America's Choice Plan

Question: If you are in a call that began while you were on the AC network and during the call you travel into a roaming area, will it drop your call (like Sprint used to) or will you just start getting charged for roaming?

 

1. With the newer PRL's, Sprint PCS was removed as a roaming partner in New York.

2. Verizon does offer a nationwide plan. If AC isn't working for you, look into it.

 

Vzwmike, I believe your call will drop.

You know, Verizon Wireless CS Rep just told me that they have a list of places covered under America's Choice network and if you get charged roaming in the city that is supposed to be covered then they will credit those charges. Hmmm...I'm gonna have to find out more about that.

*** Update ***

I just spoke with another rep and they also said that if you get charged roaming in city whereby their list says there should be covered then they will credit those charges.

 

Verizon AC plans are the same as Sprint national plans in the sense that as long as you connect to one of their towers, you won't be charged for roaming. The only difference is that Verizon has more towers than Sprint, therefore Verizon is not looked at as Sprint because it is less likely to roam with them. However, just as with Sprint, you can find roaming signals even in your own house with Verizon AC plans.

If Sprint was removed as a roaming partner for Verizon in NYC, why is this anonymous user saying that his phone showed roaming if according to him he got the latest PRL?
Also, Malial that brings up my point I was making in the Las Vegas thread where I said I prefer roaming partners to be removed where Verizon has its own network.

 

If Verizon people were locking their phones onto Sprint PCS towers in NYC you would think that Verizon would not be happy. After all they would have to pay out the roaming costs to Sprint. Sprint would also be making good money from Verizon. But it would potentially overtax their system if too many user were doing this. Sprint was also removed from Verizon as a roaming partner in the Los Angeles area. Don't know why.

 

Could this be an excuse to opt out of ones contract with Verizon?

 

Don't worry! You're fine in Pittsburgh.

Verizon gave you an Atlanta phone number with a home Atlanta SID (00041). When you go outside the SID 41 area, like when you are in Pittsburgh SID 32, you will see a roaming light. BUT, as you are still in the America's Choice Network area, the roam light means nothing. You're paying the same rates as though you were sitting at Turner Field, or watching Talkback Live at CNN Center.

Somewhere in your phone's menu system is a way for you to see the CURRENT SID, or SYSTEM ID, or CURRENT NETWORK, or something like that. If you look at the number it gives you, you'll see what coverage area you're in at that moment. (On a StarTac, hit FCN-1-2-7-STO)

Take a look at Verizon PRL 50048. In that list, you'll see system ID numbers (like Atlanta = 41, Pittsburgh = 32). As long as the current system ID number your phone displays is on that list, shown as either VERIZON, or with a flashing green RM next to it, you're in the America's choice Network and using your plan minutes.

Let us know if you have any more questions!

 

By the way, forgot to ask you.....

Did they give you a 404, 770 or 678 area code?

 

I live in a rural "hickville" area in Maryland and my verizon phone sometimes goes into roaming, but they have yet to charge me for it. So i guess it depends if your city is listed or not on their plan. I discovered the weirdest thing recently too, my friend who has voicestream and also a v60 phone gets better recpetion around my neighborhood than my verizon phone. I find that realy really weird, I always thought verizon was better.