United-Mobile on Cruise ship

[Bossman]

Absolutely! Also the ships turn off their network (They have to by law) once they get within certain miles of a port. Since they do not have roaming agreements at any ports...just at sea. So, in my case once we got close to Aruba, St Marteen, etc. the local networks show up. Once we set sail, the ships also turn on their network once they reach certain miles from the port. But, I sometimes noticed I can still get the ship and the local networks, so I just manually select the local one before making a call. However, if a call comes in during this time, it's no telling which network you will be on. So, it could either be free, or very expensive.

Originally Posted by MATHA531

My question is this (and I'm not a technology geek)....

Let's say you're crusing in Europe....can't you set the phone to manual selection of carrier and if you're within range say in Norwegian waters of a Norwegian roaming partner, wouldn't you get the UM+ rates of free reception of calls????