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Andrew Codrington: US Roaming Costs with a Rogers iPhone: Rogers vs AT&T GoPhone

  • sam · 10 months ago
    When you buy the go card does that give you a different phone number?
  • acodring · 10 months ago
    Yes, when you call or go online to register your new GoPhone you can pick the city you'll use it in most and you end up with a phone number for that city.
    If I had done that (this is all theoretical remember!) it would have been a pain to tell everyone my new "US" phone number. Since I have a GrandCentral account it would be a little easier since I just have to tell GrandCentral the new phone # and it forwards calls to me.
  • Greg · 10 months ago
    If you have an iphone plan (the $60 or $75 per month plans) US data roaming is $3/MB:

    http://www.rogers.com/web/content/wireless-prod...

    "U.S. data roaming on iPhone Packages is $3/MB." It's in the section titled 'Data Usage' in the link above.
  • acodring · 9 months ago
    Thanks Greg! I've added that rate in a new column. It's not clear if I'd qualify for that rate since I'm on a slightly modified package. I should have turned on data roaming while I was there just for a few minutes to see what rate they charged me at. Next trip!
  • David Ricardo · 9 months ago
    hi, great to find a discussion of this source of constant frustration!

    i have a GoPhone, use it exactly as you describe, except the data costs $10/MB. i don't think there was a monthly plan when i bought mine (in october 08). do you have to call them to turn the monthly plan on when you are there and then turn it off when you leave?

    also rogers charges me $6/MB even though i have an iPhone 6GIG data plan ... i think when they say its $3 on "iPhone Packages" they mean the pre-bundled packages, not when you choose your own voice and data plans