Tag: ROAMING

International travelers frequently get slammed with unexpected and exorbitant cell phone fees, particularly for services like checking e-mail and sending text messages. According to CNN, California's P. Morgan Brown and his wife almost missed a mortgage payment recently because Verizon (with whom they had signed up for auto-draft billing) dropped an $8,000 tab on the couple after Ms. Brown used ...

While waiting for a Caribbean cruise liner to set sail from the Port of Miami last November, a Chicago native with an AT&T wireless card and Slingbox decided to catch the Bears vs. Lions football game on his laptop. The end result? A $28,067.31 bill from for international data charges, despite the ship never leaving the harbor. Apparently the card was picking up a signal it shouldn't have, ...