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Squibbles posted:For $65 at Koodo you could get 6gb data, 150 minutes daytime, unlimited after 5pm, canada wide calling, callerid/voicemail (no visual voicemail though) and unlimited texting. Pretty much the same, although without the Canada-wide calling. It's like Rogers isn't even trying  One other notable difference, though, is that Koodo appears to charge for tethering, which would make those 6 gigs a lot less useful for me...
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Virgin is offering a $25 "After work plan". It mentions that data is pay per use, which links to a page that shows the different tiers of data usage up to 3GB. In the upper corner of the page it has a big $25 graphic. Does this mean that I would pay $25 for the voice plan, $25 just for the privilege of having data, plus whatever my data usage is or just $25 for the voice plan plus whatever data usage I incur? If it's the latter and they are still offering similar plans when my 3 year sentence with bell is up next august, I'll definitely be switching.
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Crumbles posted:Pretty much the same, although without the Canada-wide calling. It's like Rogers isn't even trying Uh I'm pretty sure Koodo doesn't charge for tethering. Edit: Oh wow, the Koodo Canada-wide 6GB plan is back. Except now it's for $5 more and you only get 150 anytime minutes instead of 250. Glad I jumped on it earlier when I did. 
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Sep 18, 2012 02:51
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ZShakespeare posted:Virgin is offering a $25 "After work plan". It mentions that data is pay per use, which links to a page that shows the different tiers of data usage up to 3GB. In the upper corner of the page it has a big $25 graphic. Does this mean that I would pay $25 for the voice plan, $25 just for the privilege of having data, plus whatever my data usage is or just $25 for the voice plan plus whatever data usage I incur? If it's the latter and they are still offering similar plans when my 3 year sentence with bell is up next august, I'll definitely be switching. I'm with Virgin, the pay per use data charge is just based on whatever you used, on top of your $25 voice plan.
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Sep 18, 2012 03:25
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terriyaki posted:Uh I'm pretty sure Koodo doesn't charge for tethering. You're right, I seem to have misread the fine-print regarding data usage. Looks like I'll be jumping to Koodo, assuming Rogers doesn't budge.
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Sep 18, 2012 03:44
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Is it possible to disable the obnoxious "We are connecting your long distance call - dial 1 before entering the number to avoid this message" notification on Rogers prior to dialing a LD number? I have a long distance plan and I really don't need to be notified each and every time that a call is supposedly considered "long distance". I'm not prepared to pollute my address book with "1" prefixes, as it breaks Skype dialing, for one thing. Speaking meta, long distance really needs to go away as a concept in this country. It's beyond absurd at this point.
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Sep 18, 2012 04:04
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terriyaki posted:Edit: Oh wow, the Koodo Canada-wide 6GB plan is back. Except now it's for $5 more and you only get 150 anytime minutes instead of 250. Glad I jumped on it earlier when I did. Out of curiosity, does Koodo ever force customers over to different plans than what they signed up for, given that they are generally a no-contract outfit? I'm guessing not, or they'd have far worse PR, but I wouldn't be at all surprised...
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Lexicon posted:Out of curiosity, does Koodo ever force customers over to different plans than what they signed up for, given that they are generally a no-contract outfit? I'm guessing not, or they'd have far worse PR, but I wouldn't be at all surprised... The Koodo rep that helped me out when I ported over from Telus told me that once you've had a certain plan (promotional or otherwise) in the past you always have access to that (those) same plan(s) again at any time in the future. So according to her, if I were for example to downgrade to the standard $20 Canada-wide plan for October, I have the option to go back to the original $60 6GB Canada-wide plan in November (or any time in the future). I think a goon that frequents this thread is a Koodo employee. Maybe he can shed some light on this for us next time he's in here.
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Sep 18, 2012 05:09
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Lexicon posted:Is it possible to disable the obnoxious "We are connecting your long distance call - dial 1 before entering the number to avoid this message" notification on Rogers prior to dialing a LD number? Adding +1 instead of 1 seems to do the trick for me; works with both Skype on my Mac and dialing out on my iPhone.
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Sep 18, 2012 05:19
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terriyaki posted:So according to her, if I were for example to downgrade to the standard $20 Canada-wide plan for October, I have the option to go back to the original $60 6GB Canada-wide plan in November (or any time in the future). I'd be very very surprised if this is the case.
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terriyaki posted:So according to her, if I were for example to downgrade to the standard $20 Canada-wide plan for October, I have the option to go back to the original $60 6GB Canada-wide plan in November (or any time in the future). This is not true. Once you're on a plan with a carrier they can not force you on to a new plan without your permission. However, if you're on a plan that's been discontinued and make changes they are under no obligation to let you back on to the plan you had.
