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What the hell, I suddenly had 3 voicemails on my visual voicemail (Fido) show up that I had no indication were there before, one from almost a week ago. That's loving garbage.
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Scudworth posted:I use Koodo's USA add-ons multiple times a year with no trouble at all and am willing to vouch for it. Hmmmmmm maybe I'll have to give it another look then. $40 for 10 days of unlimited calling/texts/250mb of data is pretty expensive, but it might be worth it to avoid the hassle of dicking around with going to Target for a US SIM/getting some sort of US pay-as-you-go plan.
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I use Roam Mobility when I'm in the US. It's great in Dallas and Las Vegas at least.
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BGrifter posted:I'm going to be heading to the states for a week soon and was wondering what my best option is for a small amount of minutes/text messaging/maybe 250mb of data? I'm currently on Koodo but I'm leery about using any sort of roaming addon after hearing horror stories for years about people with thousand dollar cell phone bills. Any suggestions/tips/warnings? Pick one of the codes and text it to 4545 before crossing the border.  Just be sure to set your Android Data counter, because "Data overage rate is $5/50MB. You will be automatically blocked and notified if you reach $100 in data overage." less than three fucked around with this message at 07:30 on Feb 6, 2015 |
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less than three posted:Pick one of the codes and text it to 4545 before crossing the border. Hmmmmmm that makes it nice and simple. Still going to look into grabbing a SIM and getting a cheap US plan, but if I don't come up with any satisfying options I can do that from the airport. Do I have to go in and cancel the add-on when I get back or is it just a one time thing? Also I'm an iOS guy but I'm usually pretty good about keeping track of my data usage, thanks for the tip.
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Also turn auto download off for MMS.BGrifter posted:Do I have to go in and cancel the add-on when I get back or is it just a one time thing? Also I'm an iOS guy but I'm usually pretty good about keeping track of my data usage, thanks for the tip. It just ends after 10 days, no further attention needed.
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Apparently paying $5-10 just to reserve your number and keep the phone activated is actually pretty standard across the board. In the US, a lot of the MVNOs do the same. We've had "hold plans" here in Canada for ages; if you're not going to be using your phone for a long time but you want to keep your number. It used to be like $15/mo, on Rogers, I believe. Not defending our stupid prices, but there is some reason to it. I imagine there is some non-zero cost associated with keeping your line activated and the number reserved. Still, $10 for nothing does sound pretty funny.
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Pivo posted:Apparently paying $5-10 just to reserve your number and keep the phone activated is actually pretty standard across the board. In the US, a lot of the MVNOs do the same. We've had "hold plans" here in Canada for ages; if you're not going to be using your phone for a long time but you want to keep your number. It used to be like $15/mo, on Rogers, I believe. You'd be better off getting a $100 Speakout wireless sim and porting over if your number parking was sufficiently long - it lasts a year and you actually get minutes with it.
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It's happeningggggg.
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I have a few apps on my phone which are supposedly still not 5.0 compatible. I'll have to hold off the updates for a bit myself 
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The Dark One posted:It's happeningggggg. I wouldn't be too excited. After what happened with winds rollout I would wait a while to see if the rollout is hosed or not. And definitely back up your phone first.
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I still haven't gotten any notice from bell about account cancellation or remaining fees. It's been a few weeks now so I have no idea what's going on.
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PS. Love the cabin posted:I still haven't gotten any notice from bell about account cancellation or remaining fees. If it's anything like my Rogers treatment, you'll hear nothing for a while so they can finalise everything, then a cheque or a bill on your next billing cycle. I got a cheque and was flabbergasted.
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Or maybe they'll just send you to a collections agency 6 months from now. You never can tell with Bell!
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JohnnyCanuck posted:Or maybe they'll just send you to a collections agency 6 months from now. You never can tell with Bell! Wouldn't surprise me. I once got an angry "pay us now or else" letter that was due in like 2 days.
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Just throwing this out there. If you're looking to unlock a Rogers/Fido iPhone there is a website that's doing it for $11. I just unlocked my iPhone 5. http://protechparts.ca/collections/factory-unlocks/products/rogers-wireless-iphone-unlock-1-24hrs
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JohnnyCanuck posted:Or maybe they'll just send you to a collections agency 6 months from now. You never can tell with Bell! I stopped working at Bell years ago and they still send me a monthly e-mail that they owe me $65 on my employee cell phone account. They don't mail me a cheque for that $65 though. It's not worth it having to deal with them to get that $65, because dealing with their employee accounts department is even more abysmal than Bell's front facing customer service. I will let these e-mails continue until the end of time.
