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Old 07-07-2011, 11:58 AM   #11
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Originally Posted by Jimmy Stang View Post
At first I was going to post a devil's advocate message, questioning whether the effort was worth the principle of disputing the charges. But then I looked at the map and it was quite a bit further from the border than I had expected. I have used my phone down in Waterton without issue, so I am surprised that the nearest/strongest cell tower was across the border.

Does anyone know what the typical range for these towers are?

Don't get me started on the cost of roaming rates. In Europe, the carriers are starting to drop the rates a little, but we're still getting gouged here in Canada. Surely $1.45/min (plus long distance) and $30 per megabyte must be exponentially higher than the true cost and reasonable profit for providers. When I leave the country, I rely on phone cards, wifi, Skype, etc. But you didn't even leave the country!

It was something like 16MB that she apparently used as well - which is BS, since her monthly use for a normal month is about 100MB total
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