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DarkJC posted:Virgin has it as well, for the record. Is it built into every plan? or do you need to buy an add-on?
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They've changed things around since I signed up, but it's built into all "Choice" plans (which used to be called "Talk & Text").
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Aug 13, 2012 15:45
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Anyway upped my plan from 150 minutes, and 2 gigs to 1000 minutes, 3 gigs and 25 cdn long distance minutes for $20 more a month. Includes tethering, visual voice mail, and 10 hrs of mobile tv. horray i guess?
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Aug 13, 2012 19:37
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2012 was a bad year
slow crow fucked around with this message at 13:33 on Oct 12, 2013 |
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Aug 15, 2012 05:35
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I think 7-11 speakout has 365 day expiry for any top up amount.
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Aug 15, 2012 05:37
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So I've had my iPhone 3GS for 3+ years now and I'm thinking of dropping it to switch to Wind with a Galaxy S3. The only problem I can think of is that it used to be a dual-plan with my ex and we split the contract about 16 months ago so I have no idea if it would've been considered a new contract or not and I wanted some opinions before I go blurting things out to the Rogers call centre rep.
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Aug 15, 2012 05:38
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aunaturale posted:What's the easiest way to keep my phone number active while studying abroad for eight months annually over the next several years? I'm getting too connected to be able to reset my network by FBing Hey guys knew number!@ every summer break but don't want to pay for a plan I don't use. Edit: poo poo this is the Canadian crappy cell phone thread, never mind. I think the prepaid service is probably your best bet.
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Aug 15, 2012 12:06
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2012 was a bad year
slow crow fucked around with this message at 13:34 on Oct 12, 2013 |
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Aug 15, 2012 19:32
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That's why the real growth in the Canadian cell phone industry is in... financial services? It would actually be neat if Public Mobile was pushing those services through their subscribers' phones, but it looks like they'll be issuing their own physical Mastercards and do the rest through their retail outlets.
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Aug 15, 2012 20:12
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Man, I thought the title was just a joke since I've always gotten Caller ID for free with my plans, but I just helped my cousin sign up with Virgin, and to my utter shock it was actually 7 dollars. Out of curiosity, will Virgin and the like offer you retention plans (assuming you've used their service for a while) if you are on the month-to-month contract?
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Aug 15, 2012 21:41
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Geektox posted:Man, I thought the title was just a joke since I've always gotten Caller ID for free with my plans, but I just helped my cousin sign up with Virgin, and to my utter shock it was actually 7 dollars. It's a joke because it used to be $8
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Aug 16, 2012 01:42
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Geektox posted:Man, I thought the title was just a joke since I've always gotten Caller ID for free with my plans, but I just helped my cousin sign up with Virgin, and to my utter shock it was actually 7 dollars. It's especially hilarious because if you have visual voicemail you'll get a call and it doesn't say who's calling, then it goes to voicemail and the voicemail lists the caller it's from - I know this because I had my iphone without call display for a week. It's purely a cash grab and it's disgusting. I sure hope the discount carriers gain more traction and coverage, but I'm not holding my breath.
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Aug 16, 2012 03:01
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Cold on a Cob posted:It's especially hilarious because if you have visual voicemail you'll get a call and it doesn't say who's calling, then it goes to voicemail and the voicemail lists the caller it's from - I know this because I had my iphone without call display for a week. It's purely a cash grab and it's disgusting. I sure hope the discount carriers gain more traction and coverage, but I'm not holding my breath. The most ridiculous thing I've found is that they charge for callerID and then they charge another fee on top of that to show a name instead of just the number calling (Call DISPLAY). And apparently only Rogers (and subsidiaries) even support that?? Like Koodo/Bell/Telus, at least according to the Koodo message boards, simply don't support that feature at all. Edit: Ohh I see that Rogers/fido have now combined callerid and name display into one feature. Weee.
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Actually it looks like Fido has some new plans too. I might have to switch, the new plans are a bit more generous with the data (though still ridiculously expensive of course). Does Fido charge to switch to a new plan? I'm under a three year contract right now. edit: Looked it up, seems to be no charge other than pro-rated charges for difference in plan unless you align the change with the billing cycle end date. If you've experienced otherwise please speak up! Cold on a Cob fucked around with this message at 11:57 on Aug 16, 2012 |
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Aug 16, 2012 03:52
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Are cell repeaters directional? I have a friend who lives in an area near the border where the AT&T signal is stronger than Bell's, so he often gets switched over to roaming. Would a repeater help at all?
