lili

Disclaimer: I don't know what I'm talking about

I've been cleaning up our company's mismanaged AT&T account, canceling contracts for lost SIMs and cards, getting new cards etc. Unbelievable so few accounts could be such a mess. So, they have told me I could "borrow" a card for a trip to EZE this coming week.

Do I have to call AT&T to have them allow international roaming like you do with a phone? Would there be additional fees beyond the normal monthly charge? (I don't want it to cost the company additional.) Will it work in Argentina?

I could take the regular 875 or an older one with external antenna, but I've got an unassigned 875U (USB connection) arriving tomorrow

I mean once I download the software, theoretically I could borrow a card whenever I travel? At least in the US.

Is this even worth thinking about? What's the potential downside?

Thanks for any help.

FreakwentFlier

You might want to call to confirm. I have a SIM card that I swap between my AirCard and an iPaq. Originally purchased with the AirCard as a data only plan, I switched to a voice & PDA plan, it still provides data service if I pop it into the AirCard just fine. Earlier this week I received a text message on the iPaq from AT&T informing me that I could now use it overseas. Kind of odd, since I'd used the AirCard overseas as a Cingular customer before the AT&T merger/acquisition.

Cheers,
Jeff

jimquan

lili, depending on the plan you have international roaming data could cost A LOT!!!. There are some plans that include some international data.

I'm not an AT&T customer but this article discusses overseas data costs.

Could you buy a sim card locally and do data less expensively? I'll let others chime in.

Jim (jealous)

ROW2Aisle

Here are the rates for AT&T

lili

Thanks for the help.

ROW2, that's a useful rate card. I was not finding anything helpful on the ATT-Cingular regular (non-business) website or Sierra. (Our helpful corporate rep wasn't aware there was a USB aircard...)

Freak, there have been a lot of weirdnesses with the merger. Think it's best not to take chances with the company account.

Jim, thanks! When I printed out that PC Mag article, it printed about 5 others along with it - all current, all informative, and all things I need to know.

I really appreciate the resources I just couldn't find. Thank you all.

DMSFCA

The cost of the usage can't be understated, we have a few hundred of the cards that we started issuing traveling employees and apparently the "unlimited use" wasn't explained very well that it is US only.

We had two people this month that had huge bills - $2000 for a week in Paris, and $10,000 (yes, ten-grand) for two-weeks in Germany.