Registered: Jan 2001
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Yada Yada changes?!?! Roaming charges

Hi all-

Just a heads up. I received a polite call from Yada Yada last week informing me that they will begin to charge for roaming beginning next month. They told me that my roaming charges for the previous month (had they been charging) would've totaled over $200! And that was only 6 days sporadic use in August! I hardly use my modem at all. I pretty much only use it when I travel so, it has become not worth it for me and I canceled. They very politely complied with my request.

Note- according to the rep, they didn't call everybody on this issue. Keep you eyes open and watch your roaming... but if you're like me, that's why you signed up to begin with... no roaming charges.

I'd love to hear if others have experienced the same.

Registered: Oct 2000
Location: Arlington, TX
Posts: 334

Glad I cancelled earlier this month. I am going to training in
November for 2 weeks and would have racked up a ****-load of charges!
That is just ridiculous. Now I am really happy with my Thinmodem!

Rick

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Registered: Aug 2000
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I didn't get a call from YY, probably because I don't roam much. Did they give you details about the roaming?

YY's website doesn't mention anything about this.

I've liked my YY service over the past year, but I'm getting worried that they may be going out of business sometime because of the market conditions and competition. Are there any other reliable ways to wirelessly access the Internet on the Visor, like Visorphone?

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Unfortunately, I got no details at all from them. They said they called me because I was a "heavy user".... but, that cannot possibly be true. I rarely use it at all. All of this was too odd for me and I could just see being charged for all kinds of things that I have no control over. I am sure YY is feeling the crunch.

I always had good service with YY. No real problems at all. The staff was helpful too.

Registered: Sep 2000
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YadaYada

I, too, signed up with YY last November and my contract is up for renewal. I have had good support from YY (especially from Eric Nix). I noticed that ATT offers a similar service for approx. $30/month. I am looking into that. I have not been contacted about the roaming charges either.

Registered: Aug 2000
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Are you planing on renewing with YY or another carrier?

I have been mulling over getting the Visorphone. It's more versatile in that you can check Internet/e-mail and use it as a phone. I've not used my YY as much as I thought I would be, and my contract ends in December. Have you guys ever thought of getting the Visorphone?

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Registered: Jan 2000
Location: Edgewater, MD
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I think they're trying to eliminate consumer customers and serve only businesses. Unfortunately, they're not reliable enough to serve business purposes and don't have nearly the necessary range.

I'm saving big bucks since I dumped YY and instead spent $40 (what I'd pay YY in a single month!) on a cable to connect my cell phone to my Prism. Now I just pay my regular phone bill, my regular ISP bill, and that's it.

Thanks--
Jay

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What cable did you get?

Registered: Dec 2000
Location: NJ,US
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I also left YY a while ago. I now connect my prism to
my samsung 8500 (SprintPCS) phone using a cable I ordered
from markspace.

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Cable ... ISP ...

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Originally posted by Jay
I'm saving big bucks since I dumped YY and instead spent $40 (what I'd pay YY in a single month!) on a cable to connect my cell phone to my Prism. Now I just pay my regular phone bill, my regular ISP bill, and that's it.

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Location: Edgewater, MD
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quote:

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Originally posted by prismenvy
What cable did you get?

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Re: Cable ... ISP ...

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Originally posted by SpeakerCoach


What you meant is that you connect your Visor to your cell phone with a cable. Then you dial in to your ISP to connect to the internet?

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One word of warning....

AOL will not work. It must be an ISP that uses standard PPP.

Registered: Dec 2000
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Actually, you don't have to dial up your ISP if you're on SprintPCS. The $5/mo. wireless web option allows you to use SprintPCS as your ISP. I've got a SupplyNet cable, Platinum, Sanyo 4500 and SprintPCS. The only "connection" to my ISP with this combo is that I can get (and send) my ISP e-mail using MultiMailPro through the SprintPCS connection.

Registered: Jan 2000
Location: Edgewater, MD
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I thought that using Sprint PCS for as the ISP limited me to web clipping sites. That's not so?

Thanks!
Jay

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Nope, not limited. I use Blazer and visit all kinds of sites. And actually, while many of them are wireless-optimized, few of them are PQAs (which I access with JPMobile's Surewave Browser).