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Posted by dEsidEL on Nov-08-2004 18:18:

Posted by StereoPrincess on Nov-08-2004 18:22:

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Originally posted by loconet
Wtf, you telling me I don't have coverage in Yellowknife? Outrage!

most people it doesn't make a difference but i travel up north a bit and there isn't any coverage past Barrie on Fido.

so what i will do is probably just order the better coverage when i'm going somewhere and get rid of it once i don't need it anymore.

Posted by StereoPrincess on Nov-08-2004 18:24:

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Originally posted by tw1tch
That seems reasonable, considering it's only Fido users who are interested in roaming on the "other" network. Technically, there are no areas that Fido operates in that Rogers does not. Therefore, charging money for it would be pointless as no one would buy it. But for Fido users you gain a lot from it, therefore they have something they can sell.

umm, no it doesn't seem reasonable. do rogers customers pay more in general? if they do then it might make sense, but if they don't then a 5 dollars extra charge still goes to the same company so what's it to them. it seems like they still want people to switch to rogers wireless.

Posted by dEsidEL on Nov-08-2004 18:50:

quote:
Originally posted by StereoPrincess
umm, no it doesn't seem reasonable. do rogers customers pay more in general? if they do then it might make sense, but if they don't then a 5 dollars extra charge still goes to the same company so what's it to them. it seems like they still want people to switch to rogers wireless.

wells according to those 2 links, it seems that Rogers wants to evetually integrate the 2 networks into 1 seemless one, but until that happens, theyr're gonna charge the Fido users a premium for that value added service ..

personally i get by fine with the coverage i have so far, as long as they don't start meddling with my existing plan !

Posted by Skipper on Nov-08-2004 19:21:

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Originally posted by dEsidEL

exactly man .. Fido has always come up with more innovative services and a much more competitive pricing plan that its competitors. as the smallest carrier it has the least amount of capital to invest in its network. if only it had more money or if the CDN government allowed greater foreign ownership in the telcos Fido would seriously give the bigger 3 a run for their money..

some of you Rogers and Telus users might be rejoicing by this news.. but in the end IMHO i think it'll just be bad for everyone..

Fido has the worst service I've ever experienced though. It doesn't matter that they have an innovative pricing plan when I can't get service in my own home, or they don't tell me when I have new voice mail waiting.

Posted by AdReNaLiNa on Nov-09-2004 03:57:

I'm so gonna miss those awesome Fido commercials at the movies

Posted by malek on Nov-09-2004 04:25:

i have been with Telus/Clearnet, Bell and Fido.

And fido has the best service by far!!! they're the most accomodating and won't fuck you around with hidden fees.

Posted by dEsidEL on Nov-09-2004 11:17:

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Originally posted by Skipper
Fido has the worst service I've ever experienced though. It doesn't matter that they have an innovative pricing plan when I can't get service in my own home, or they don't tell me when I have new voice mail waiting.

i haven't had that problem before .. but it helps no one if those pricing plans disappear. it only helps the big 3 try to maintain the status quo

Posted by discojoe on Nov-09-2004 18:17:

Wireless isnt THAT expensive in Canada and we have the best fixed line system system that i know of. People all around the world are shocked to know we have free local calls.

Posted by dEsidEL on Nov-09-2004 21:43:

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Originally posted by discojoe
Wireless isnt THAT expensive in Canada and we have the best fixed line system system that i know of. People all around the world are shocked to know we have free local calls.

i was equally as shocked to see that everyone else outside had free incoming calls on their mobiles and that we didn't

except for that Fido unlimited incoming calls plan

Posted by harcourt on Nov-09-2004 21:49:

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Originally posted by StereoPrincess
umm, no it doesn't seem reasonable. do rogers customers pay more in general? if they do then it might make sense, but if they don't then a 5 dollars extra charge still goes to the same company so what's it to them. it seems like they still want people to switch to rogers wireless.

It makes sense from a business perspective. They have something that people are willing to pay money for, so they charge for it. Rogers gains nothing by roaming on Fido (in terms of map coverage), where as Fido does have quite a lot to gain, that extra service will come at a price for now. (well starting Feb)

Doesn't bother me really, I don't go anywhere (enough) where my fido signal disappears to warrant paying money for it.

Posted by harcourt on Nov-09-2004 21:52:

quote:
Originally posted by discojoe
Wireless isnt THAT expensive in Canada and we have the best fixed line system system that i know of. People all around the world are shocked to know we have free local calls.

You want to brag about Canada's landline service? Now that's cutting edge stuff.

Posted by dEsidEL on Nov-09-2004 21:55:

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Originally posted by tw1tch
It makes sense from a business perspective. They have something that people are willing to pay money for, so they charge for it. Rogers gains nothing by roaming on Fido (in terms of map coverage), where as Fido does have quite a lot to gain, that extra service will come at a price for now. (well starting Feb)

Doesn't bother me really, I don't go anywhere (enough) where my fido signal disappears to warrant paying money for it.

i can see how this makes sense .. i guess for a Rogers user, the only thing to gain really is improved coverage in some urban areas by roaming on the Fido network .. but vise versa, the Fido user has a lot more to gain with the larger national coverage ..

but i'm in the same boat.. i seldomly travel outside of the Fido coverage area and if and when i go overseas, i hav local pre-pay SIMS that i use anyway ..

Posted by Mykh on Nov-11-2004 02:19:

Dam it! I just switched form Rogers to Fido 2 months ago, jerks jipped me on a so called "incoming call" that lasted 40 minutes and had no number on it, heh guess what I don't talk for even 5 min on incoming calls barely even more than 10 on outgoing. If I have to taak for that long I'd use a regular phone. And they just had to mess it all up after I was with them for almost 3 years and always said good service but lately they just went downhill.

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