Comments on: 18000 Reasons Why iPhone Data Roaming Should Always Be OFF!

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Tue, 15 Sep 2009 07:13:23 +0000

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By: Cheese

Cheese — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 02:49:31 +0000

You're sent a message the moment your phone connects to a signal when you are outside of canada informing you that you are now roaming and will be incurring charges outside of your regular charges. It also states that you can, at no charge, call Rogers and add a roaming package to your account. They should however start having texting plans for when you are roaming

By: X1Zero

X1Zero — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 21:19:04 +0000

Data Roaming should be off by default

By: djv7075

djv7075 — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 21:06:55 +0000

Well, I'm not planning any trip out of the country any time soon, but just to be safe, I just turned it off anyway.
Thanks for the tip

By: iphoneincanada

iphoneincanada — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 04:33:50 +0000

That's what I was thinking about Roger reducing the 18K balance. Maybe the headline on this post should've read:

How to Get 66% Off Your Rogers Data Roaming Bill

By: Dean Shareski

Dean Shareski — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 01:03:57 +0000

Seriously though, as much as it's the kids fault, when will someone step up and say that using 452MB should NOT cost $18,000 or even $6000. That is borderline criminal. Rogers and every wireless company should be ashamed of themselves.

By: hub2

hub2 — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:58:34 +0000

You'd think Rogers (and Fido, and AT&T, etc) would offer an account setting to hard-cap roaming data, either by amount transferred or roaming charge limit.

By: John Piercy

John Piercy — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 21:16:55 +0000

My june bill from my 2 week trip charleston sc .. was $900.00 , suppose I was shocked ?
rogers bent a bit on the Bill .. but I took my time paying it also ,,,

Buy a Prepaid phone .. when in the USA ,,,
Dont give Rogers any extra $$$$

By: rorypiper

rorypiper — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 17:50:27 +0000

Oh shit!! Kid gets pwned!

His own fault for not turning off that data roaming. Even staying in Canada I leave mine turned off!!

By: montymon

montymon — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 15:22:54 +0000

I've used the US Data Roaming add-on. It reduces the fees from $6/MB to $1/MB. Still outrageous, but not crazy. Had we not had the plan, I would have paid $10/day for access at the resort we were at, so my 9-day trip cost $200 instead of $90, but I had access 24/7 instead of only when we were in the room. I figured it was worth it.

I think Rogers should by default send an SMS to any customer who starts accessing data while roaming, just letting them know they are being billed and what the billing rate is at the time for where they are. Then no-one could claim they had no idea.