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It just occurred to me that Bell no longer seems to be trying to incept the country with the atrocious term "Superphone".
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Lexicon posted:It just occurred to me that Bell no longer seems to be trying to incept the country with the atrocious term "Superphone". I'm pretty sure you can blame that entirely on NVIDIA - I saw a crapton of that at CES the last couple of years when the Tegra phone push started.
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Sep 18, 2012 21:06
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We still use it. We still have the displays for it and are still required to display them. Our sales director still wants us using the term. Maybe it's fallen out of the spotlight now that there haven't been any new ones released lately or coming soon and with all the hype about the iPhone 5.
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I used the word smartphone repeatedly at a training event I held for new Bell employees on Samsung devices and the area manger was none too pleased, the employees had all been told to use the word superphone. I felt so goofy using it I couldn't bring myself do it and watching him roll his eyes when my presentation's slides said the word "smartphone" for the GS3, Note and S II was pretty funny.
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Sep 19, 2012 03:43
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So if I'm a new activation and want an iphone 5 the consensus seems to be that Koodo has the 6gb plan to get at the moment. Regrettably, they're not doing online or in store resos - first come, first serve only. I'm not anxious to wait in line and can wait a while until the hype dies down. As the Koodo plan is only offered until Sept 30th I think I may just sit this out until Christmas or so. Can anyone in the industry offer any insights as to what the majors do in terms of christmas plans? Is anything decent usually offered or is the christmas season just an exercise in marketing their usual plans?
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Sep 19, 2012 06:59
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Crumbles posted:Pretty much the same, although without the Canada-wide calling. It's like Rogers isn't even trying What are you tethering to? For example my gnex and iPhone 4 can we wifi hot spots. Connect your other devices to this, no tethering fees.
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Sep 19, 2012 16:47
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I'm looking at the $40 all-in-one plan from Fido because I live in Kitchener and work in Guelph so pretty much every call I make is long-distance one way or another. Is the 250MB data plan going to bite me in the rear end? I mostly use it for email and facebook, and I'm on wifi at home and work.
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Sep 19, 2012 18:09
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SolidElectronics posted:I'm looking at the $40 all-in-one plan from Fido because I live in Kitchener and work in Guelph so pretty much every call I make is long-distance one way or another. Is the 250MB data plan going to bite me in the rear end? I mostly use it for email and facebook, and I'm on wifi at home and work.
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So I read in the OP that you have to go to a store to get a prepaid SIM. I'll be in Toronto for about 5 days and certainly will want some kind of data/sms/voice calling ability. What's the best way for me to do this? I have an unlocked pentaband galaxy nexus.
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ShaneB posted:So I read in the OP that you have to go to a store to get a prepaid SIM. I'll be in Toronto for about 5 days and certainly will want some kind of data/sms/voice calling ability. What's the best way for me to do this? I have an unlocked pentaband galaxy nexus. Just go to a store and say "I need a prepaid plan for my phone" and tell them what you need it to do. Don't say you need a prepaid SIM, that'll probably just confuse them. They'll know to give you a SIM for it.
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Is it true that Fido has just completely screwed up their activations for the iPhone 5 launch? I got mine (unlocked, from the apple store) and it's still saying No Service despite switching Sims over hours ago. Yeesh.
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I would get in touch with them and make sure that the guy got your new SIM number put correctly into the system.
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Took about 5 hours or so before it turned on but seems to be working now. Will the LTE show as 4G? How is the coverage? Do I need to call them to enable that?
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Is there any talk of Rogers bringing back the 6gb plan as they usually do for iphone launches? I have an S3 but I'm burning through data due to a new job with no wifi. Already at 1.5gb on my 1gb plan. (Rogers charges $10 for every gb you go over apparently) edit: answered my own question during the forum outage. Rogers 6gb data plans are available again right now and I just signed up. UnfortunateSexFart fucked around with this message at 01:19 on Sep 23, 2012 |
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Sep 22, 2012 11:36
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priznat posted:Took about 5 hours or so before it turned on but seems to be working now. Will the LTE show as 4G? How is the coverage? Do I need to call them to enable that?
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I'm wondering if my area of Coquitlam isn't covered or if I need to call them up to enable it. Will call in a few days once things quiet down.
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SolidElectronics posted:I'm looking at the $40 all-in-one plan from Fido because I live in Kitchener and work in Guelph so pretty much every call I make is long-distance one way or another. Is the 250MB data plan going to bite me in the rear end? I mostly use it for email and facebook, and I'm on wifi at home and work. I also live in Kitchener and work in Guelph but I'm with Wind on the $29 BTS plan (unlimited local, data and text). Kitchener and Guelph counts as one network so all calls are local so that might be good for you. It's pretty decent coverage in Guelph though it does get a little spotty around the end of Speedvale towards Kitchener. Other than that, I'm pretty satisfied with Wind.
