TOTA Mobile/Wireless/Celluar/VOIP Thread

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Posted by E2EK1EL on Oct-21-2008 15:40:

Just talked to some sales guys from Telus at my work.

They have confirmed 4G LTE network will be GSM.

*** LOL these sales guys are using some super old ass BB, come on ... your rep'in the company, use some update shit at least. ***

Posted by Orko on Oct-21-2008 15:58:

With the pace of 3G and 4g accelerating, and people are getting pretty good speeds, I think WiMax may become useless for the city. Rogers has stopped pushing their WiMax service in toronto, and is now pushing their 'usb 3g stick' for mobile internet.

Posted by dEsidEL on Oct-21-2008 16:12:

quote:
Originally posted by Orko
With the pace of 3G and 4g accelerating, and people are getting pretty good speeds, I think WiMax may become useless for the city. Rogers has stopped pushing their WiMax service in toronto, and is now pushing their 'usb 3g stick' for mobile internet.

yeah AT&T has already been pushing this hard in the US too

wonder if it'll also spell the death of satellite radio if you can simply stream all your music instead

Posted by Orko on Oct-21-2008 16:16:

Nah. They won't have 3g connectivity in rural areas, and outside the city. It only makes sense for them to put the transmitters and receivers in high density areas. Plus with the download caps the ISPs seems to love, I'm sure you could eat through your limit in no time.

Posted by smuncky on Oct-21-2008 16:27:

quote:
Originally posted by dEsidEL

wonder if it'll also spell the death of satellite radio if you can simply stream all your music instead

i think it'll depend on the pricing.

Posted by exstasie on Oct-21-2008 16:34:

quote:
Originally posted by Orko
Nah. They won't have 3g connectivity in rural areas, and outside the city. It only makes sense for them to put the transmitters and receivers in high density areas. Plus with the download caps the ISPs seems to love, I'm sure you could eat through your limit in no time.

Tell me about it.

I'm 6 days into my billing cycle and i've already used 11.847GB.

Only 49.592GB left

Not having enough bandwidth is worse than being broke!

Posted by dEsidEL on Oct-21-2008 17:35:

quote:
Originally posted by exstasie
Tell me about it.

I'm 6 days into my billing cycle and i've already used 11.847GB.

Only 49.592GB left

Not having enough bandwidth is worse than being broke!

it's like going to an all u can eat buffet and telling you that you're only limited to 2 plates within a 1 hour span. all u can eat my arse.

Posted by Dr. Z on Nov-01-2008 03:36:

So I'm importing all the contacts off of my SIM card onto my storm, and I really need to manage them better. I have duplicate enteries for all my europe numbers. Like a +38162 for when calling from here a 062 when I'm over there and calling local... etc.

Can I just rename all of them with (+ country code) + number so I can just call them from wherever?

I know here, you can just dial +1 infront of every number, so you don't have to deal with being in Toronto or outside of it.

I guess my questions are:
1. Can you just append (+ country code) infront of every number so you dont have to deal with that anymore?
2. Do you get unnecessary long distance charges? Like if I'm in Toronto and I call my friend with another 416 number but I use +1416, will Rogers ream me?

Posted by exstasie on Nov-01-2008 04:42:

quote:
Originally posted by Dr. Z
So I'm importing all the contacts off of my SIM card onto my storm, and I really need to manage them better. I have duplicate enteries for all my europe numbers. Like a +38162 for when calling from here a 062 when I'm over there and calling local... etc.

Can I just rename all of them with (+ country code) + number so I can just call them from wherever?

I know here, you can just dial +1 infront of every number, so you don't have to deal with being in Toronto or outside of it.

I guess my questions are:
1. Can you just append (+ country code) infront of every number so you dont have to deal with that anymore?
2. Do you get unnecessary long distance charges? Like if I'm in Toronto and I call my friend with another 416 number but I use +1416, will Rogers ream me?

When you say Storm, you mean the new Blackberry right?

1. Yes, just enter the phone nubmber with the appropriate country at the front.
2. No, I have every single one of my phone numbers to automatically default to +1 on my Pearl, and don't get charged long distance.

Posted by Dr. Z on Nov-01-2008 05:28:

quote:
Originally posted by exstasie
When you say Storm, you mean the new Blackberry right?

1. Yes, just enter the phone nubmber with the appropriate country at the front.
2. No, I have every single one of my phone numbers to automatically default to +1 on my Pearl, and don't get charged long distance.

Yes storm,

1. Does this work in every country though? I know it works here, but I cant remember if it worked while I was in Europe. I may have had to explicitely just dial 062-xxx-xxxx instead of +31862-xxx-xxxx
for an eg.
Not sure. :/

2. Thanks!

Posted by dEsidEL on Nov-01-2008 23:29:

some hardcore Rogers haters here might take delight in this news..

quote:

Ted Rogers In Hospital, Steps Aside As CEO Of Rogers

Saturday November 1, 2008
The Canadian Press

Ted Rogers has handed over the reigns of Rogers Communications after being admitted to hospital.

The 75-year-old Rogers has what the company calls an "existing cardiac condition."

The self-made billionaire will temporarily step aside as CEO with Rogers board chairman Alan Horn filling in on an interim basis.

The company says the length of Rogers' leave will be determined by his overall health and medical progress.

