$8000 Roaming Charge

Todd Allcock <[email protected]> wrote:
> At 20 Jan 2007 18:06:59 +0000 [email protected] wrote:
> > The buyin for a European SIM might be too high, depending on one's needs.
> > Rental phones are another option.

> One could argue that no matter how high the buy-in for a foreign SIM is,
> it'd be less than $8000 the OP's friend's daughter ran up!

;-)


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"Robert Coe" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 20 Jan 2007 12:20:19 -0600, "hj" <[email protected]> wrote:
> :
> : "jwardl" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> : news:[email protected]...
> :
> : >You'll just need to have HSI available at your destination.
> : >
> : What is "HSI"?
>
> "High-Speed Internet"

Robert Coe wrote:
> On Sat, 20 Jan 2007 12:20:19 -0600, "hj" <[email protected]> wrote:
> :
> : "jwardl" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> : news:[email protected]...
> :
> : >You'll just need to have HSI available at your destination.
> : >
> : What is "HSI"?
>
> "High-Speed Internet"

As in Sprint EVDO, not Cingular. [snicker]

decaturtxcowboy <[email protected]> wrote:
> As in Sprint EVDO, not Cingular. [snicker]

Skype specifically states that they are not compatible with GPRS. Do you
know if Skype works via EVDO?

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Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley Lake, CA, USA GPS: 38.8,-122.5

If you are going to run your bill up due to YOUR OVERAGES then belly up
to the bar and pay your bill, after all you created it.


3GFreak
www.mobilevertigo.com

Porgy Tirebiter wrote:
> "Will" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > The daughter of one of our company's employees made a trip to Eastern
> > Europe
> > and ran up a cell phone bill of $8000 based on a $5/minute "roaming
> > charge".
> > After she returned and that bill appeared, the telephone company as
> > courtesy
> > put the employee's phone on their "international plan", which brought his
> > minute rate to the bargain basement pricing of $4/minute.
> >
> > Is this actually legal and enforceable against the employee? Is there
> > any
> > recourse the employee would have to get this rate adjusted to an ordinary
> > market price for an international phone call between U.S. and Eastern
> > Europe?
> >
> > --
> > Will
> >
> Welcome to CHING-CHINGULAR!!!
> Nope..they will hook you. They won't let any of it slide, they wont do a
> thing for you.
> A friend of mine moved and had a $1500 overage.he has been a customer for
> MANY years and multiple
> phones on his account.When he asked about a payment plan they denied
> him.When he said he didnt have the $1500
> as they just moved THEY SHUT HIM OFF!!!
> He promptly went out and bought two new Verizon phones before CHINGULAR
> could trash his credit.
> Chingular will get their money, he has no plans to"Stiff" them...but they
> lost a business and a few families over that
> ****.
>
>
> >

In article <[email protected]>,
"3Gfreak" <[email protected]> wrote:

> If you are going to run your bill up due to YOUR OVERAGES then belly up
> to the bar and pay your bill, after all you created it.
>
>
> 3GFreak
> www.mobilevertigo.com
>
> Porgy Tirebiter wrote:
> > "Will" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > news:[email protected]...
> > > The daughter of one of our company's employees made a trip to Eastern
> > > Europe
> > > and ran up a cell phone bill of $8000 based on a $5/minute "roaming
> > > charge".
> > > After she returned and that bill appeared, the telephone company as
> > > courtesy
> > > put the employee's phone on their "international plan", which brought his
> > > minute rate to the bargain basement pricing of $4/minute.
> > >
> > > Is this actually legal and enforceable against the employee? Is there
> > > any
> > > recourse the employee would have to get this rate adjusted to an ordinary
> > > market price for an international phone call between U.S. and Eastern
> > > Europe?

I would have yakking daughter sold overseas into indentured servitude.
Could have left her in Eastern Europe and saved the airfare home.
I think this would solve a lot of problems.

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Perfect! A much more logical solution......

3GFreak
www.mobilevertigo.com

Kurt wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>,
> "3Gfreak" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > If you are going to run your bill up due to YOUR OVERAGES then belly up
> > to the bar and pay your bill, after all you created it.
> >
> >
> > 3GFreak
> > www.mobilevertigo.com
> >
> > Porgy Tirebiter wrote:
> > > "Will" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > > news:[email protected]...
> > > > The daughter of one of our company's employees made a trip to Eastern
> > > > Europe
> > > > and ran up a cell phone bill of $8000 based on a $5/minute "roaming
> > > > charge".
> > > > After she returned and that bill appeared, the telephone company as
> > > > courtesy
> > > > put the employee's phone on their "international plan", which brought his
> > > > minute rate to the bargain basement pricing of $4/minute.
> > > >
> > > > Is this actually legal and enforceable against the employee? Is there
> > > > any
> > > > recourse the employee would have to get this rate adjusted to an ordinary
> > > > market price for an international phone call between U.S. and Eastern
> > > > Europe?
>
> I would have yakking daughter sold overseas into indentured servitude.
> Could have left her in Eastern Europe and saved the airfare home.
> I think this would solve a lot of problems.
>
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> To reply by email, remove the word "space"

On 2007-01-21, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
> decaturtxcowboy <[email protected]> wrote:
>> As in Sprint EVDO, not Cingular. [snicker]
>
> Skype specifically states that they are not compatible with GPRS. Do you
> know if Skype works via EVDO?

I do. Skype-to-Skype calls don't quite work since it is a little bit
short of bandwidth on the uplink side (EVDO Rev. A should fix this).
Using Skype to call regular phones over EVDO works fine.

Dennis Ferguson

Dennis Ferguson <[email protected]> wrote:

> I do. Skype-to-Skype calls don't quite work since it is a little bit
> short of bandwidth on the uplink side (EVDO Rev. A should fix this).
> Using Skype to call regular phones over EVDO works fine.

Although I enjoy Skype-Skype on a cable modem connection to other
continents and in the US, I have found that skypeout to a regular phone is
not very good. The audio used to be terrible. The most recent time that I
tried, the audio was good, but with a terrible amount of delay.

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On Sun, 21 Jan 2007 19:35:48 +0000 (UTC), [email protected] wrote in
<[email protected]>:

>decaturtxcowboy <[email protected]> wrote:
>> As in Sprint EVDO, not Cingular. [snicker]
>
>Skype specifically states that they are not compatible with GPRS. Do you
>know if Skype works via EVDO?

Skype does work over EGPRS(EDGE), although latency is a bit painful.

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On Sun, 21 Jan 2007 18:05:06 GMT, decaturtxcowboy
<[email protected]> wrote in
<[email protected]>:

>Robert Coe wrote:
>> On Sat, 20 Jan 2007 12:20:19 -0600, "hj" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> :
>> : "jwardl" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> : news:[email protected]...
>> :
>> : >You'll just need to have HSI available at your destination.
>> : >
>> : What is "HSI"?
>>
>> "High-Speed Internet"
>
>As in Sprint EVDO, not Cingular.

As in Cingular EGPRS(EDGE), UMTS and HSDPA.

>[snicker]

Let me guess ... you're 12?

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