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Rerun · 03-25-2011, 08:15 AM

I don't have a clue about how cell phones work and all this stuff about roaming charges.

Here's the scoop.... I am heading down to the Caribbean for 10 days (on a cruise) and I would like to take my phone with me (have a Galaxy S Android smartphone) but I don't want to come back to a huge phone bill due to roaming charges, data charges, etc. (you hear horror stories all the time).

I just want a phone for emergency purposes just in case something happens down there or something happens here in Calgary and they need to get a hold of me.

What should I do?

Leave my phone at home and buy a prepaid phone down there? Can I take an old phone that I have and use it down there on a prepaid plan that I get there?
Is there something I can do with my Android phone (I am with Telus) while here so I can use it there without it costing me an arm and a leg?

03-25-2011, 08:15 AM	#1
Rerun Often Thinks About Pickles Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Okotoks Exp:	I need help/advice from all you cell phone experts I don't have a clue about how cell phones work and all this stuff about roaming charges. Here's the scoop.... I am heading down to the Caribbean for 10 days (on a cruise) and I would like to take my phone with me (have a Galaxy S Android smartphone) but I don't want to come back to a huge phone bill due to roaming charges, data charges, etc. (you hear horror stories all the time). I just want a phone for emergency purposes just in case something happens down there or something happens here in Calgary and they need to get a hold of me. What should I do? Leave my phone at home and buy a prepaid phone down there? Can I take an old phone that I have and use it down there on a prepaid plan that I get there? Is there something I can do with my Android phone (I am with Telus) while here so I can use it there without it costing me an arm and a leg?