Cell Phones on the Conquest

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gocards

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Can anyone tell me if the Conquest gets cell phone reception at sea? I am a Cingular customer and I recently noticed on the Cingular website that the Carnival Truimph gets reception at sea. I called Cingular and they said they have no way of knowing which ships will be added next. He said it is up to the cruiselines. So, I thought I would try to find out from someone who has been on the ship recently. It's not really an issue either way, Im just kind of curious about it.
 
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jleq1

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Not at sea. And, contact you cell phone company to see if there's reception [and how much costs] from each of the ports.
 
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landshark

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That is an interesting question. When we were on the Conquest last September, I just turned on my phone for a little laugh, and I had 5 bars of signal one day out of port. I didnt try to call - no telling what the roaming charges would have added up to. It just struck me as odd.
 
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gocards

Guest
Thanks for all of your responses. I looked up the rates for Cingular while on the Triumph and according to Cingular's website, the rates would be only 0.59 cents a minute while at sea (if you have the World Traveler package). This seems like a very reasonable rate to me! Hopefully, when I sail in June the coverage will be added to the Conquest.
 
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