Sunday, May 3, 2009

Unlock Freedom from Roaming

Travelers look forward to visiting a new place, meeting new people and seeing new things. However, they need to stay connected with family and friends while out of their country and want the convenience of using their cell phones. Did you know that when you travel out of your country, you not only pay long distance but also have to pay roaming fees. Average roaming fees across carriers is approximately $0.95 per min plus long distance. Let assume your long distance minutes are $0.25 per min if you travel from the US to Canada. Therefore per minute you are paying close to $1.20. To counter these high fees many companies are offering unlocking services for cell phones. What this does is it enables anybody who has a GSM phone to place a pay as you go sim card of another carrier and avoid these roaming fees. For example if a Canadian Rogers customer wants to travel to the United States, they can get their phone unlocked, place a US carrier sim card such as verizon or t-mobile, and pay only $0.10 per min using their phone + long distance. So you are saving on average $0.85 cents per minute.

Now one would ask what is the payback? Well thanks to the increase in unlocking service providers, prices have fallen significantly. We recommend one service in particular that offers inexpensive unlocking and they offer a 100% guarantee on lowest price. Just to show you how inexpensive they are, we took a rogers blackberry curve to several providers and found the average market value to unlock this device was $35. We found a service with cellunlock, that offers remote unlocking and you can get the same unlock code for half the price and if it doesn't work you get your money back.

So lets assume the unlock price is $17. With an average savings of $0.85 per min, you are looking at a payback if you use your phone for 20 min which is highly likely. Unlocking your phone can save you time, money and the frustration behind roaming fees. Check with your destination country to see if they provide a gsm based network. Click here to find out more on this unlocking service.

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