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I was in Iowa today. I have an iphone and got pretty good coverage. I was in the Carrol area and had full bars. It said ATT on my phone. I had gotten a couple calls but when I went to place one it said that my phone does not allow outgoing calls. what's up with this? any know why? iWireless appears to be part of tmobile I think. I was stumped why the message was given from the carrier. are there no roaming agreements?
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If your phone connected to iWireless, there has to be a roaming agreement in place. Not sure why it did not allow you to make calls though.
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would this have anything to do with my iphone being on a pick your plan? not pay as you go but it's on a pick your plan. I'm trying out the coverage for a month or two before I sign a contract. I thought the pick your plan option allowed the same coverage with roaming. I know the pay as you go is limited to native ATT coverage.
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I am on IWS at school with my AT&T Phone in Platteville WI. This happened to me on a couple occasions when I came back from home... I think it was probably a temporary thing, I assure you they do have an agreement. Haven't had much trouble since. Platteville is a HUGE roaming investment, since a huge number of students at the university have AT&T, and they have had the only fully operable GSM net out here for a couple years now. There was nothing before, USCC and Alltel are the two 800 providers. Einstein does have GSM out here now, not fully operable yet, but there is a signal. IWS does not sell phones in WI, seems the net is for roaming revenue only.... |
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Other students have not really voiced problems being d/c'd. Its interesting. It'll be even more interesting seeing how my sis does in Eau Claire with USCC (on Alltel). | |
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Or maybe their roaming agreement with IWireless is so good that they don't care about people roaming too much. | |
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Just an update I thought I would post. ATT got me switched over with no hassle. The rep really knew what they were doing. Got my gophone account balance moved over so I had a credit to start with and then the postpaid plan. I just went back to Iowa and I had coverage and no issues making or placing calls. Thanks again for the help. Quote:
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