Hello All- i just got the blackberry curve a couple of days ago and i was wondering if anyone knew if I could use the blackberry messenger when I am in the United States. I am from Canada and my service provider is Rogers but I spend alot of time here in the United States becuase of my profession so when I am in the United States I am under At&t. The plan I have is unlimited email. So can I use my e-mail and blackberry messenger for free while I am in the United States? I heard that blackberry has its own network and sending blackberry messages and emails arent done through your phone company (so in my case it would be Rogers/At&t) is that true?
BlackBerry Messenger uses the same data connection that is used by Email. That is seperate from the connection used by SMS messages which are subject to international tolls.
I am from Canada and my service provider is Rogers but I spend alot of time here in the United States becuase of my profession so when I am in the United States I am under At&t.
If I understand you correctly, you are roaming on AT&T. The international roaming fees will apply to your data.
If you have a seperate account with AT&T for use in the US, then no roaming fees will apply and messages to Canada will be included in your US plan.
My Rogers contract included a promotional discount on international roaming for $0.006 Kb. It is important to remember the granularity means any message will be billed at a minimum 1 Kb.
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