Ok, I am trying to figure out how much has been charged to my Rogers wireless phone account on my trip to Brasilia, DF, Brazil so far. I have been away for a week. I arrived on Saturday June 26th. I did not pass through the US airports. I went from Ottawa (June 25th 2010) to Toronto airport (25th as well) to Sao Paulo (next day 26th), and SP to Braslia (same day 26th). In SP I noticed my phone said VIVO on it, when I turned it on. It also says VIVO in Brasilia as well.
Based off of what I looked up Braslia, DF, Brazil on the rogers website - it tells me the following...
Voice Rates
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-GSM Operator=VIVO
-Frequency=850
-ALL CALL TYPES=$3.00
Text Messaging Rates
- SMS = 75¢
Data Rates
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- Data Service Available=Yes
- Data Rate= 3¢ per KB
- Data Minimum Volume= 20 KB
- Data Increment
3G Service Available=Yes
Unfortunately, I cannot access my billing info online (the internal page does not load).
Here is my usage (only data as far as I can tell):
VOICE - None I think, other than 2 failed attempts to call home, during which an automated voice message (in Portugese) telling I was making a mistake dailing the number. So nothing beyond that.
SMS - None. I never use this.
DATA - On my LG EVE phone, I had previousy installed an android app called NetCounter (Network traffic controller by Cyril Jaquier) tells me...
Cell 2010-07-02 10:33 PM
Totals 1.524 GB (this is for all of 2010)
Montly 76.6 KB (been away for less than month)
7 days 21.27 MB (about how long I have been away for)
Today 76.6 KB
If I understand correctly from the Rogers roaming info previously mentioned, its 3 cents per kilobyte, but in blocks of 20 kb. So multiplying 3 x 20 I presume what I calculate I need to round up by 60 cents...
As previously mentioned, in the lsat 7 days I have used a total of 21.27 megabytes. This works out to 21 780.48 kilobytes. Finally 21780.48 multiplied by $0.03 equals $653.4144!!!
I presume that number includes the sycing which had been on for contacts, google calendar and gmail (which never should have been on - lesson learned). I presume all this, plus other stuff I sent to myself (300kb jpgs, at most 10 - what was I thinking! lesson learned!) is accounted for in the stats above.
So I believe I owe almost $700. I say this also, because I am not sure how much is charged every time I turn on/off the phone (and see the name VIVO come up), or whenever I turn on/off the roaming option. Even when roaming is turned off I still see VIVO on the phone. I think I read a thread where someone mentioned that so long as I am not placing calls (and tranferring data?) that this will not count. Not sure.
Any how - how was my math?
Yes I was stupid. To make matters worse, I do not remember what plan I am on, other than a generous dataplan tailored for mostly internet usage This phone was never used much in the past for voice calls. I only bought it as a toy to browse the web, and of course roadside emergencies.
Again, lesson learned. Not looking for sympathy, just some facts on how much I might be paying.
I hope this gives you all that you need to know to answer my question.
Please get back to me ASAP as I am very nervous about this. I started scaring myself, reading horror stories online like this ( http://jkontherun.com/2010/03/15/international-data-roaming-charges-legal-theft/ ) where a woman racked up 10k in charges in a couple hours visiting Canada on business (a non rogers customer though).
Any how, I sent this to Rogers as well, but figured I'd share this experience here as a warning for others traveling abroad.
Again, I am not sure what my plan covers for this.
If it's 700 bucks, how and when would I pay such a charge off in cases like these? Do I drop that amount immediately, or would Rogers would allow some installments spread out over time?
Thanks for reading folks. Please spare me the ridicule and any jokes (though I do so richly deserve).
Major Bonehead
Based off of what I looked up Braslia, DF, Brazil on the rogers website - it tells me the following...
Voice Rates
----------------------------------
-GSM Operator=VIVO
-Frequency=850
-ALL CALL TYPES=$3.00
Text Messaging Rates
- SMS = 75¢
Data Rates
--------------------------
- Data Service Available=Yes
- Data Rate= 3¢ per KB
- Data Minimum Volume= 20 KB
- Data Increment
3G Service Available=Yes
Unfortunately, I cannot access my billing info online (the internal page does not load).
Here is my usage (only data as far as I can tell):
VOICE - None I think, other than 2 failed attempts to call home, during which an automated voice message (in Portugese) telling I was making a mistake dailing the number. So nothing beyond that.
SMS - None. I never use this.
DATA - On my LG EVE phone, I had previousy installed an android app called NetCounter (Network traffic controller by Cyril Jaquier) tells me...
Cell 2010-07-02 10:33 PM
Totals 1.524 GB (this is for all of 2010)
Montly 76.6 KB (been away for less than month)
7 days 21.27 MB (about how long I have been away for)
Today 76.6 KB
If I understand correctly from the Rogers roaming info previously mentioned, its 3 cents per kilobyte, but in blocks of 20 kb. So multiplying 3 x 20 I presume what I calculate I need to round up by 60 cents...
As previously mentioned, in the lsat 7 days I have used a total of 21.27 megabytes. This works out to 21 780.48 kilobytes. Finally 21780.48 multiplied by $0.03 equals $653.4144!!!
I presume that number includes the sycing which had been on for contacts, google calendar and gmail (which never should have been on - lesson learned). I presume all this, plus other stuff I sent to myself (300kb jpgs, at most 10 - what was I thinking! lesson learned!) is accounted for in the stats above.
So I believe I owe almost $700. I say this also, because I am not sure how much is charged every time I turn on/off the phone (and see the name VIVO come up), or whenever I turn on/off the roaming option. Even when roaming is turned off I still see VIVO on the phone. I think I read a thread where someone mentioned that so long as I am not placing calls (and tranferring data?) that this will not count. Not sure.
Any how - how was my math?
Yes I was stupid. To make matters worse, I do not remember what plan I am on, other than a generous dataplan tailored for mostly internet usage This phone was never used much in the past for voice calls. I only bought it as a toy to browse the web, and of course roadside emergencies.
Again, lesson learned. Not looking for sympathy, just some facts on how much I might be paying.
I hope this gives you all that you need to know to answer my question.
Please get back to me ASAP as I am very nervous about this. I started scaring myself, reading horror stories online like this ( http://jkontherun.com/2010/03/15/international-data-roaming-charges-legal-theft/ ) where a woman racked up 10k in charges in a couple hours visiting Canada on business (a non rogers customer though).
Any how, I sent this to Rogers as well, but figured I'd share this experience here as a warning for others traveling abroad.
Again, I am not sure what my plan covers for this.
If it's 700 bucks, how and when would I pay such a charge off in cases like these? Do I drop that amount immediately, or would Rogers would allow some installments spread out over time?
Thanks for reading folks. Please spare me the ridicule and any jokes (though I do so richly deserve).
Major Bonehead