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Old 02-08-2011, 09:45 PM   #1
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Hi,

I'm a US Verizon customer with an unlocked Bold 9650 and I'll be travelling to the UK this spring for about 10 days and would prefer to use a local SIM card rather than roam internationally.

Orange in the UK offers pay as you go Blackberry service for 5 GBP / mo. extra however, will I have to first de-register my Blackberry device with Verizon before being able to use Orange UK?

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Ye make sure you do it, because Verizon will charge you for international roaming.
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Ye make sure you do it, because Verizon will charge you for international roaming.
Not if there is a foreign SIM card in there they won't. Please read before posting.
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