Mike Temporale
10-04-2005, 10:00 PM
On my recent trip to Seattle, I was surprised to get a text message with in minutes of the plane landing and turning on my Smartphone. I suspected it was from a voice message that might have been left while I was in flight, or possibly my daily SMS weather forecast, but it wasn't. The message was from our good friend T-Mobile. It turns out, the moment my phone roamed onto the T-Mobile network, their servers recognized me as a international roamer, and extended this greeting to me.
"T-Mobile welcomes you to the US. To call home dial + or 011 and the country code and number. For directory assistance dial 411. Enjoy your stay."
I think this is a great idea, since many cellphone users might not even realize that they have to dial something different when they travel. Plus, it informs the customer that they can call home, and makes no mention of the nice roaming charges that you will be gouged on. :wink: My phone did eventually roam onto the Cingular network, but I did not received a text message from them. In fact all that Cingular had to offer was a bad GPRS signal. :? I ended up forcing my phone to go T-Mobile and totally ignore Cingular's offering. 8)
"T-Mobile welcomes you to the US. To call home dial + or 011 and the country code and number. For directory assistance dial 411. Enjoy your stay."
I think this is a great idea, since many cellphone users might not even realize that they have to dial something different when they travel. Plus, it informs the customer that they can call home, and makes no mention of the nice roaming charges that you will be gouged on. :wink: My phone did eventually roam onto the Cingular network, but I did not received a text message from them. In fact all that Cingular had to offer was a bad GPRS signal. :? I ended up forcing my phone to go T-Mobile and totally ignore Cingular's offering. 8)