Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!accuvax.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: "Peter B. Hayward" Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Cell Phone Roaming/Daily Activation Fee Message-ID: <10991@accuvax.nwu.edu> Date: 16 Aug 90 14:46:00 GMT Sender: news@accuvax.nwu.edu Organization: The University of Chicago Lines: 24 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 576, Message 11 of 12 Does anyone know if it is possible to make arrangements for a roaming daily activation fee other than the (seeming widespread) $3/day? I will be in two separate service areas in Maine for several weeks each next month, and the idea of $3/day seems excesssive. Peter B. Hayward N9IZT University of Chicago Computing Organizations pbhx@midway.uchicago.edu .........rutgers!oddjob!midway!pbhx [Moderator's Note: If I were going to be in the distant service area at least a month, I'd opt to have service turned on locally by the carrier in that area. But the start up fee and service for one month would probably not save enough over the daily roaming fee to make it very worthwhile. If you do have service turned on there, then simply do your own call forwarding from Chicago before you leave. But if you are only going to be there a month in total, then two local services for a month each, plus start-up fees might even wind up costing more than the estimated $90 ($3 times 30 days) the roaming would cost. I think you might be outta luck. Any ideas from readers? PAT]