In Calling and Roaming

If I am in an Extended Area, can I still call other Verizon phones
without the minutes counting?

Also, I have Americas Choice 2. I'm not supposed to pay roaming charges,
but my phone is showing "roaming." Is this just what the phone does
when in a non-native Verizon area.

Janet, in West Texas where it's Alltel Country.

On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 21:59:56 -0500, Janet Wilder
<kelliepoodle@yahoo.com> wrote:

>If I am in an Extended Area, can I still call other Verizon phones
>without the minutes counting?
>
>Also, I have Americas Choice 2. I'm not supposed to pay roaming charges,
>but my phone is showing "roaming." Is this just what the phone does
>when in a non-native Verizon area.
>
>Janet, in West Texas where it's Alltel Country.

From http://support.vzw.com/faqs/Calling%..._calling.html:

"The best way to determine service availability for IN Calling is to
pay attention to your handset's roaming indicator. With either plan,
if your roam indicator is on or flashing, IN Calling does not apply."

On Mon, 28 Jul 2008 00:07:50 -0400, The Ghost of General Lee
<ghost@general.lee> wrote:

>On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 21:59:56 -0500, Janet Wilder
><kelliepoodle@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>If I am in an Extended Area, can I still call other Verizon phones
>>without the minutes counting?
>>
>>Also, I have Americas Choice 2. I'm not supposed to pay roaming charges,
>>but my phone is showing "roaming." Is this just what the phone does
>>when in a non-native Verizon area.
>>
>>Janet, in West Texas where it's Alltel Country.
>
>From http://support.vzw.com/faqs/Calling%..._calling.html:
>
>"The best way to determine service availability for IN Calling is to
>pay attention to your handset's roaming indicator. With either plan,
>if your roam indicator is on or flashing, IN Calling does not apply."

Sorry, the colon got appended to the URL. It should be:

http://support.vzw.com/faqs/Calling%...n_calling.html

>Janet Wilder <kelliepoodle@yahoo.com> wrote:

>If I am in an Extended Area, can I still call other Verizon phones
>without the minutes counting?

No. "In Calling" applies only when both phones are in native
Verizon service areas.

>
>Also, I have Americas Choice 2. I'm not supposed to pay roaming charges,
>but my phone is showing "roaming." Is this just what the phone does
>when in a non-native Verizon area.

In the case of my VX-8350 phones, they display "Extended Network"
on the main screen if I am in an Extended Network area and
"Roaming" if we are really in a roaming area. However, it will
display "Roaming" on the screen that appears DURING a call when
we are in Extended Network areas.

Since you have America's Choice 2, you don't care if the phone
thinks it is roaming. With your calling plan you cannot incur
roaming charges.
>
>Janet, in West Texas where it's Alltel Country.

--
Dave

The Ghost of General Lee wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Jul 2008 00:07:50 -0400, The Ghost of General Lee
> <ghost@general.lee> wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 21:59:56 -0500, Janet Wilder
>> <kelliepoodle@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>> If I am in an Extended Area, can I still call other Verizon phones
>>> without the minutes counting?
>>>
>>> Also, I have Americas Choice 2. I'm not supposed to pay roaming charges,
>>> but my phone is showing "roaming." Is this just what the phone does
>>> when in a non-native Verizon area.
>>>
>>> Janet, in West Texas where it's Alltel Country.
>>From http://support.vzw.com/faqs/Calling%..._calling.html:
>> "The best way to determine service availability for IN Calling is to
>> pay attention to your handset's roaming indicator. With either plan,
>> if your roam indicator is on or flashing, IN Calling does not apply."
>
> Sorry, the colon got appended to the URL. It should be:
>
> http://support.vzw.com/faqs/Calling%...n_calling.html

Thanks