techman41973@yahoo.com wrote:
> I have Verizon Wireless mobile phone service in the United States.
> I will be spending a week in Vancouver, B.C., Canada. Verizon charges .
> 69 cents a minute for all calls while roaming in Canada and another 49
> cents a minute for calls to a US #.
> This is going to quickly add up for me.
> Can anyone recommend a place in Vancouver or mail order rental service
> that offers weekly mobile phone rentals at practical rates? It doesn't
> pay for me to pay more than $30 for basic rental fees for the week
> (usage not included).
> Thanks
The prepaid GSM cards and phone rentals are no great deal for Canada. I
was in Canada for a week earlier this year. I just used my Verizon phone
very sparingly. If I got an incoming call from a number I recognized,
and I was near a landline, I didn't answer it, I called them back using
OneSuite, which is like 3¢ a minute. I made no calls from the phone for
that week, and I think I had only two minutes of charges for received calls. |