10-07-2011, 06:10 AM
rgG wrote:
I have been told that Sprint roams on Verizon, so it might be possible that you could roam while at your vacation house, but I think there are limits on how much roaming Sprint will allow.
Not sure what/how/all the nuances are for the various plans are now, but as noted, Sprint used to allow a very nominal amount of roaming, and then they had unlimited roaming for $5/mo which really meant you had to stay under about 40% roaming most of the time, and could only spike a couple of times a year or they kill your favorite family pet or child. Some plans include roaming. Most of the domestic roaming is via VZW. The per minute charge for exceeding the nominal allowance on non-roaming plans is pretty high. The system went whacko awhile back, and we got zotsed for excessive roaming on one bill (3 of our 5 family plan phones have unlimited roaming), and one of the limited phones somehow got dinged for roaming from a location that always had good Sprint coverage. Had to escalate that one up the ladder a bit to get the roaming charges reversed. If the desired plan didn't include roaming, I'd get the roaming add-on to ensure maximum coverage.
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