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Aphrodite posted:Are cell repeaters directional? I have a friend who lives in an area near the border where the AT&T signal is stronger than Bell's, so he often gets switched over to roaming. Can he turn off roaming? What kind of phone is it?
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Aug 17, 2012 02:13
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You should be able to call up Bell and get them to disable roaming from their end I think
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He said they said no to disabling roaming. He currently has some kind of Blackberry, a Curve I think, but is getting a Galaxy S3 this weekend.
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Aug 17, 2012 15:26
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Way back when I use to work for Bell they had an add on that wasn't charged to the account and would auto credit border city roaming. Maybe they got rid of it or maybe your friend can just call and ask if it's available in his province, because from what I could remember not all border cities were eligible for the add on.
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Aug 18, 2012 15:32
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Aphrodite posted:Are cell repeaters directional? I have a friend who lives in an area near the border where the AT&T signal is stronger than Bell's, so he often gets switched over to roaming. Where does he live? I don't know about Bell, but I know Telus declared certain areas "Border" zones. In a "Border Zone" you wouldn't get charged voice if you roamed onto a US carrier (AT&T) tower. I lived in White Rock, which is 15 minutes from the US border, so this happened all the time. All I had to do was make sure data roaming was off as data wasn't covered. White Rock and Abbotsford in BC are one border zone, Windsor ON is the other. Perhaps Bell has this agreement too as they're very similar Telus network wise? I'm sure you can get directional repeaters, but an omni-directional should be good enough. You just need a stronger signal than the foreign carrier.
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Kolta posted:Way back when I use to work for Bell they had an add on that wasn't charged to the account and would auto credit border city roaming. Maybe they got rid of it or maybe your friend can just call and ask if it's available in his province, because from what I could remember not all border cities were eligible for the add on. The feature was for CDMA devices only.
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Aug 18, 2012 23:07
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For anyone living in Québec, Videotron is offering a plan with 6gb of data, caller id, voicemail, unlimited sms for 55$ + taxes(~63$).
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Aug 19, 2012 04:04
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Looks like the iPhone 4S is dropping to $99 on a standard 3 year plan. http://www.iphoneincanada.ca/carriers/rogers-carriers/rogers-bell-and-telus-drop-iphone-4s-prices-to-99-on-3-year-terms/ quote:Most likely in anticipation of the upcoming ‘iPhone 5′, Rogers, Bell and Telus have simultaneously reduced the price of the 16GB iPhone 4S to $99 on a 3 year term (regularly priced at $159), available in either black or white.
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Aug 20, 2012 16:26
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Snuffman posted:Where does he live? He lives near/in a town called Dundee. Bell already removes the roaming charges as it is, it's just an annoyance he was hoping a repeater can solve.
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Aug 21, 2012 02:00
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Does anyone actually have WIND mobile with the ~$40/month plan? What's your final bill like? Do you have Voicemail/Call Display?
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Vintersorg posted:Looks like the iPhone 4S is dropping to $99 on a standard 3 year plan. I am seriously contemplating getting the 4S, but I got shafted by the 3G on a 3 year contract. I guess if I'd waited for the 3GS I would have been better off. Gotta weigh whether Apple will still offer software updates for the 4S in 3 years 
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Martytoof posted:I am seriously contemplating getting the 4S, but I got shafted by the 3G on a 3 year contract. I guess if I'd waited for the 3GS I would have been better off. Gotta weigh whether Apple will still offer software updates for the 4S in 3 years I have the 3GS and I just called Rogers today and I'm on the 27th month of my 36 month contract, they said everyone is eligible for a hardware upgrade at 30 months so you can get a 4s or wait a bit and get a 5 when they come out (should be announced on October 4th).
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Martytoof posted:I am seriously contemplating getting the 4S Even though the 5 is just around the corner?
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Yes, speculation is that pre orders will be on Sept. 12th.
