# Virgin Mobile USA Roaming Charges in Canada?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virgin-mobile-usa-roaming-charges-in-canada/658882>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 20, 2013, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virgin-mobile-usa-roaming-charges-in-canada/658882 "2013-05-20T23:30:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![pauly1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a8b319/32.png) [@pauly1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pauly1)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2013, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virgin-mobile-usa-roaming-charges-in-canada/658882/1 "2013-05-20T23:30:47Z")

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Have virgin mobile 35 dollar plus tax play where 300 minutes and unlimited text and internet.  
If i’m in canada, how much does it cost to make a phone call in canada to another canadian phone number? How much does it cost to call an american phone number?  
Is it possible for me to buy a phone card whether here or in canada and then make phone calls from it while in canada?  
Will i get charged if i use 3g on my phone in canada with my phone?

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**Author:** ![Dorjan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorjan/32/12440_2.png) [@Dorjan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorjan)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2013, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virgin-mobile-usa-roaming-charges-in-canada/658882/2 "2013-05-23T13:04:52Z")

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I use a Virgin Mobile Prepaid phone, and travel to Canada often. You phone will not work in Canada. While Virgin Mobile uses the Sprint network, there is no roaming carryover to Telus as with regular Sprint users.