T-Mobile makes official comment on international roaming issue

[talkbackdroid]

Just the other day we reported that a user was charged a ridiculous amount of money for data roaming when his data was turned off, even after being assured that he would be ok. It appears that this has caught T-Mobile’s attention and they have come... Read more

[constellanation]

ugghh so i have to keep track of which programs have the ability to turn roaming on and off now.

i call on the who reads the fine print defense.

[smoger]

it's not rocket science.

data icon = data
no data icon = no data

and anyway,.. does anyone actually know of an app on the marketplace that overrides this option?

[james74]

I am the person that reported the problem, i was the one stuffed with the huge bill. Now I am wondering which program was doing this to me. And i wonder what t-mobile will say to me. They did compromise and reduce the roaming bill by half.

[Michael Martin]

Perhaps there should be a compiled list of those apps that auto ping for data behind the scenes.

,Michael Martin
Google And Blog

[GasBot]

Originally Posted by james74

I am the person that reported the problem, i was the one stuffed with the huge bill. Now I am wondering which program was doing this to me. And i wonder what t-mobile will say to me. They did compromise and reduce the roaming bill by half.

The question is, what apps do you have installed? We can probably narrow it down depending on what you have installed.

[rynosaur]

Originally Posted by GasBot

The question is, what apps do you have installed? We can probably narrow it down depending on what you have installed.

Hey Gassy . . . congrats on making Android Staff . . . when did that happen?

P.S. I'll bet it was a weather proggy that did this. Weatherbug is constantly working its evil/magic in the background of my G1.

[webrun]

A question comes to mind -- We're not charged for "data roaming" when outside our home network, but within the US are we?

[james74]

I am thinking that Weatherbug did it... although i didn't have it open, it must be an auto-start program. Weird thing though... I didn't get any charges during the night... just seemed to be active during the day... even when my phone was locked and in my pocket.

[t6waver]

Is data roaming only when traveling outside of the U.S?

Can data roam in the united states as well? Lets say I am in a rural area of wisconsin that doesn't have T-Mobile, but another carrier wouldn't we incure roaming data charges?