Rogers last spoke publicly as recently as Tuesday during a conference call.

Rogers Communications, which he and his family control, is Canada's largest cable T-V operator and cellphone company worth about 18.3 billion dollars.

It now owns the Toronto Blue Jays and their home the Rogers Centre, five Citytv stations, as well as the Rogers cable, wireless, radio and television businesses.

source:
http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_28713.aspx

Posted by Nerologic on Nov-02-2008 00:48:

I can careless about Rogers, i am in Cali...

But then again, i can careless about all the American service providers also

Posted by Nerologic on Nov-02-2008 04:57:

Posted by *~LiSa-LoO~* on Nov-05-2008 16:04:

Hello cell phone enthusiats.

So I'm at school until 9pm tonight and my phone is almost dead. I'm trying to charge it through my laptop with the USB cable...but it won't let me. I guess I have to install a driver or something? My brother did it for me on my desktop, so I know it can be done...I just have no idea what to do!

HELP PLEASE!

I have a black motorola razr v3/p.

Posted by iant56 on Nov-05-2008 16:20:

quote:
Originally posted by *~LiSa-LoO~*
Hello cell phone enthusiats.

So I'm at school until 9pm tonight and my phone is almost dead. I'm trying to charge it through my laptop with the USB cable...but it won't let me. I guess I have to install a driver or something? My brother did it for me on my desktop, so I know it can be done...I just have no idea what to do!

HELP PLEASE!

I have a black motorola razr v3/p.

http://direct.motorola.com/hellomot...ing_drivers.asp

try that

Posted by *~LiSa-LoO~* on Nov-05-2008 16:29:

quote:
Originally posted by iant56
http://direct.motorola.com/hellomot...ing_drivers.asp

try that

I downloaded the first PC link...but I'm so confused

Anyone have step-by-step instructions

Posted by rabbitjoker on Nov-05-2008 16:44:

www.fido.ca

New Fido brand launched.

Posted by exstasie on Nov-05-2008 16:48:

quote:
Originally posted by rabbitjoker
www.fido.ca

New Fido brand launched.

New Brand, new pricing.

No more SAF and 911 Fee.

Posted by dEsidEL on Nov-05-2008 19:41:

quote:
Originally posted by exstasie
New Brand, new pricing.

No more SAF and 911 Fee.

heh nice .. i didn't even notice this as a customer. don't recall receiving any literature in the mail or email..

i wonder whether the new SAF and 911 pricing affects existing plans

Posted by Special K on Nov-05-2008 19:46:

im with fido ...

quote:
Originally posted by exstasie
New Brand, new pricing.

No more SAF and 911 Fee.

cool. does it go into effect now or at a later date?

Posted by exstasie on Nov-05-2008 19:46:

quote:
Originally posted by dEsidEL

heh nice .. i didn't even notice this as a customer. don't recall receiving any literature in the mail or email..

i wonder whether the new SAF and 911 pricing affects existing plans

Don't believe so. But I don't know because this is just what I read on other forums.

I also read that all new plans are only for a maximum of 2-year contracts. they got rid of 3-year contracts.

Personally, I checked out this plan, and my current plan is still better than the new ones even if add the SAF & 911.

The new plans are okay, but definitely nothing special.

Posted by smuncky on Nov-05-2008 19:51:

quote:
Originally posted by dEsidEL

heh nice .. i didn't even notice this as a customer. don't recall receiving any literature in the mail or email..

i wonder whether the new SAF and 911 pricing affects existing plans

yeh i never ot any announcements either.

appaently, all the previous plans are now grandfathered and won't be able to recieve the no saf or 911 fee.

one thing that really sucks is that unlimited incoming is now an option for $10. so in most cases, your existing plan is still better than the new ones even though you're paying for the saf and 911.

Posted by dEsidEL on Nov-05-2008 19:59:

quote:
Originally posted by exstasie
Don't believe so. But I don't know because this is just what I read on other forums.

I also read that all new plans are only for a maximum of 2-year contracts. they got rid of 3-year contracts.

Personally, I checked out this plan, and my current plan is still better than the new ones even if add the SAF & 911.

The new plans are okay, but definitely nothing special.

yeah I just took a quick read through on Howard Forums as well and they seem to be expressing a fairly balanced opinion on the change. Although it does undercut some of the Koodo plans which is a good thing to see.

If I didn't know any better, I'd say that the looming Globalive has already started to have a small effect and they haven't even launched yet!

http://www.howardchui.com/2008/11/0...plans/#more-816

Posted by Jem_hadar on Nov-05-2008 20:00:

quote:
Originally posted by exstasie
New Brand, new pricing.

No more SAF and 911 Fee.

Looked at it briefly earlier this morning. Pricing seems pretty fair actually.

Can get a very encompassing plan (with options) for $45 in (not including taxes).

Nice! Well done, Fido!

(Still like my current Solo one better though )

Posted by FunkyCrew on Nov-05-2008 22:17:

quote:
Originally posted by exstasie
New Brand, new pricing.

No more SAF and 911 Fee.

******S! I just signed up for the Killer plan a month ago and had to pay the stupid SAF

though the $15/month plan is a JOKE! I have a $17.50/month promo plan and I have 200 minutes, that one has 50!

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