Registered: Aug 2002
Location: Toronto, ON, CANADA
3 consequences of this:
- increased contract cancellation fees (but who cancels their contract anyway?)
- outrageous number portability change fees
- increase in system access fees (they will include a port fee probably $2.50 / month, which will make access fees ~$10)
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I'm not saying this is bad, I've been hounding the CRTC with emails on this for years - I believe the increased cost is worth the ability to change providers and keep my number.
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Apr-22-2005 23:01
dEsidEL
Fu Man Choonz
Registered: Aug 2000
Location: Below the Belt
quote:
Originally posted by rabbitjoker 3 consequences of this:
- increased contract cancellation fees (but who cancels their contract anyway?)
- outrageous number portability change fees
- increase in system access fees (they will include a port fee probably $2.50 / month, which will make access fees ~$10)
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I'm not saying this is bad, I've been hounding the CRTC with emails on this for years - I believe the increased cost is worth the ability to change providers and keep my number.
interesting u mention that RJ .. what's funny is that by the time LNP is implemented , they might have settled that stupid $6.95 system access fee that's been taken to court
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Apr-22-2005 23:12
zokissima
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Dec 2004
Location: Toronto
This was announced about a year ago, it's good to see that it's finally getting implemented. And now with Virgin getting into the mobile game, we should see some good deals popping up.
Apr-22-2005 23:16
St_Andrew
I <3 NYC
Registered: May 2003
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Good News! Its still bad that there is only one GSM network tho, cause it wont be that easy (impossible) to change from rogers to any of the other two if you dont change phones...
Apr-22-2005 23:41
dEsidEL
Fu Man Choonz
Registered: Aug 2000
Location: Below the Belt
quote:
Originally posted by St_Andrew
Good News! Its still bad that there is only one GSM network tho, cause it wont be that easy (impossible) to change from rogers to any of the other two if you dont change phones...
yeah unforunately someone in the mounds of government bureaucracy apparently still doesn't think that having only 1 GSM carrier is in anyway anti-competitive ..
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Apr-22-2005 23:43
Fir3start3r
Armin Acolyte
Registered: Oct 2001
Location: Toronto, ON, Canada
quote:
Originally posted by dEsidEL
interesting u mention that RJ .. what's funny is that by the time LNP is implemented , they might have settled that stupid $6.95 system access fee that's been taken to court
Yea I never understood that system access fee when I'm already paying them for the airtime access I'm using...
It's not like they have to initialize my phone on their network every month or something...
What a lot o' crock!
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Apr-22-2005 23:57
rabbitjoker
aural sadist
Registered: Aug 2002
Location: Toronto, ON, CANADA
The settlement will be:
to change the name from using the "access" word to "infrastructure"
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Apr-23-2005 02:34
jrmacca
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Mar 2005
Location: chasing memories of you
quote:
Originally posted by walkindude
THIS IS GREAT NEWS!!!!!
Ive been waiting for this for years....
you and me both!! this has been a reason why i've kept my phone for so long! that and not a lot of them are nice looking like the ones abroad!!
hell, if my cell were a computer, it would be like dos
actually, i don't really care about the number change. i just don't want one of those new weird area codes: 289 or 634. but this saves me some trouble
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Apr-23-2005 05:03
dEsidEL
Fu Man Choonz
Registered: Aug 2000
Location: Below the Belt
quote:
Originally posted by rabbitjoker
The settlement will be:
to change the name from using the "access" word to "infrastructure"
*or*
raise your rate plan $6.50 / month
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Don't think you'll ever escape that fee.
that defunct company Fido integrated it into their cityFido plan .. too bad they're defunct
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Apr-23-2005 20:14
rabbitjoker
aural sadist
Registered: Aug 2002
Location: Toronto, ON, CANADA
quote:
Originally posted by dEsidEL
that defunct company Fido integrated it into their cityFido plan ..
