La Jamaïque

On Tue, 16 Sep 2003 00:57:34 -0000, [email protected] (Brad
Willet) wrote:

>Trent,
>
>Our resort had one public computer with web access. Had to wait 10
>minutes or so to get on, but worth it. I'd check with the resort to see
>if they have one - it wasn't advertised for Couples but they did have
>one.
>
>The bus ride is more like 90 minutes (Beaches is very close to Couples),
>and bring a video camera! I thought they drove crazy in Atlanta!
>You'll trip out when driving through the little densely populated towns
>and you think you're going to get in a head-on collision every 20
>seconds. They pass (bus drivers included) whenever they want to,
>regardless of whether they should But at least they are polite about
>it (they just wave instead of yelling and road-raging).
>
>Oh yeah, and check your luggage very thoroughly right before you head to
>the airport to leave Jamaica. A couple we buddied up with found a small
>bag of coke stuffed deep into their luggage. The police said it was
>probably someone at the airport who was afraid the cops were on their
>trail so they stashed it with the Americans in hopes of retrieving it
>later. "No problem mon, happens all de time" is what he was told....
>
>To stay on topic, Sprint never worked for me, but I heard someone
>mention that Cingular did. Didn't verify that though.
>
>Have a Red Stripe for me!

Thanks for all the info, Brad. From all you said, it sounds like a
good time.

Thanks again.


Hope ya'll have a nice week...

Trent


Proud member of the Roy Rogers fan club!

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On Tue, 16 Sep 2003 00:59:41 -0000, [email protected] (Brad
Willet) wrote:

>Now that I think about it, I did have my Sprint phone locked into
>SprintPCS only mode. Never tried analog on the Sprint phone... Just a
>thought.

Good thing you said something. I've got mine set that way, too. I'll
change it over.

Its a shame customer service at Sprint can't get me a definite answer
on this. Oh, well!

Thanks again.


Hope ya'll have a nice week...

Trent


Proud member of the Roy Rogers fan club!

On Mon, 15 Sep 2003 14:03:07 GMT, P Reality <[email protected]>
wrote:

This is the thing that irked me about their customer service...

First...
>Sprint employees due a MAJOR disservice if they tell people to try and
>use their SprintPCS phone over seas. GSM is the standard in most of the
>rest of the world, and SprintPCS phones flat won't work,

And THEN...

> and in the few
>cases they do, its a major roaming charge (multiple dollars per minute).

First she said...'It won't work.'

But then she said..'But if it DOES work...'

Just like yer sayin'.


Hope ya'll have a nice week...

Trent


Proud member of the Roy Rogers fan club!

"Trent©" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Tue, 16 Sep 2003 00:59:41 -0000, [email protected]
(Brad
> Willet) wrote:
>
> >Now that I think about it, I did have my Sprint phone locked into
> >SprintPCS only mode. Never tried analog on the Sprint phone...
Just a
> >thought.
>
> Good thing you said something. I've got mine set that way, too.
I'll
> change it over.
>
> Its a shame customer service at Sprint can't get me a definite
answer
> on this. Oh, well!
>
> Thanks again.
>
>
> Hope ya'll have a nice week...
>
> Trent

Trent, I'd recommend that you call SPCS, and ask for international
roaming. If I remember, I had to tell SPCS that I was going to use my
phone overseas and to get authorization.

Bob

In article <[email protected]>,=20
[email protected] says...
> Trent, I'd recommend that you call SPCS, and ask for international
> roaming. If I remember, I had to tell SPCS that I was going to use my
> phone overseas and to get authorization.
>=20
> Bob
>=20

You are correct. I believe there's a 7-day waiting period on it, too.

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Well, Sprint's international roaming site doesn't have anything for
Jamaca. so you might not get it to work. It might be cheaper just to
use a lan line when you get there

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Well, Sprint's international roaming site doesn't have anything for
Jamaca. so you might not get it to work. It might be cheaper just to
use a lan line when you get there

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P Reality wrote:
> *In article <[email protected]>,
> [email protected] (SprintPCS Tech) wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > P Reality <[email protected]> wrote in article
> >
> <[email protected]>:
> > > > I was charged roughly $2.50 per minute when I called from
> Bermuda a few
> > > > years ago.
> > > >
> > > > $1.50 for international long distance, and $1.00 for
> international
> > > > roaming. (numbers might be a few cents off).
> > > >
> > > > I didn't get ot test it in Panama, Costa Rica, or Belize
> earlier this
> > > > year (I wish I did, though)...
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > isn't that a major assumption, that maybe you could roam there/
> they
> > > might be GSM only, in which no standard stateside SprintPCS
> p[hone would
> > > work, which is what I found in Cozumel, Aruba etc..
> >
> > Where is the assumption? I showed what I got charged while in
> Bermude,
> > and also stated I didn't get to test it in 3 other countries, and
> that I
> > wish I did get to test it while I was there.
>
>
>
> Sprint employees due a MAJOR disservice if they tell people to try
> and
> use their SprintPCS phone over seas. GSM is the standard in most of
> the
> rest of the world, and SprintPCS phones flat won't work, and in the
> few
> cases they do, its a major roaming charge (multiple dollars per
> minute). *

Yes, Sprint reps should tell people phones are to "look and not
touch".