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I searched the thread for a discussion about Edmonton Mobilicity coverage, but the last discussion was mid-2011. Are there any people who have experience with this more recently? I'm thinking about taking the plunge, but I'm not sure how much I trust either the Mobilicity website or even coveragemapper.
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Just buy a phone and try it, you can return them within something like a week if you only use them to test signal strength. Hell, get one from Wind too to compare.
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http://mobilesyrup.com/2012/09/23/r...he-credit-card/Rogers posted:Theres no specific timing, but Rogers also formed a partnership with CIBC that will allow NFC-capable BlackBerry devices that will allows customers to spend up to $50 on their CIBC Visa or MasterCard by simply tapping device to a terminal. I hope this fails mightily (and I'm pretty sure it will). The last thing we need is loving Rogers of all companies running payment processing. Hopefully Square or Google Wallet get their act together soon in Canada.
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Fraternite posted:I searched the thread for a discussion about Edmonton Mobilicity coverage, but the last discussion was mid-2011. I know you're asking about mobilicity, but I'm in Edmonton on Wind, and I've never had bad reception anywhere, in fact, my house has better reception than telus or Rogers (northeast Edmonton) hell, even leduc had coverage last ti e I was there. So far the only problems I've had are due to my phone. (LG G2X) I can't speak to mobilicty's coverage, but if you don't have your heart set on them, wind is a safe bet. Edit: oh wow, mobi's plans are way better....what the hell wind, I thought we were friends =( fraternite, if you go mobi, could you let me know how it goes? I drive all over the city for work, so I can't have happy coverage. Frank Dillinger fucked around with this message at 23:49 on Sep 24, 2012 |
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Sorry if this is an obvious question, but if I want to buy a used iPhone 4 or 4S to use on my Rogers account, what technology should I be looking for? Or will all iPhones work on the Rogers network? I was under the impression that I couldn't buy an unlocked Verizon phone and use it here or whatnot. I gather I ought to be okay buying unlocked AT&T, existing Rogers, but beyond that I'm not sure what else is safe.
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Any unlocked GSM iPhone 4 / 4S will work, as well as any Rogers-locked one of course. I think even when it comes to the 4S you can get a Verizon/Sprint CDMA model and it will work fine because the SIM slot is unlocked for GSM. I would stick to getting a regular GSM model though just to be safe. DarkJC fucked around with this message at 00:18 on Sep 25, 2012 |
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What is the process for getting an unlocked iPhone put on your Bell account? I assume it would be as simple as walking into a Bell store, purchasing a nano sim, installing it, and having them activate the new SIM but I've learned not to make assumptions with these clowns. e: They aren't going to try to charge me extra for LTE are they?
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I'm going to switch from Rogers to WIND, is there anything I need to know about porting my number? I'm assuming I have to call Rogers after and cancel?
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the talent deficit posted:I'm going to switch from Rogers to WIND, is there anything I need to know about porting my number? I'm assuming I have to call Rogers after and cancel? Nope. After you port Rogers will cancel you and try to bill you for 30 days additional service. (If you notify them in advance you'll be porting you can complain to the CCTS about the practice.)
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ZShakespeare posted:What is the process for getting an unlocked iPhone put on your Bell account? I assume it would be as simple as walking into a Bell store, purchasing a nano sim, installing it, and having them activate the new SIM but I've learned not to make assumptions with these clowns. No, your assumption is basically correct. You'll take your unlocked iPhone 5 to them, purchase a nano SIM card, they will activate it on your account and plug it in, and there you go. The SIM card is $5, the serial number change fee is $15 but I'm not sure if they would charge you that in your case or if it's even charged at all outside of Atlantic Canada. There is no extra charge for LTE.
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ZShakespeare posted:What is the process for getting an unlocked iPhone put on your Bell account? I assume it would be as simple as walking into a Bell store, purchasing a nano sim, installing it, and having them activate the new SIM but I've learned not to make assumptions with these clowns. If you have an Apple store near you, you can try getting a nano-sim for free there. Depending on the store/employee, you may need to provide proof of purchase of the iPhone (they asked for my invoice but never actually looked at it).
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Smoot posted:If you have an Apple store near you, you can try getting a nano-sim for free there. Depending on the store/employee, you may need to provide proof of purchase of the iPhone (they asked for my invoice but never actually looked at it). This was my experience exactly.. I got asked "Do you have your receipt?" I said yes but they never actually looked at it either.
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