Does Anyone Know the REAL Roaming Costs Incurred by Carriers?

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Originally Posted by FBlack_111

Want to hear a huge rip off by T-Mobile? Try making a call from a cruise ship. T-Mobile charges $4.99 a minute. Verizon and Att charge $2.49. This is no bargain either, but a whole lot less than T-Mobile. Don't use your International SIM either on a cruise ship. It costs more than Verizon and ATT, but less than T-Mobile.

Hate to sound as an apologist for the cell carriers -but ships use satellites for internet. That is very expensive. The sat. internet providers charge by the mb. I assume that cell phone services on ship connect the same way.
OTH, there is no excuse for T-M to charge double what everyone else charges.

BTW, maybe it would pay to rent a sat. phone. Think calls are $1 to $1.50/min. Don't know what the rental cost would be.

...mike