Thursday, June 24, 2010

Data Roaming Now On Online Account


Although Sprint has a good network with coverage in almost every major place, roaming is still a reality for traveling Sprint customers. A little known clause in the terms of service limits your data roaming (it also has a 5 GB cap on your regular data usage), but you never knew how much data you have used while roaming.

If you have used data while roaming, like me, you will have noticed that under the data section of your account it now shows your data roaming and how much they are going to charge you for it. I do not know how much you have to get charged for it, but I have only used about 163 kB this month. The site makes sure that you notice the data roaming by having a red exclamation point next to the data section of your account usage, and also puts your roaming usage and additional charges in red. They also have a link where you can "reduce additional charges" by changing your plan.

Update: I just spoke with an online Sprint Rep and he informed me that if you are in the United States you will not get overage charges for using data, even with data roaming. The data roaming section might also apply to using data in other countries, and additional charges would be added to that.

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