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On 2/1/03 12:24, in article 35718be1.0301020424.6ce8fe78@posting.google.com,
"Alan" <thepest1998@yahoo.com> wrote:

> My family's mobile (GSM) is registered to accept roaming and idd
> services and they are away for 2 weeks in China and HK.
> 
> And I have been monitoring the phone charges via my local auto check.
> The charges keep on shooting up and its incredible.
> 
> My question is when you are login to a foreign service provider, do
> they actually charge you even when the phone is switched off?

Assuming that the phone was switched off using the power button when it was
logged onto a roaming network, then calls will not leave the home network
and so you will not be charged.

If the phone was switched off when out of coverage, or switched off by
removing the battery, then you will be charged for an incoming call and an
outgoing call back to voicemail (assuming you have a conditional or
auto-divert to voicemail active) until the time-out period is reached, which
is set by your home network.

> I discovered that even when the phone is switch off and when I called
> that number its ringing but of cause no one answered. Do we have to
> pay for phone charges even though they did not pick up the phone?

If the phone was not answered and the call was not diverted, then neither
called party has to pay.

> Any one? Or has our phone been intercepted?

Certainly not.

Andrew Woodvine