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Hi. I know this has been covered a few times here, but it doesn't seem like the other threads i found answered my questions very definitively. So i'll try to be concise as possible. Basically i live in America and i'm considering visiting Canada (Winnipeg, specifically) this spring. And while it's not super-important either way, it would be helpful to know exactly how my phone will work up there. I have the America's Choice plan right now, the 'new' one (i've only had it for like a year). I thought that meant free roaming anywhere in the US or Canada, but after looking it up on the Internet i've discovered that that's not the case. So i know that roaming in Canada is not free, at least. These are my questions: 1.) How much will it cost to call American numbers from Canada? Is it just the 69-cents-per-minute roaming fee? Any other taxes, long-distance charges, anything like that? 2.) How much will it cost to call Canadian numbers while i'm in Canada? Same 69-cents thing? 3.) How will i dial US numbers from Canada? The same as normal, or do i have to add a number to the front or something? What about calling Canadian numbers? 4.) Will it cost me anything if somebody from the United States calls me while i'm up there? Will it cost them to call me? How does that work, exactly? 5.) I read something about having to call Verizon to ask them to enable direct-dialling on your phone or something, but i didn't understand exactly what that meant. Will i have to have Verizon do anything to my phone in order to make calls from Canada to the US (or to receive them in Canada from the US)? What about making calls within Canada (as in, to Canadian numbers)? 6.) I have free nights and week ends and free IN calling. Does that apply in Canada? (I mean, even if i do get charged roaming, will it detract from my minutes if i call during those 'free' periods?) Thanks for any help. |
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Don't forget that it may take up to two months for those calls to come through on your bill due to the vagaries of incompatible billing systems, and don't forget that you pay tax on that too, so it's really more like 79 cents a minute or so, depending where you live. Quote:
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Rad. That pretty much covers everything. Thanks!
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