.
>
> Baderunner wrote:
>
>> Hi, is it possible to use Sprint PCS phones in Canada? Specifically
>> Toronto?
>
>
> There are two compatible Canadian carriers, if I'm not mistaken. Telus
> and Bell Canada both use CDMA, which Sprint also uses. To find out if
> Sprint offers any kind of roaming in Canada, you'll need to call them.
> *2 from a Sprint PCS phone or 888-211-4PCS from a landline. You may want
> to talk to more than one CSR... as a Sprint customer, I like the network
> and services, but many of the CSRs lately have been utterly clueless...


According to Sprint's website, you can roam in Canada using your Sprint
phone. And the coverage seems rather good in the well populated areas:

http://tinyurl.com/c554u




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"Baderunner" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Hi, is it possible to use Sprint PCS phones in Canada? Specifically
Toronto?

Can't speak for Toronto, but I have used my sprint pcs phone in Eastern
Canada without problems, cost was 50 cents a minute roaming. Note the Web
service won't work.

In some places phone dropped into analog mode

Thanks for the info. I called XCustomer service and they really did not know
what I was talking about. Are there any options I can add to my account to
reduce roaming charges to Canada?

"Baderunner" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Hi, is it possible to use Sprint PCS phones in Canada? Specifically
> Toronto?
>

On Mon, 30 May 2005 11:23:50 -0400, "Baderunner"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Thanks for the info. I called XCustomer service and they really did not know
>what I was talking about. Are there any options I can add to my account to
>reduce roaming charges to Canada?
>
>"Baderunner" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> Hi, is it possible to use Sprint PCS phones in Canada? Specifically
>> Toronto?

I've roamed in Toronto and Montreal. No problem - solid, clear
connections. And I believe the last time I checked it was 46
cents/minute.

Call Sprint and tell them you're going to Canada and you want
to be able to call back to the US and vice versa. They add that
ability to your service at no charge. I think they call this "enabling
international calling". If you think you're going to call back and
forth across the border a lot, $3/month (as I recall) gives you a
"Canada calling option" that reduces the per minute charge to
something very reasonable, though I can't remember how much. If you're
only going there briefly, it's probably easier just to pay the higher
per minute charge.

This information's a bit old, but should still be more or less
accurate. I added the "int'l dialing" ability years ago, and that has
carried through to all my plans since.

DGI