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Moist von Lipwig posted:Does anyone actually have WIND mobile with the ~$40/month plan? What's your final bill like? Do you have Voicemail/Call Display? I got this and it's pretty much what you'd expect. $40 base, +$8 for voicemail and 5% GST with occasional dimes when I'm out of town and my phone sends/receives data before realizing that its roaming. Got call display too for free. The first billing is the first two months with the first month adjusted for when you signed up with Wind so if it was halfway through the month you pay about half of a normal monthly bill.
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Oh yeah I'm officially off contract so really the only reason I was considering the 4S was because my 3G is starting to really creak and groan and $99 seems like an okay price to replace a phone that I basically only use for telephone calls and email anyway. My iPad does all the heavy lifting for apps, really.
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Martytoof posted:Oh yeah I'm officially off contract so really the only reason I was considering the 4S was because my 3G is starting to really creak and groan and $99 seems like an okay price to replace a phone that I basically only use for telephone calls and email anyway. My iPad does all the heavy lifting for apps, really. I would wait and consider ponying up for the new iPhone in the fall, if only because it might be LTE and that would give you discount carrier options if you don't travel or roam often.
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Oh I will. I mean if anything the 4S will still be around. I was mostly thinking out loud. I have a lot of time to think out loud while I wait for my 3G's keyboard to catch up with what I typed :tipsahat:
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Be advised that the iPhone 4S sale is only on until September 7th. The prices of the 32 and 64GB iPhones has dropped by $60 as well, so now hopefully someone will actually buy those. We still have both our original white 64s from launch.
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Just an update on being with Wind for awhile: I'm still really happy but my GF was getting antsy not being able to get a signal at home. We had submitted a few complaints using the network builder thing which I assumed were ignored. Last weekend Wind came out and setup a repeater in her area, now she gets 5 bars everywhere so shes loving it. Data speeds are about 5/1 which is pretty good, shes on the unlimited package and saving about $70 a month vs her old Rogers bullshit. All told it took them about a month from first complaints to implementation which is really good considering it's a small coverage area in Winona.
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God drat it. Is there some sort of CRTC complaint that I can lodge against Bell? EVERY month since I signed up for an LTE tablet plan, we have to call and have them correct our billing. It's wildly inaccurate every single time without fail. This month, despite the fact that our plan goes up to 5GB (we used 3.4 this month), we were charged $34 at the cost of $1.00/MB. Obviously, this doesn't even make sense. Just, like, I am getting tired of having to take this time out of my day to get this fixed, and it is a regular monthly occurrence. I want someone at Bell to get something official from someone to make sure they fix my loving billing and keep it working. It should not be this difficult.
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mediaphage posted:God drat it. You could try their ombudsman, or office of the president. It's like higher their customer service
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Anyone having 3g mobilicity problems in downtown van? I haven't been able to connect since last night. Normal service is fine EDIT-Never mind, contacted them. They've confirmed a 3g outage across the lower mainland that should be resolved later today. Scaramouche fucked around with this message at 21:03 on Aug 31, 2012 |
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Canukian posted:You could try their ombudsman, or office of the president. It's like higher their customer service https://www.ccts-cprst.ca/en/complaints/complaint-form Commissioner for Complaints for Telecommunications Services It's a terrible form to fill out but it's most likely what you're looking for. Also, don't mistake this for a government website, it's only a voluntary industry alliance (I think) or something like that. Anyways, whenever the Big Three are taken to task for anticompetitive behaviour they always quote the low number of complaints lodged against them via this service, which is hard to fill out and few people know about. on an unrelated note i'm pretty happy with what I just got from retention (Fido) $17.50 200 daytime minutes ev. unlimited from 5pm, w/e unlimited until 8am monday $(10.00) credit $5.00 voicemail & call display $5.00 200 sms $10 flex data ($10 > 100mb, $15 > 200mb, $20 > 500mb, $25 > 1gb, $0.05/mb <= 1gb) $0.40 911 total: $27.90+tx
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Wow, getting my number ported is a bit of a hassle. Can't receive calls so I call back to ask the sales guy at Mobilicity what the problem was, says I need the account number on my Virgin Mobile account. Not my PIN apparently, so I have to call Virgin's CS for it and the lady who gave me the number seemed to mumble it out for me. Hopefully it goes okay, I guess I'll see in a few hours if it does.
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