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Originally posted by dEsidEL 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..

Nah as a Rogers user (God bless underground employee discounts ), I see this as a bad turn of events. Competition = good. If the buyout happens, there will be less of a reason for Rogers to give me better service.

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I dont know where clearnet was based. I think it was out West(Vanouver?) because they started out west and moved east

at least thats what I remember, but my memory could be off.

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wireless in canada is quite expensive imo (esp that you have to pay for INCOMMING calls sucks BIG TIME!)

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Originally posted by St_Andrew wireless in canada is quite expensive imo (esp that you have to pay for INCOMMING calls sucks BIG TIME!)

yep... incoming calls are a bitch.

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i'm with TELUS right now. I was thinking of going to FIDO for the 45.00/month unlimited outbound/inbound calls.

also with TELUS it is not GSM which sux for me.

what should I do?

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Under the proposed deal, Rogers would maintain Microcell's popular Fido brand and customers using the service won't need to change handsets or phone numbers because both wireless providers operate on global system for mobile communications (GSM) networks.

And yeah St_Andrew...here in Canada at some point we used to have the biggest penetration of wireless...and then we lost it and European/Asian markets are now much further ahead of us...same thing is sort of happening with the internet now as well...(sorry I just totally ripped that off a class I just had)

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Originally posted by GrooveBuff i'm with TELUS right now. I was thinking of going to FIDO for the 45.00/month unlimited outbound/inbound calls. also with TELUS it is not GSM which sux for me. what should I do?

imo switch to FIDO asap before they remove that unlimited plan.

when Rogers will take over they'll have to keep the existing plans for those already subscribed.

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This makes me very sad...I like my fido.

The other two providers are both bastards

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Originally posted by St_Andrew wireless in canada is quite expensive imo (esp that you have to pay for INCOMMING calls sucks BIG TIME!)

welkomen to N america

Much diff than asia and europe.

Like Malek said, I wouldn't expect rates to get any better when Rogers gets the nod.

PS. My bill still says Microcell and I hope it stays that way.

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Originally posted by Fir3start3r Wasn't FIDO piggybacking off of the Roger's network anyways?

Fido has it's own network..But they have roaming agreements with rogers in areas where they don't have their own infrastructure