"Americas Choice" Roaming

I recently switched from "National access single rate" to "Americas
choice-No Roam". My bucket of minutes cost gets cut in half. I have 30 days
to switch back if this doesn't work. Connection is my first priority. I
travel extensively & want a phone that works everywhere.
I have been watching my screen as I travel & usually I see a "Verizon" or
"Extended network" displayed on the screen of my VX6100. Sometimes, but not
lately, I see a flashing triangle. How do I tell if I'm in a no service
area? Do I get the Phone with a slash or do I find out when I can't make a
call?
As I've said I have about 3 weeks left to determine if this is the way I
want to go, so I want to check this out thoroughly. TIA
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CorkyF

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"Roughrider50" <corkyf56@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> I recently switched from "National access single rate" to "Americas
> choice-No Roam". My bucket of minutes cost gets cut in half. I have 30
> days to switch back if this doesn't work. Connection is my first priority.
> I travel extensively & want a phone that works everywhere.
> I have been watching my screen as I travel & usually I see a "Verizon" or
> "Extended network" displayed on the screen of my VX6100. Sometimes, but
> not lately, I see a flashing triangle. How do I tell if I'm in a no
> service area? Do I get the Phone with a slash or do I find out when I
> can't make a call?
> As I've said I have about 3 weeks left to determine if this is the way I
> want to go, so I want to check this out thoroughly. TIA
> --
> CorkyF


When you're in a No Service area, the display on your phone says "No
Service" and if you try to make a call, it won't go. That's how you know;-)

Doc

As viewed from alt.cellular.verizon, Roughrider50 wrote:

>I recently switched from "National access single rate" to "Americas
>choice-No Roam". My bucket of minutes cost gets cut in half. I have
>30 days to switch back if this doesn't work. Connection is my first
>priority. I travel extensively & want a phone that works everywhere.
>I have been watching my screen as I travel & usually I see a
>"Verizon" or "Extended network" displayed on the screen of my
>VX6100. Sometimes, but not lately, I see a flashing triangle. How do
>I tell if I'm in a no service area? Do I get the Phone with a slash
>or do I find out when I can't make a call?
>As I've said I have about 3 weeks left to determine if this is the
>way I want to go, so I want to check this out thoroughly. TIA

"No roaming" with the National Singlerate plan meant that Verizon
would pick up the tab if you were out in the boondocks, but with
the new AC plan you'll simply have no service in those roaming areas
that previously had the flashing triangle. If the phone absolutely,
positively has to work "everywhere", then stay with your old NSR
plan even if it does have fewer minutes. On the other hand, your
observations confirm the fact that the AC network is pretty extensive
and will more than likely fulfill your needs. YMMV.

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Jafo

"Roughrider50" <corkyf56@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:iJHje.159488
Sometimes, but not
> lately, I see a flashing triangle. How do I tell if I'm in a no service
> area? Do I get the Phone with a slash or do I find out when I can't make a
> call?
> As I've said I have about 3 weeks left to determine if this is the way I
> want to go, so I want to check this out thoroughly. TIA
> --
> CorkyF


Just to add some fuel to the fire.. Since there is no roaming on the "No
Roam" America's Choice plan...I don't think you will get the flashing
triangle since that means you are roaming. (Or is that a solid triangle that
means roaming?!) Did you get the flashing triangle on the current plan or
the old plan? I'm under the impression that your phone will say "Verizon"
or "Extended Network" or "No Service" only. Since there is no roaming in
the plan, the phone now will say no service where it used to roam.

Bob

As viewed from alt.cellular.verizon, Bob A wrote:

>Since there is no roaming in the plan, the phone now will say
>no service where it used to roam.

Makes a good paperweight, though.

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Jafo

Verizon has Native Coverage or a Roaming Agreement with another provider (Roaming Partner) in almost every wireless market in the country. The only difference is if Verizon or the roaming partner in that area has poor coverage, and a non roaming partner good coverage you can't use the non roaming partner like you do with National Single Rate.

If you need to dail 911 it will work any network that your phone can connect to. So if your phone says No Service it might still be able to pick up a non roaming partner to get the call threw.

If your phone states, "no service", then it cannot make any call - even
911. There is no service reaching the phone - not even a roaming
partner's service. On the other hand if you see a blinking triangle
then it does mean that the call will go thru on a partners network. Per
my experience while travelling, I can say that the above statements are
true.

As viewed from alt.cellular.verizon, parikhvasantv@yahoo.com wrote:

>If your phone states, "no service", then it cannot make any call - even
>911.

Incorrect. "No service" can mean "no service that you're qualified to
use". If you're in an NS area and you need to call 911, give it a
try. If there's a cell tower in the area that your phone can possibly
communicate with, the call will go through. And if there isn't, what
have you lost by trying?

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Jafo

parikhvasantv@yahoo.com wrote:
> If your phone states, "no service", then it cannot make any call - even
> 911. There is no service reaching the phone - not even a roaming
> partner's service. On the other hand if you see a blinking triangle
> then it does mean that the call will go thru on a partners network. Per
> my experience while travelling, I can say that the above statements are
> true.

In 911 mode, the phone is supposed to grab whatever signal it can. In normal
mode, it will only search Verizon networks and certain roaming networks that
Verizon programs it to search.

The one time I tried this I was in Verizon digital coverage, but my
neighborhood had lousy VZW digital coverage at the time, so when I needed to
call 911, my tri-mode phone actually grabbed someone else's analog carrier
instead. (Never did find out whose. Sprint had great coverage in our
neighborhood, but they never had any analog towers. I'm guessing it might have
been Cingular.)

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You're not going to grab a Nextel or Cingular signal.

"Steve Sobol" <sjsobol@JustThe.net> wrote in message
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> parikhvasantv@yahoo.com wrote:
>> If your phone states, "no service", then it cannot make any call - even
>> 911. There is no service reaching the phone - not even a roaming
>> partner's service. On the other hand if you see a blinking triangle
>> then it does mean that the call will go thru on a partners network. Per
>> my experience while travelling, I can say that the above statements are
>> true.
>
> In 911 mode, the phone is supposed to grab whatever signal it can. In
> normal mode, it will only search Verizon networks and certain roaming
> networks that Verizon programs it to search.
>
> The one time I tried this I was in Verizon digital coverage, but my
> neighborhood had lousy VZW digital coverage at the time, so when I needed
> to call 911, my tri-mode phone actually grabbed someone else's analog
> carrier instead. (Never did find out whose. Sprint had great coverage in
> our neighborhood, but they never had any analog towers. I'm guessing it
> might have been Cingular.)
>
> --
> JustThe.net - Apple Valley, CA - http://JustThe.net/ - 888.480.4NET (4638)
> Steven J. Sobol, Geek In Charge / sjsobol@JustThe.net / PGP: 0xE3AE35ED
>
> "The wisdom of a fool won't set you free"
> --New Order, "Bizarre Love Triangle"