- I am currently on Orange payg in the UK and am travelling to Mexico soon for two weeks.
How much extra will I be charged to receieve emails for this two weeks?, ie keep my roaming switched on.
Thanks
Thanks.04-27-12 02:34 AMLike 0 - 04-27-12 03:05 AMLike 0
- Orange tell me it will cost �8 per mb. That seems expensive but if I'm only checking emails every few days I doubt I will hit a mb.
As long as my roaming is switched off I should be ok.
Thanks all04-27-12 09:28 AMLike 0 -
It depends on your usage of emails/how many emails you receive.
If you are going say for a 4 day holiday with a usage of 1-2 MB per day.
That's £12 my friend per day. I say to put a filter on all email accounts to stop spam and try not letting attachments emailed.
Just my suggestion
Good luck.
Sent from my BlackBerry 9860 on 7.1.0.342 with Tapatalk and my fingers04-27-12 10:26 AMLike 0 -
- You'll get away with only using a few mbs if you're carefull but you'll have the luxury of being constantly in touch. All you need is to take the following steps:
Sign out of Facebook/Twitter etc
Disable Automore in email settings, also disable download images automatically setting
In BBM disable status and music updates, also disable music updates from contacts.
If you want to play it even safer you can reboot into safe mode which ensures all apps are completely OFF.
Do all this and you should not use more the 2-3mb.04-29-12 02:14 AMLike 0 -
- It depends on your usage of emails/how many emails you receive.
If you are going say for a 4 day holiday with a usage of 1-2 MB per day.
That's �12 my friend per day. I say to put a filter on all email accounts to stop spam and try not letting attachments emailed.
Just my suggestion
Good luck.
Sent from my BlackBerry 9860 on 7.1.0.342 with Tapatalk and my fingers04-29-12 06:35 AMLike 0 - Some carriers have an international plan that you can get for a month or per day. It goes around 30-50 euros per month. It will give you email, bbm, internet browsing, etc. as long as it goes by Rim's NOC.
You must be very careful to disable all other apps. For example, Whatsapp will connect periodically to check for new messages or weaher apps will look for weather updates They will charge you for those connections aside from the international blackberry fee. I have been charged around 200 euros for that kind of connections in a 2-3 week period.
If you don't get this kind of plans, avoid the use of email. It is REALLY expensive. There are many public wifi hotspots in places like Starbucks or Mcdonalds that you can use to check your email.
You can also unlock your device for around 10 US Dollars, purchase a mexican sim from Movistar or Telcel for 5 US Dollars and setup a blackberry prepaid plan. Look for the Telcel store at the airport, on your way out if you arrive at the Terminal 2. You have options for a single day, 7 days, 15 days or 1 month. The 15 days plan goes for 30 US Dollars. This setup is made by sms so it is very straight forward.
For Telcel, you need to send an sms to the number 5050 with the single word BBI15 to activate the 15 days plan that includes 1.5 GB.
I hope this help, enjoy your trip to Mexico.04-29-12 01:42 PMLike 0
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