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What's the word on Zoomer Wireless? Someone told me about it recently, seems like it's too good to be true. http://www.zoomerwireless.ca/ Right now the site doesn't advertise it but all their plans have double the data and minutes. That means for $36/month you get 400 minutes of talk time and 1GB of data, along with unlimited international texting. I was told that they're based in Burnaby and are a Rogers reseller, so it's on the Rogers network. Edit: Oh God, I should have went back one page further to see someone bring up the same question. I'll ask something else: My Fido contract is up next month. I'm on the $39 Smart Plan (600MB data/400 minutes/unlimited text). I assume I qualify for a discounted handset when I upgrade from my Galaxy S3, right? I'm looking at the S5 for $400 on a 2 year agreement. justlikedunkirk fucked around with this message at 05:05 on Feb 17, 2015 |
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I'm interested in that too. It's cheaper than what my office is offering me. http://www.zoomerwireless.ca/rate-plans/individual-plans/ Do I actually need to be a senior citizen though?
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Acer Pilot posted:I'm interested in that too. It's cheaper than what my office is offering me. Go back one page in this thread.
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I'm finally getting around to unlock my old phone for re-sale, but it looks like I need a sim card for a company other than the one it's locked to (Rogers)? That makes it a lot more inconvenient, not a lot of people I feel comfortable asking for their sim card out of their phone. I guess I should say if anyone here is interested in a mint condition Note 3 locked to Rogers, never messed around with, send me a message. I'll give a goon a fair deal.
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Feb 21, 2015 06:00
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They always say that but I've never actually needed the sim to unlock a phone.
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Just got a notice for 5.02 on my Moto G. I'll see you on the other side.
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I just got that as well but I have not done it yet. Let me know how it goes if you don't mind.
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I've gotten the notification on my wind moto x again. Definitely holding off this time.
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Some reports of the Moto G having issues after the update. Not bricked and unrecoverable but not pain free. No idea how common it is. http://community.koodomobile.com/koodo/topics/moto-g-2013-lollipop-update-no-outgoing-calls-no-mobile-data quote:Any time I make a call, I get the "Call not Sent." pop-up. Incoming calls are received correctly. SMS work as well. quote:I just spoke with someone at koodo, and they advised to take the back off the phone ,remove the sim card, and wait until the koodo rep sends an "update" to the phone...after this she came back on the phone and asked for me to place the sim card back into the phone and turn phone back on...and perfect...it works again!!!!!! this is juts another reason why koodo is the best cell company hands down!
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No issues issues for me, so far. One distinct improvement: I can play Threes while listening to something in Beyondpod without the latter being dumped out of memory after a few seconds. On the other hand, I now have two Photos entries in my app drawer.
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Good to know. Doing the update myself on my unlocked G. e: Seems to have gone well, still playing with the changes and getting use to the UI tweaks. slidebite fucked around with this message at 20:32 on Feb 25, 2015 |
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Scudworth posted:Go back one page in this thread. Thanks. I'm still worried they'd say no and if it's even legal to have a CARP membership underage. Does anyone happen to know if corporate plans with Rogers are month to month or is it a 2 year contract? My office has some plan with 6gb but it's like $56 before tax which seems super expensive. I'm leaning towards Wind right now since I feel like I want data but am hearing mixed opinions about their coverage.
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Acer Pilot posted:Thanks. I'm still worried they'd say no and if it's even legal to have a CARP membership underage. That's a pretty good deal for 6GB to be honest. I had Wind for all of a week before I cancelled and went back to Rogers. The coverage was awful where I live and work (Mississauga and Toronto) and even when I had full connectivity, data speeds were garbage.
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Acer Pilot posted:Thanks. I'm still worried they'd say no and if it's even legal to have a CARP membership underage. Corporate is actually still 3 years I think.
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Aphrodite posted:Corporate is actually still 3 years I think. It is, I'm on one, and still buy a new phone every year 
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Wind managed to chop off a bit of the AWS 3 spectrum
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Welp. I took the plunge and am going to be trying out Mobilicity in Vancouver for the next few days.
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They got a great deal. 56mil versus 500mil for Bell, 1.5bil for TELUS. It almost makes up for the incumbents getting their first spectrum for free. 56mil is the closest to free they're going to get nowadays.
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less than three posted:They got a great deal. 56mil versus 500mil for Bell, 1.5bil for TELUS. Plus wind gets 30mhz and incumbents only get 20. Build some more towers wind I'll switch
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Why does the rogers extended coverage system need data roaming turned on?
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Is that province wide for Wind in Alberta? I'd switch as well if they give some decent coverage in the mid size centers and highway corridors.
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cowofwar posted:Why does the rogers extended coverage system need data roaming turned on? My guess would be that the way it's been implemented is that you're roaming on the bell or Telus network, but you don't get charged for it. Just putting you on their network would be very weird.
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