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International Blackberry data question
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Posted by: bb4lfe

Hey guys, I had a quick q. With Verizon, their 8830 has GSM for roaming outside the US. For 20 extra bucks a month, they give you unlimited data when outside the US for data roaming (Email, bb messenger, browser, ect..) Voice and txt are seperate.

I was thinking about switching to ATT, and have a relative with a house in Panama. Now, if I was going to take the phone with me, does ATT include the data as part of my bb plan, or have an add on for unlimited for that month if I go, or do they charge per KB/MB? Thanks!

Posted by: jg70124

There is an unlimited international data package, it's $60/month ($15 more than BES, $30 more if you're on BIS). You have to sign a one year agreement.

Or you can pay $0.0195 per KB ($19.95/MB).

Posted by: ejf16

I'm going to Israel for a week, so the pay by the KB plan seems reasonable for e-mail rather than a 1-year international plan contract. Do I have to sign up to use this, or will I automatically have e-mail access there and be charged for the KB I use? I will put an Israel Cellcom SIM in an unlocked Razr so voice isn't an issue.

Posted by: celtictech

You should be able to just use it while you are there and be charged PPU. I'm not sure if you need to have international roaming activated on your account first though. A quick call to CS should answer that.

Posted by: solo118

I dont know if you need pay per use, why cant you just put the international plan for the month then go back to normal when you return?

Posted by: ejf16

"why cant you just put the international plan for the month then go back to normal when you return?"

I would like to do that, but I was told the international plan required a 1-year contract. Has that changed again?

Posted by: solo118

I honestly dont know, my friend did this when he roamed outside of the country.

Also try out OLAM, maybe you can switch it yourself there.

Either way give a customer service rep a ring as soon as you can they can help best.

Posted by: celtictech

I tried adding international data to on of our lines a couple of months ago & they said I had to sign a one year contract. Wasn't worth it for a weekend trip abroad so we used ppu.