Genius! Oh wait, I'm talking to a complete moron...

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P Reality wrote:
> *In article <[email protected]>,
> [email protected] (SprintPCS Tech) wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > P Reality <[email protected]> wrote in article
> >
> <[email protected]>:
> > > > I was charged roughly $2.50 per minute when I called from
> Bermuda a few
> > > > years ago.
> > > >
> > > > $1.50 for international long distance, and $1.00 for
> international
> > > > roaming. (numbers might be a few cents off).
> > > >
> > > > I didn't get ot test it in Panama, Costa Rica, or Belize
> earlier this
> > > > year (I wish I did, though)...
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > isn't that a major assumption, that maybe you could roam there/
> they
> > > might be GSM only, in which no standard stateside SprintPCS
> p[hone would
> > > work, which is what I found in Cozumel, Aruba etc..
> >
> > Where is the assumption? I showed what I got charged while in
> Bermude,
> > and also stated I didn't get to test it in 3 other countries, and
> that I
> > wish I did get to test it while I was there.
>
>
>
> Sprint employees due a MAJOR disservice if they tell people to try
> and
> use their SprintPCS phone over seas. GSM is the standard in most of
> the
> rest of the world, and SprintPCS phones flat won't work, and in the
> few
> cases they do, its a major roaming charge (multiple dollars per
> minute). *

Yes, Sprint reps should tell people phones are to "look and not
touch".

Genius! Oh wait, I'm talking to a complete moron...

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Trent© <[email protected]> wrote in article
<[email protected]>:
> On Mon, 15 Sep 2003 14:03:07 GMT, P Reality <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> This is the thing that irked me about their customer service...
>
> First...
> >Sprint employees due a MAJOR disservice if they tell people to try and
> >use their SprintPCS phone over seas. GSM is the standard in most of the
> >rest of the world, and SprintPCS phones flat won't work,
>
> And THEN...
>
> > and in the few
> >cases they do, its a major roaming charge (multiple dollars per minute).
>
> First she said...'It won't work.'
>
> But then she said..'But if it DOES work...'
>
> Just like yer sayin'.
>

GSM is the standard for Europe, Africa, and Asia, but not as "standard"
in North and South America, including the Carrebean. Many of the
islands use TDMA, which the dual-band Sprint PCS phones can roam on the
800MHz TDMA.

I do not have a definite answer on Jamaica now, but I know there is
someplace, either through SprintPCS.com or though Sprint's intranet,
I've been trying to re-find it (I lost the link somehow).

As for my experiences, that is what I had when I was in Bermuda, 800MHz
TDMA roaming and roughly $2.50 a minute (give or take a few cents), and
this was 2 years ago.

[posted via phonescoop.com]

In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] (SprintPCS Tech) wrote:

> GSM is the standard for Europe, Africa, and Asia, but not as "standard"
> in North and South America, including the Carrebean. Many of the
> islands use TDMA, which the dual-band Sprint PCS phones can roam on the
> 800MHz TDMA.


Bermuda is not considered Central America or South America and maybe not
even Caribean.


And many of the Islands and countries DO USE GSM, and it is a total
DIS-SERVICE to SPRINTPCS customers to suggest they "Try their SprintPCS
phone and see", when you know full well only two things will happen:

1. It won't work at all. i.e. Cayman Islands, Cozumel, Aruba

2. It will roam at multi-dollar per minute rates.

"PHil_Real" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news[email protected]...
> In article <[email protected]>,
> [email protected] (SprintPCS Tech) wrote:
>
> > GSM is the standard for Europe, Africa, and Asia, but not as
"standard"
> > in North and South America, including the Carrebean. Many of the
> > islands use TDMA, which the dual-band Sprint PCS phones can roam
on the
> > 800MHz TDMA.
>
>
> Bermuda is not considered Central America or South America and maybe
not
> even Caribean.
>
>
> And many of the Islands and countries DO USE GSM, and it is a total
> DIS-SERVICE to SPRINTPCS customers to suggest they "Try their
SprintPCS
> phone and see", when you know full well only two things will happen:
>
> 1. It won't work at all. i.e. Cayman Islands, Cozumel, Aruba
>
> 2. It will roam at multi-dollar per minute rates.

Funny, but my wife and I used our SPCS phones in the Caymans, on 800
analog, but we certainly used it ... and it was $1 / min. to make
local calls, not multi-dollars per minute.

Bob

In article <[email protected]>, [email protected]=20
says...
> Yes, Sprint reps should tell people phones are to "look and not
> touch".
>=20
> Genius! Oh wait, I'm talking to a complete moron...
>=20

Looks like SprintUsers is up to their old tricks again. You and=20
hatoncat are inadvertantly multiposting, according to my news server.

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