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tom0100 · 12-30-2009, 03:38 PM

Traveling to (or living near) Canadian or American borders can be difficult. Your phone will frequently pickup the strongest signal (USA tower or Canadian). I have been to cities where Canada is just across a river, lake (you name it) and the phone attempts to connect to the Canadian tower because it thinks I've gone International (because I have this 'feature' activated on my account)...well this creates a big bill for me. I'll rather stick with a weaker American tower near the border because it's INCLUDED and is not international. I would contact the phone company to clarify that the phone will go international correctly. A friend of mine had his international calling turned off because he always connected to Canada (when near the border) and he had HUGE bills BUT he was never actually IN Canada...their signal was just stronger near the borders.

12-30-2009, 03:38 PM	#8
tom0100 Thumbs Must Hurt Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: DC Model: 9700 PIN: N/A Carrier: T-mobile Posts: 96	USA and Canada border Traveling to (or living near) Canadian or American borders can be difficult. Your phone will frequently pickup the strongest signal (USA tower or Canadian). I have been to cities where Canada is just across a river, lake (you name it) and the phone attempts to connect to the Canadian tower because it thinks I've gone International (because I have this 'feature' activated on my account)...well this creates a big bill for me. I'll rather stick with a weaker American tower near the border because it's INCLUDED and is not international. I would contact the phone company to clarify that the phone will go international correctly. A friend of mine had his international calling turned off because he always connected to Canada (when near the border) and he had HUGE bills BUT he was never actually IN Canada...their signal was just stronger near the borders.
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