[jwillisbarrie]

I have been looking around and can get a Verizon 7750.

Can I use this in Canada ?

I have seen references that Telus is Verizon's partner in Canada.

What would I have to do to get this to work here ?

Thanks.. Jim

[Mark Rejhon]

I do not think you can get a Verizon 7750 to work with Bell or Telus, unless you can get Verizon to somehow unlock the BlackBerry unit.

You will need to contact Verizon to see if your BlackBerry can be unlocked for use in Canada.

At the moment, I believe that the best BlackBerry carrier is Rogers in Canada, while not as good as Bell in other ways, they are quicker with the latest BlackBerry models (Rogers had color for more than half a year than Bell did) and the 7280 CPU performs faster than the 7750 CPU due to less overhead, and the new 850 Mhz band in the 7280 works excellently and improves the coverage more or less equal to Bell in the Ontario area (at least for data reception; not sure about voice though! People say CDMA has better sound quality, but I have a data-only plan with my BlackBerry). I am using a former broken-and-repaired Cingular 7280 on Rogers at the moment, Cingular is the easiest USA carrier to bring phones to Canada, since their phones come unlocked.

However, check with Verizon to see if the 7750 can be used in Canada. I'll have to leave it to others to see what the best procedure to unlock a BlackBerry would be (HoFo might be a good place to check for Verizon's stance on unlocking.)

[finch]

If you can get an unlock code for the Verizon BB 7750 you'll have to use it on Bell Mobility's network, Telus under no circumstance will allow an unlocked phone/device or foreign IMEI unit on their network.

If it helps any my wife had a Kyocera 7135 before she hi-jacked my BB 7280 from me and that kyocera was from Alltel a US CDMA carrier which was unlocked and Bell was able to get it running on their 1x CDMA network.

As Mark said and though Rogers does have its down side their probably the easiest to deal with, dedicated dept. to support the Blackberry and they cuold care less about unlocked devices on their network.

[Mark Rejhon]

BTW, the Rogers BlackBerry department is at 866 931 3282, press option 3 then press option 2. This will cut you straight to the BlackBerry department.

[jwillisbarrie]

Thanks Mark & finch for your info. I will have to try that... regards.. JW

[jrosso]

I am currently a Bell Blackberry customer and frequently visit the US. Can I use my 7135e on Verizon's network (i.e. get the unlimited data plan for $60). I just don't want to spend $8/MB roaming with Bell while in the US!!

[OCatahan]

so that $60 with bell gives you roaming data in the US?

[finch]

No, the unlimited plan is $60 roaming is $8MB on top of your monthly data charge

Originally Posted by OCatahan

so that $60 with bell gives you roaming data in the US?

[OCatahan]

thanks finch!

[dc/dc]

Also, Bell roams on Sprint by default I believe.