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Roaming in Home Area ??? WTF

johnny_one_rate

Oct 29, 2009, 10:44 PM
Last Friday, October 23rd, I was in my home area (Pittsburgh.) I was not in my neighborhood, but about 15 miles away, when I noticed the little "roaming" triangle on my Blackberry....didn't think to much about it until I got home and the ol' lady says "I left you a VM...why does your greeting say "WHAT?" i said my message does not say that.

Anyway, I went to check my VM...lo and behold there is NO VM greeting....I cannot make a call, cannot receive a call, cannot access my Internet Browser...NOTHING...I called Sprint, they got everything fixed, but , it was a pain in the ass.

I just switched my service from AT&T to Sprint, and sorry that I did. I should have known from working at VZW that there are all kinds of "roaming problems with...
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acdc1a

Oct 30, 2009, 8:42 AM
There's no problem with CDMA phones and roaming. They just aren't particularly loyal to any tower.

Take a deep breath...relax...switch the roaming settings to Sprint Only. You likely won't have this problem again as the service is pretty good in PA.
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Yean

Oct 30, 2009, 10:50 AM
Correct. The phone's (Blackberry) is looking for the proper PRL.
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manda950587

Nov 13, 2009, 5:00 PM
Right...set it to sprint only...you prob. will not have this happen again...and chill!!! 😉
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rarodrig26

Nov 15, 2009, 11:32 PM
You don't by any chance over react once and a while do you?? Just curious.
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