That was the gist of the SlashDot article I mentioned. You can see that
article here:
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/09/06/1155227/Cell-Phone-Cost-Calculator-Killed-In-Canada
Shawn
Martin Glazer wrote:
Seeing we are discussing cell phones in Canada, have people read the
recent article about how the gov killed the cellphone cost calculator?
If you are interested - http://thestar.com/article/688547
Martin
Shawn wrote:
There was a recent discussion on cell providers on SlashDot. The
bottom line is that in Canada, they all suck - compared to the
services available outside North America. There are horror stories
for every provider, and I personally have mine with Bell.
I shifted from Bell to Rogers for two reasons.
First was my calls were getting dropped on a regular basis. This was
a newer phone and I would see calls dropped regularly (3 to 5 times a
month). When I called them on it, they would tell me their "records"
only showed 3 dropped calls in the year. When a business call
possibly worth a lot of money was dropped, that was the last straw in
this case. BTW, the majority of the dropped calls happened within
Calgary, and it didn't matter if I was stationary or mobile (i.e.
driving).
The second reason is more mundane. I had bought the OpenMoko phone to
play with. It was GSM based, and the only GSM provider at that time
(still?) was Rogers. So I paid $25 for the sim, signed up on a one
year contract (they wouldn't just sell me the SIM without a contract,
so took the smallest I could). Turns out the OpenMoko's phone
capabilities are somewhat lacking (volume issues mostly) so I paid
full price for another phone and dropped in the same SIM with no
problems.
This ability to swap SIM cards on the fly is a very convenient
feature. Apparently the rest of the world has adopted GSM, and Canada
is one of the last hold-outs for CDMA phones. So, if you want to be
able to travel, I think you'll have more flexibility with a GSM based
phone - which means Rogers or one of it's child companies.
In terms of pricing and service, I'm not particularly happy with
Rogers. I seem to be paying double what my plan is supposed to be -
my minute usage is a little more than the plan at $0.30/minute. I've
changed plans, but need to wait a month or two for things to settle
down to the new price structure. I also am getting a lot of dropped
calls. Especially since coming back from Vegas. But, I'm reasonably
sure this is a case of me dropping my phone toooooo many times. (New
phone in the near future for me...)
HTH
Shawn
Dick Angus wrote:
Thanks for the quick responses. That was a lot of good information. I
do need some out-of-Canada service so 711 looks to be out. Knowing
that many of the others are off-shoots of Bell (I worked for them
many decades ago - a fresh young programmer just out of school) I
might give them a good look. Maybe their Solo service will work well
for us.
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