Prl 10037 & 20226

Sounds like there is no good reason for anybody to update. Any take-away of a roaming partner or shuffling of roaming partners is probably not good for the user. If I tain't going to gain anything, then I tain't going to upgrade the PRL unless forced to do it. If it benefits Sprint, watch them force us to accept it on the newer phones that they can control better.

 

Not to mention alowing the use of data while roaming on the last couple of updates.

 

yeah but from what i understand..........data roaming isnt dependant on l/the PRL..........

 

Do we know what carrier was preferred over another in those twelve states???

...just curious...

 

Yeah that makes sense regarding ALLTEL. I thought that this was already the case in most markets after the ALLTEL/Sprint roaming deal a few months ago. What about U.S. Cellular??? Maybe they moved up in priority over Verizon.

 

Question to you guys regarding data while roaming: If one has the Free America plan with Power Vision, are there additional roaming charges?

 

if you have the data plan........data roaming is free...........and if the base plan says roaming is included.........voice roaming is free as well..........keep in mind that when roaming.........text messages are 15 cents regardless of whether or not you have a texting package.........and long distance is 20 cents a minute if you are making a long distance call while roaming........

although i dont know exactly what long distance entails while roaming....

 

I am never charged for texts or long distance while roaming.

 

Not even incoming texts while roaming??

 

i get charged 15 cents every time i roam.......havent had a chance to test out the long distance while roaming........and does long distance mean long distance calls from the area your roaming in or does long distance mean from your home area...........it was confusing.......but thats what a rep told me

 

I'm pretty sure I'm not in an affiliate market and I have a SERO plan as of late November '06

(Reading, PA 19606)

 

what about charges for texting while roaming..........i dont think its really fair to charge for long distance while roaming either........

and you must understand........they arent charging me for roaming or long distance unless they are dont together...........then they say i will get charged for long distance but not roaming

 

My 2300 recieves texts fine while roaming, but it will not allow (will not even try) to send them when roaming. This is a firmware issue and the fact that Sprint or Sanyo does not release firmware updates for policy changes like this (the 2400 and Katana, which were relased later, can send sms while roaming) is very aggravating. The phone can do FOTA, but they have never released any update. What's the point?

 

I agree, it is totally pointless and there is no reason not to fix it. The fact that some phones can do things while others cannot just confuses and aggravates the customer. As you say, it's an easy fix with a firmware update...there is no reason why they shouldn't issue an update. My girlfriend has the same problems in that her 8300 can receive but cannot send while roaming. Since our phones sometimes roam at home, this is a rather big issue.

 

This is the main reason I switched to the a900 from the 7400.

 

i have the MOTO V3m......it is FOTA capable and i can send and receive texts fine while roaming but they charge me 15 cents each even if i have a bucket of messages included in my plan.........kinda weird...........would rather they take 2 messages from my allotment than charge me extra but oh well........i just dont text then

 

I've never heard of anyone being charged for SMS roaming