{"id":156,"date":"2007-08-10T10:46:02","date_gmt":"2007-08-10T18:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mike.peay.us\/blog\/?p=156"},"modified":"2007-08-10T10:46:02","modified_gmt":"2007-08-10T18:46:02","slug":"traveller-alert-watch-that-roaming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mike.peay.us\/blog\/archives\/156","title":{"rendered":"Traveller Alert!: Watch that roaming"},"content":{"rendered":"

Late June, we had a wonderful vacation<\/a> with a 7-day cruise to Alaska out of Seattle, Washington. Since I wanted to be able to download pictures from the camera, we brought our laptop along. Partly wanting to copy pictures back home (in case the laptop got stolen\/damaged) and partly wanting to have Internet access in general, I decided to borrow one of the Verizon EVDO cards from work. It worked out quite well even though signal was quite variable even when in port.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, the last night of the cruise was in Victoria, B.C. Signal was strong so I was able to sync up our photo album and do a little surfing. Yesterday, I was asked by our admin if I used the card in Canada. Having just recently paid our AT&T cell bill, I had learned that data also has roaming charges just like voice so I asked “how bad is it?” Try $736.38. At $.02\/k it adds up quick, don’t it?<\/p>\n

She’s going to talk to our account rep and see if they would be willing to reduce the charge any. We’ll see. Worst case, it’s another glorious “live & learn” moment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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