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Stu · 10-06-2006, 06:43

I have an interesting thought on data roaming. If you surf over to blackberryforums.com, you'll note that on many carriers we used to be able to use Blackberry service at ordinary data rates if we had a Blackberry Enterprise account.

(Search keywords BYO Blackberry).

Most carriers blocked the necessary ports in order to pursh Blackberry subscriptions, but they need to leave these ports open to roamers. Thus, my Blackberry works in the UAE even though the local provider does not have Blackberry service.

Blackberry roaming is very data efficient because very little information is downloaded unless you "pull it down" manually. E.g. you only get three or four lines of text unless you ask for more.

If you could just arrange for a clear pathway to these BES's and billed GPRS at the standard roaming data rate it would make your SIM very attractive to corporate drones.

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Stu (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Guru Posts: 1,091 Join Date: 11 Feb 2004 Location: Detroit (formerly Dubai) Country:	10-06-2006, 06:43 I have an interesting thought on data roaming. If you surf over to blackberryforums.com, you'll note that on many carriers we used to be able to use Blackberry service at ordinary data rates if we had a Blackberry Enterprise account. (Search keywords BYO Blackberry). Most carriers blocked the necessary ports in order to pursh Blackberry subscriptions, but they need to leave these ports open to roamers. Thus, my Blackberry works in the UAE even though the local provider does not have Blackberry service. Blackberry roaming is very data efficient because very little information is downloaded unless you "pull it down" manually. E.g. you only get three or four lines of text unless you ask for more. If you could just arrange for a clear pathway to these BES's and billed GPRS at the standard roaming data rate it would make your SIM very attractive to corporate drones.