What do "roaming" and "long distance" mean?

“Roaming” refers to those times you are using cellphone services when traveling outside the geographical coverage area of your network. “Long distance” refers to the area code you are calling.

• Roaming. On Consumer Cellular plans, there are no roaming charges when you are in the U.S.
• Long distance. On Consumer Cellular plans, calls you make within the U.S to other U.S. numbers are included in your plan. Just like local calls, long distance calls simply use minutes from your plan. Calls you make within the U.S. to Mexico and Canada are also included in your plan.

If you make calls from the US to countries other than Mexico or Canada, you use minutes from your plan and there is also a per-minute international charge. To learn more, click here.

If you travel outside the U.S., you will need to enable international roaming. To learn more, click here.