Roaming on/off in Canada

[Buzz4Me]

I purchased Canada / US unlimited minutes plan with 50 GB data. Should I have roaming enabled all the time, even if I am in Canada, or should I enable it only when traveling to the USA? Tia.

[hairbag1]

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@Buzz4Me wrote:

And what will happen I have roaming enabled while in Canada and there is no Telus tower in the range but there are Bell or Rogers towers? Will I be charged if my phone will connect to those towers?

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I've had my Data Roaming enabled since 2017 without any additional cost or surprised bills at month end. Turn it on and forget it.

[hTideGnow · Accepted solution]

hi @Buzz4Me PM and Telus use Bell towers without roaming anyway, this is a joint agreement 

when you have no signal in some small part of Canada, like BC, it will roam in Rogers network, but just a specific selected are

generally, leaving roaming on wastes more power. I would leave it off

[Handy1]

@Buzz4Me  No you won’t be charged anything extra and Telus and bell are network partners anyways . 

[Buzz4Me]

And what will happen I have roaming enabled while in Canada and there is no Telus tower in the range but there are Bell or Rogers towers? Will I be charged if my phone will connect to those towers?

[hTideGnow]

hi @Buzz4Me 

you don't have to but it won't make a difference anyway

so you can leave it on or off of your choice

[Handy1]

@Buzz4Me  Won’t hurt to leave data roaming turned  on in phone settings while in Canada as PM is pre paid and so you won’t be charged anything extra . But you do need it to be on when in the U.S.