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From: CRW@icf.hrb.com (Craig R. Watkins)
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Subject: Re: Cellular Daily Roaming Surcharge $4.00 per Day?
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Date: 5 Nov 90 03:33:05 GMT
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In article <14176@accuvax.nwu.edu>, brian@apt.bungi.com (Brian
Litzinger) writes:

> I asked my celluar carrier about the $2.00 per day charge when my
> chart said they were no per day charges in that area.  They responded
> that I should have dialed *611 and gotten the information that was
> accurate for the particular minute is was planning to dial during 8-).

I was amused to find roaming charges on my bill for Philadelphia once,
and no charge for any calls.  It seems that I had made a (free) call
to (*)611 while changing planes which invoked the roam charge.

I know I called and complained about such a silly concept but I don't
recall how far I got.  If you have to ask how much it costs, then you
had better be able to afford it.


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[Moderator's Note: That's why I fully support the concept of learning
to program your own phone, and getting accounts on many systems.  PAT]