Register a SA Forums Account here!
JOINING THE SA FORUMS WILL REMOVE THIS BIG AD, THE ANNOYING UNDERLINED ADS, AND STUPID INTERSTITIAL ADS!!!

You can: log in, read the tech support FAQ, or request your lost password. This dumb message (and those ads) will appear on every screen until you register! Get rid of this crap by registering your own SA Forums Account and joining roughly 150,000 Goons, for the one-time price of $9.95! We charge money because it costs us money per month for bills, and since we don't believe in showing ads to our users, we try to make the money back through forum registrations.
 
  • Post
  • Reply
Acer Pilot
Feb 17, 2007
put the 'the' in therapist

:dukedog:

My Dad's Nokia C6 likes to freeze at random. Fido seems to be ignoring my questions about updating its firmware, what else can I do?

Adbot
ADBOT LOVES YOU

Acer Pilot
Feb 17, 2007
put the 'the' in therapist

:dukedog:

Contingency Plan posted:

This is probably a stupid question but I don't have much experience with this kind of thing: My three-year contract with Rogers has expired and I'm on month-to-month billing with them, and I'm on their waitlist for an iPhone 5. Would I be in a better position to haggle a retention plan now or after I get the iPhone and sign on for a new contract?

It would have been better to try and get a retention plan before your contract ended...

Acer Pilot
Feb 17, 2007
put the 'the' in therapist

:dukedog:

Didn't see this posted here but Fido has a $25 plan going right now.

http://www.fido.ca/web/page/portal/Fido/MonthlyPlans/Group1

- 150 daytime minutes
- unlimited after 5pm + unlimited weekend
- unlimited text, picture and video message to Canada, US, and international wireless number
- Canada-wide long distance
- caller id and mini voicemail** included

**Allows receipt of up to 3 messages, each 3 minutes in length that can be saved up to 3 days

It's apparently by the minute though.

Acer Pilot
Feb 17, 2007
put the 'the' in therapist

:dukedog:

Does Mobilicity really not let you transfer 604 numbers to them? I don't want to lose my number but I want the $30 plan.

Acer Pilot
Feb 17, 2007
put the 'the' in therapist

:dukedog:

Sassafras posted:

What has given you the impression that you can't port in your 604 number?

I went to one of the stores here in Vancouver (not a corporate store) and that's what they told me.

Acer Pilot
Feb 17, 2007
put the 'the' in therapist

:dukedog:

I'm looking for a prepaid service in BC for my mom.

Fido used to be $0.30/minute but it looks like they jumped up to $0.40...

She just wants something that she can put $10 into and not worry about it.

Any suggestions?

Acer Pilot
Feb 17, 2007
put the 'the' in therapist

:dukedog:

less than three posted:

http://www.speakout7eleven.ca/

25c/min no frills service. Good for 1 year.

Any ideas on how their service is like?

And apparently Superstore has their own service... PC Mobile? Looks like it's Bell and $0.20 a minute.

Acer Pilot
Feb 17, 2007
put the 'the' in therapist

:dukedog:

That's a good point. I'm pretty sure she'd just call me and my Dad. Possibly just receive our calls honestly.

Thanks guys. Additional feedback/suggestion welcome!

Acer Pilot
Feb 17, 2007
put the 'the' in therapist

:dukedog:

So I have a plan from Fido that's basically their $30 plan but for $25. That's going to expire in March... or at least the $7 credit for voicemail.

Any ideas on what I can do to keep it?

Acer Pilot
Feb 17, 2007
put the 'the' in therapist

:dukedog:

Asian male reporting in. I always heard Jackie Chan helped fund Aberdeen Centre. Wonder if there's any truth in that rumour.

E: is there any plan around $25/mo for voice out there?

Acer Pilot fucked around with this message at 07:08 on Feb 12, 2014

Acer Pilot
Feb 17, 2007
put the 'the' in therapist

:dukedog:

Wild EEPROM posted:

Voice only, there's a rogers plan; $30/mo for 200 minutes, unlimited text, caller ID, voicemail, -$3/mo for bringing your own phone = $27.

Bah. Old plan was that but $25 but now they said that our credits have "expired."

Acer Pilot
Feb 17, 2007
put the 'the' in therapist

:dukedog:

So Fido apparently let me renew my dad's contract for him.

Before he had 2 $7 discounts but now it's apparently a $5 and $7 discount.

- 200 minutes
- unlimited evenings and weekends starting at 5PM (renewal bonus)
- voicemail
- unlimited local calling between Fido subscribers
- 2500 text messages
- call display (through $7 credit)
- a mysterious $5 (used to be $7)

For a total of $30.24/month after taxes.

Is this a good retention plan? Did we get screwed?

They also want him to pay $25 to get one of these phones for "free":
- HTC Desire
- Samsung Galaxy S III Mini
- Galaxy Ace II X

I have a Nexus 5 personally but my dad won't let me buy him one. Which would be a good phone for him? His only specification was that it be black :smith:

He basically just likes to look at websites on his current crap phone (a Nokia thing with a keyboard).

Thanks for your help goons.

Acer Pilot
Feb 17, 2007
put the 'the' in therapist

:dukedog:

odiv posted:

Yeah, according to RedFlagDeals it was on for $460 on NCIX from the 24th. Whoops.

I'll keep searching around I guess.

Edit: yeah, I might just cave and get the Nexus from Google. Too bad they don't ship here.

I ordered my Nexus from Google and they shipped to Canada. Do you live somewhere really far off?

Acer Pilot
Feb 17, 2007
put the 'the' in therapist

:dukedog:

I may be working in Seattle next year for a few months and want to bring my phone with me. Would Wind's free US roaming be a good idea?

