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Sep-20-2004 19:11
walkindude
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Nov 2003
Location: Toronto, Canada
Good for Rogers
Good for Microcell
Not so good for consumers.
It effects service quality, if anyone here is with Rogers, you know what I am talking about... it will push back numbers portability by another couple of years. Microcell was giving Rogers and all the others a really hard time. Too bad they are out of of the market.
I remember when I was younger and didn't have credit or anything, and none of the bigger providers would give me a cell phone, except Fido.
One less competitor on the market, usually not the best news for consumers.
I guess will have to wait and see what happens.
Sep-20-2004 19:38
dEsidEL
Fu Man Choonz
Registered: Aug 2000
Location: Below the Belt
quote:
Originally posted by cono_sur
Uh oh....don't tell Emz.
ICQ & FIDO 4 LIFE !
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Sep-20-2004 19:41
malek
drinks your milkshake!
Registered: Nov 2001
Location: Montréal
the most innovative and fierce competitor of them all has been bought out.
it was bound to happen because of their cité fido packages that infuriated the big 3...
the FIDO name will stay tho, they'll use the Rogers networks. I hope they keep the FIDO packages too because Rogers is a rip off!
Registered: Apr 2003
Location: The Internet Machine.
quote:
Originally posted by dEsidEL
ICQ & FIDO 4 LIFE !
i second that notion!
Sep-20-2004 19:43
dEsidEL
Fu Man Choonz
Registered: Aug 2000
Location: Below the Belt
quote:
Originally posted by malek
the most innovative and fierce competitor of them all has been bought out.
it was bound to happen because of their cité fido packages that infuriated the big 3...
the FIDO name will stay tho, they'll use the Rogers networks. I hope they keep the FIDO packages too because Rogers is a rip off!
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..
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Last edited by dEsidEL on Sep-20-2004 at 19:54
Sep-20-2004 19:48
j_spot
retired
Registered: Mar 2001
Location: Calgary
Clearnet was schooling everybody (fido, rogers and telus, Bell didnt exist out west then)
and then Telus bought them.
bah
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Sep-20-2004 19:50
malek
drinks your milkshake!
Registered: Nov 2001
Location: Montréal
yeah clearnet was the fiercest back in the days... my first cell was with them.
Registered: Oct 2001
Location: Toronto, ON, Canada
Wasn't FIDO piggybacking off of the Roger's network anyways?
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