ask dr "canadian cellphone" LJ

[rmd]

So, I'm planning to go to worldcon. It's in canada. I have an ATT networked non-jail-broken iPhone with a fairly boring cellphone-plus-iphone-data plan.

What's the most affordable way for me to use my phone in Canada? Should I just turn the thing off at the border to avoid getting hit with huge fees and go cellphoneless? Should I get some kind of Canadian prepaid rental phone (if there is such a thing)?

I'd like to at least have basic cellphone capability, although full-on data would be great to have as well.

thoughts?

Comments

[dfjdejulio.livejournal.com]

If you go to the "Settings" application, and pick "General", and pick "Network", you can turn off "Data Roaming". Then whenever using the wireless network for data would result in roaming charges, it just doesn't even try. If you need to check your email real fast and are willing to pay for it, you can toggle it back on and manually check, and then toggle it back off -- at the very least, it's a way to avoid hidden charges from your phone doing stuff without you knowing (eg. background polling to check email).