Home vs. Automatic and data plans
Hello!
I have an XV6800 with WM 6.1 recently installed (finally!). I am going on a trip from southern California to Ensenada, Mexico (only about 60 miles south of the border), and I want to make sure I do not roam. I went into Settings > Phone > and set it to Home rather than Automatic.
Does that setting also make the data side of the phone (EVDO or 1xRTT) a "home only" setting? I do not want huge data roaming to sneak up on me.
Out of curiosity, and with all the hoopla about AT&T having more bars in more places, I decided to look at the VZW world-wide coverage. I was surprised how many countries are using CDMA. Listening to the AT&T ads, you'd think the USA was the only place that CDMA works.
Thank you!
Gregg Hill
I have an XV6800 with WM 6.1 recently installed (finally!). I am going on a trip from southern California to Ensenada, Mexico (only about 60 miles south of the border), and I want to make sure I do not roam. I went into Settings > Phone > and set it to Home rather than Automatic.
Does that setting also make the data side of the phone (EVDO or 1xRTT) a "home only" setting? I do not want huge data roaming to sneak up on me.
Out of curiosity, and with all the hoopla about AT&T having more bars in more places, I decided to look at the VZW world-wide coverage. I was surprised how many countries are using CDMA. Listening to the AT&T ads, you'd think the USA was the only place that CDMA works.
Thank you!
Gregg Hill
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Only in case of emergency. I will use WiFi to grab email while away.
I mainly need to make sure the data side does not roam after I have the phone set to Home.
Gregg Hill
I mainly need to make sure the data side does not roam after I have the phone set to Home.
Gregg Hill
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If you set the phone as home only you will not be able to make or receive calls while roaming. there is a national access block available that you can put on there before you leave to Mexico and remove it when you come back to the states; however I'm not sure if that will impact the wifi connection. Maybe someone else who is reading this can possibly answer that question.
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