T-Mobile in Bogota and Barranquilla

tejasmarcos says on Apr 7, 2008, 08:27:

i am a t-mobile guy back in the usa. yes, you can use your t-mobile phone here IF you are subscribed to their "international" plan.

- the rates are ridiculous. call to t-mobile to find out the current rates.

- also, i believe they charge you international rates even if someone leaves a voicemail (if the phone is turned ON at the time of the call).

my glass is getting shorter on whiskey, ice and water...

ietk says on Apr 7, 2008, 08:33:

Thanks "tejasmarcos".

rhydewithdis says on Apr 7, 2008, 08:33:

ietk, just call TMobile and tell them to turn on International roaming. It does not cost anything extra to have that feature turned on. Making/receiving calls/voicemails will cost $2.99/minute.

http://www.t-mobile.com/International/RoamingOverview.aspx?tp=Inl_Tab_...

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tejasmarcos says on Apr 7, 2008, 08:39:

i believe t-mobile was going to charge me something like $4.99 per month for the international calling feature, but that was over 2 years ago.

either way, plan to get clipped pretty good if you actually use the minutes.

my glass is getting shorter on whiskey, ice and water...

Cali2005 says on Apr 7, 2008, 08:39:

On the flip side if you have COMCELL here in Colombia YOU WILL BE ROAMING on TMOBILE in the USA.

I just got back from a trip with connections that put me in 6 major cities. I was roaming on TMOBILE in every city. It was not cheap, but it did come in handy with all the delays from snow and rain storms.

Comcell realized that turning international roaming on for all cell phones with a plan was a good money maker.

It's not cheap to use your cell pone on international roaming, but it works great if your in a jam!

Snowed in in Chicago, or STUCK IN MIAMI because AMERICAN AIRLINES CANCELS your flight because not enough people are coming to medellin..... just a couple of my favorites

Viva Medellin

RUV says on Apr 7, 2008, 13:02:

tejasmarcos,

I had my phone on in Colombia and got billed for incoming calls, even though I did not pick up. I was using the phone as a clock. AT&T was cool, they removed the charges.

tejasmarcos says on Apr 7, 2008, 13:44:

yep. if the phone is turned on and it rings, it has to come through a switch to do so. when the people leave you a message, they charge you for the minutes. been there, done that....

my glass is getting shorter on whiskey, ice and water...

cali373 says on Apr 8, 2008, 10:54:

Yes T mobile works, it uses comcel towers. but at $1.50 a minute it is much cheaper to go prepaid or use that thousands of "minutos" people.

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MitchAlvarez says on Apr 8, 2008, 11:28:

the hell with cel phones i say we go back to smoke signals and those popular messenger birds.

azunoman says on Apr 9, 2008, 09:32:

tmobile sucks if you travel to colombia...I even called before our trip and asked if my phone would work, they said yes but it was like 2.99 a minute...fine I thought if I really need it then I will use it....it lost signal out of Miami and never worked until got back to the US. Why they didn't tell me when I called that I needed to subscribe to international plan as tex stated...theyretardardo's

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