December 9th, 2009Roammobility.com – a (finally?) solution for Canadian roamers?
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One of the last really severe pain-points for Canadian wireless sufferers subscribers have been roaming rates. It’s not uncommon for blackberry wielding business travelers we know in Canada to face roaming bills upwards of $1000 a month. It looks like there may be, finally, a Canadian-based roaming service alternative. Reader Anthony A writes to us about roammobility.com :
I came across this on twitter today and a Vancouver company, Roam Mobility has launched a global roaming service for Canadian and US travelers.
Besides low roaming rates they offer free incoming calls in over 60 countries like but got me excited was the free incoming in the USA. I did a bit reading on their site and you get a USA and UK number to use while traveling.
The price seems reasonable and they also offer new Motorola world phones if you don’t want to unlock yours or don’t have a GSM phone that works globally. I did notice that they didn’t offer data, so I contacted them and they said that the service will be available in 6 weeks. Their reason for not offering data now is because they are still trying to ensure their data roaming is at least 50% than any other major carrier.
If their service is good and I can get the service before I travel, then roaming rates won’t seem so stressful anymore. I like the idea that I can have a phone which anyone can call me on and it won’t cost me anything while I’m away. I’ve been to Miami and London this year, where were these guys before? My bill from Miami alone was $270!
If anyone else has experience/success using these guy’s roaming packages let us know.
