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Cingular International Roam rates

Discussion in 'International Wireless Forum (Including Canada and' started by viewfly, Oct 6, 2003.

  1. viewfly

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    Over the phone, I got Cingular International roaming rates from C/S.

    For Uk (an example) it is $0.79/min plus your normal airtime minutes (both directions).

    Also seems to be a monthly package one can buy that reduces the rate to $0.39/min.

    These seem lower than I've seen before. Should I have gotten it in writing?
     
    #1 viewfly, Oct 6, 2003
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    If that is the international roaming rate for cingular, it is the best rate I have seen. Seems that T mobile is .99 and AT&T is about 1.29, someone out there correct me if I am wrong, 79 cents is undoubtably a good deal.
     
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    Thats not the international roaming rate, its the international dialing rate. you were misquoted.

    the international roaming rates range from 1.29 to 2.49
     
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    I will call c/s tomorrow and check. We were definately discussing roaming not dialing today with c/s.

    But, your right, according to the web pages on roaming, Canada/Mexico is $0.79 and Western Europe (France,UK) is $1.29.

    I remember last year in the UK, the local SIM rental fee was 1.10 (pound)/ per day($1.87) and 0.69 pence per min ($1.15) to call back to the states. Plus 17.5% VAT. All that adds to more than $1.29 per minute for Cingular roaming so maybe not a too bad a deal or comparison.

    Anyhow, I will check. Maybe something is new.
     
    #4 viewfly, Oct 6, 2003
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    customer service is not always on the ball if you know what i mean.
     
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    Until May or so (I can't remember exactly when) Cingular was the only US carrier to continue to offer roaming at the GSM standard rates of visited operator +15% (previously bellsouth and omnipoint had offered these rates). In may 2003 they switched to TMO global rip-off style flat rates, which meant in some cases rates went up 500% or more. Before that I was thinking of switching to them.

    How a company can do something like this and customers just sort of shrug their shoulders the way Cingular's did is beyond me.
     
    #6 polonius, Oct 28, 2003
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    Very, very few customers use international roaming other than perhaps in Canada, the Caribbean and Mexico. Hence, there's not some untapped well of outrage that would cause Cingular to change their ways. (And for your information, Cingular GSM in California has always had the same ridiculous rates they have now.)

    In any case, the thing to do is not to rent a SIM but to buy a SIM in the UK, activate service, get your number, and buy a calling card back to the US with an 0800 number or something. Then you're only paying a few p a minute on the calling card plus the 20p or whatever for the prepaid SIM time. You can even check your voicemail this way (well, on T-Mo... on Cingular you have to pay for that particular privilege).
     
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    #7 ZaphodB, Oct 28, 2003
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    Virgin Mobile UK seems to be the best deal. 10 pounds for the SIM, and it includes 5 pounds worth of calls. Calls back to the US are around 35 cents. Pretty good deal IMO.
     
    #8 Airb330, Nov 2, 2003
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