Acer Pilot
Feb 17, 2007
put the 'the' in therapist

:dukedog:

Evis posted:

I believe US roaming was only included with one of the promo plans that has expired. It's normally a $15 add on, but yes it seems like it would be worth it. I haven't personally used the roaming in Seattle so I can't speak to its quality.

Ah, OK. I guess there's also google voice.

Acer Pilot
Feb 17, 2007
put the 'the' in therapist

:dukedog:

Been running on lollipop on my Nexus 5 for a few days now. Startup seems a little slower.

Acer Pilot
Feb 17, 2007
put the 'the' in therapist

:dukedog:

Mobilicity is apparently offering the $25 plan for $15 on Black Friday.

http://mobilesyrup.com/2014/11/26/mobilicity-to-deeply-discount-monthly-price-plans-for-black-friday/

Acer Pilot
Feb 17, 2007
put the 'the' in therapist

:dukedog:

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?

Acer Pilot
Feb 17, 2007
put the 'the' in therapist

:dukedog:

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.

Acer Pilot
Feb 17, 2007
put the 'the' in therapist

:dukedog:

Welp. I took the plunge and am going to be trying out Mobilicity in Vancouver for the next few days.

Acer Pilot
Feb 17, 2007
put the 'the' in therapist

:dukedog:

Mobilicity sure is taking their sweet time porting this Fido prepaid number.

Acer Pilot
Feb 17, 2007
put the 'the' in therapist

:dukedog:

There's an update for Android 5.1 on my phone since yesterday. How safe is this to do on Mobilicity?

Acer Pilot
Feb 17, 2007
put the 'the' in therapist

:dukedog:

so mobilicity has been granted another stay of execution. i have service until at least august 31st!

Acer Pilot
Feb 17, 2007
put the 'the' in therapist

:dukedog:

I can't send or receive SMS on Mobilicity. Anyone else having issues?

I'm in Vancouver.

Don't know if it had to do with me trying to turn on delivery notifications on google hangouts...

Acer Pilot
Feb 17, 2007
put the 'the' in therapist

:dukedog:

Oh dear lord lol

"Rogers will gain an additional 150,000 wireless customers and 30 more employees to its roster."

http://mobilesyrup.com/2015/06/24/i...aws-1-spectrum/

Acer Pilot
Feb 17, 2007
put the 'the' in therapist

:dukedog:

It was the same lady who replied to every customer support email I sent to mobilicity :sparkles:

Acer Pilot
Feb 17, 2007
put the 'the' in therapist

:dukedog:

Can't wait til they start charging extra for Android or Apple users.

Acer Pilot
Feb 17, 2007
put the 'the' in therapist

:dukedog:

Mobilicity seems to be dead in Vancouver. Been a few hours apparently.

Acer Pilot
Feb 17, 2007
put the 'the' in therapist

:dukedog:

McGavin posted:

I sent them an email and this is what I got back:

I now have signal in the skytrain tunnel headed to waterfront. No data in there though. I seem to have signal in more places as well.

Wonder how much it'll all cost me in January.

Acer Pilot
Feb 17, 2007
put the 'the' in therapist

:dukedog:

I'm being sent to Winnipeg for a business trip for a few days this month and was wondering if Mobilicity phone will work there at all. Any addons I could get or something?

Acer Pilot
Feb 17, 2007
put the 'the' in therapist

:dukedog:

So my dads $30 talk/text plan expired and turned into their $35 plan. Will Fido retention match Wind's $25 plan or have anything similar?

e: Looks like Chatr has a $25 plan too. Hm.

Acer Pilot fucked around with this message at 21:58 on Apr 2, 2016

Acer Pilot
Feb 17, 2007
put the 'the' in therapist

:dukedog:

I was wrong, he's still on the loyalty monthly plan but his $5 credit expired. Can I get that back?

Acer Pilot
Feb 17, 2007
put the 'the' in therapist

:dukedog:

sbaldrick posted:

Did you join for data usage, kiss that poo poo goodbye.

Has chatr always had this?

Acer Pilot
Feb 17, 2007
put the 'the' in therapist

:dukedog:

well, i already had the "H" on my phone whenever i was on mobilicity's data so i guess same old crap but worse

Acer Pilot
Feb 17, 2007
put the 'the' in therapist

:dukedog:

We can keep dreaming. We're definitely getting moved to chatr and they'll probably keep us on the bad network. It'll probably cost way more too.

Acer Pilot
Feb 17, 2007
put the 'the' in therapist

:dukedog:

Scaramouche posted:

Any of my mobilicity peeps get this sms today?


I'm phone posting and don't have time to check it right now so if anyone else does and finds out they're jacking rates let me know. Otherwise I'll update tonight after work.

They offered me unlimited talk/text in North America + 6gb 3G for $30 a month. Went up from $25 though :(

Acer Pilot
Feb 17, 2007
put the 'the' in therapist

:dukedog:

Did Mobilicity get better? Was able to watch Netflix on the Skytrain in Vancouver and I don't lose signal as in the tunnels now.

Acer Pilot
Feb 17, 2007
put the 'the' in therapist

:dukedog:

i saw that i will now apparently have my 30 minutes north american roaming back after mobilicity switches me to chatr.

my plan used to be $25 but i guess 6gb 3g for $5 more isn't too bad.

Acer Pilot
Feb 17, 2007
put the 'the' in therapist

:dukedog:

My mobilicity phone is now saying I'm on 3g. Did we move to chatr already?

Adbot
ADBOT LOVES YOU

Acer Pilot
Feb 17, 2007
put the 'the' in therapist

:dukedog:

I finally got a text from mobilicity saying that I'll be moved to chatr "soon"

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • Post
  • Reply