Question about roaming?? with verizon phone.?

Question

Alright.
i have already looked at the recently answers of roaming. and i still dont understand what roaming is.
for example.
im using my verizon phone is florida.
and i go downtown or somewhere IN FLORIDA.
is that roaming??
or do you have to go like to cuba or paris or california. and thats roaming..
someone please explain this to me.
i dont understand!
thanks a bunch!
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ITS A VERIZON WIRELESS.

Answer 1

It really depends on what plan you're on, but in general you shouldn't really have to worry about roaming unless your phone says roaming or has a solid (not flashing) triangle near the top (depends on the phone).

Answer 2

Verizon current plans don't have roaming charges in the USA. Some of the older Verizon plans did.

Roaming is when you are outside of your home coverage area. Roaming is also when your phone is using someone Else's towers not Verizon, like US Cellular. The phone will tell you you are using someones tower but like I said before the current Verizon plans will not charge you extra for this. Verizon has roaming agreement with other carriers that allow customers to use their towers when they are not getting coverage from a Verizon tower.
If you went to Mexico or Canada you phone will roam and you will be charge per minute for calls. Verizon has plans that cover Mexico and Canada but you would know if you were on one of those plans because they cost $10 more.

Answer 3

Hi there...

Roaming is when your phone travels outside of your home wireless coverage area. Each area has cell sites tied to a central computer called a switch. It's the job of the switch to take your phone call and relay it to the landline phone network. The switch also determines what features you have (like text messaging, data, 3-way calling and the like). Most metropolitan areas will have more than one switch and a lot of areas have several. Off the top of my head, I believe Verizon has a few switches in south Florida that covers West Palm, Ft Lauderdale, Miami and the Keys. They also have a couple of switches in Tampa that cover both Tampa and Orlando and the central part of the state.

Once you leave the coverage area for the cell sites that comprise your home coverage area, the roam indicator displays. Most carriers offer regional or national coverage plans which means your call will be charged as if you are in your home coverage area. One important thing to note, is that ANYTIME you see the roam indicator on your phone, you will have to dial with the area code and number (most metro areas have ten digit mandatory dialing anyway, so it isn't a big deal, but there are other areas that do not, so if you're used to dialing with just seven digits and then go out of your home area, you will need to remember to dial everything with the area code). The reason for this is that if your home coverage area allows seven digit dialing, it knows the area code you are trying to reach. Another system cannot assume this.

Hope this helps!

Answer 4

I think you are changing tower when you do that.