Roaming question: When do the charges start?

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From: Alan
Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2003 12:24

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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?

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?

Any one? Or has our phone been intercepted?

My bill only comes in end of the month. This is the time when an
argument is inevitable.

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