how does data roaming being 'on' affect your signal?

marmitepotato

macman wrote: »

Data roaming specifically refers to roaming on overseas (non-UK networks). I don't know why VM told you that. Switching it off should not stop you accessing your service via both TM and Orange masts.

This is from VM on their forum.

http://community.virginmedia.com/t5/Mobile/iPhone-on-the-Virgin-network-Using-the-internet/td-p/1529264

redux

In this case the replies from the mobile companies are better than the replies on the thread.

Roaming refers to use on another than your home network.

Usually this has meant use abroad, and after past incidences of high charges for data use abroad, on phones that connect automatically and may do updates or synchronising in the background, some people have advised to switch off data roaming. It doesn't bother me personally, as all my connections are deliberate and a couple of hundred kilobytes here and there doesn't cost much.

But since the merger here of Orange and T-Mobile operations, the customers of one may be sometimes roaming on the other, in places where that signal is better, and this is why they have advised to leave data roaming on.

If you're worried about abroad, then turn it off just for then