chezmax | End of an Era

So, today, I cancelled my Fido cell phone plan. It's been good times and many years (I think I got my first cell phone with them in 2001 or 2002... it was this one).

I had the G310 for years, and then I had a Sony Ericsson T310 (310 was a good number) thingie with a nasty colour screen seen here... then I had a Hiptop 2, then another Hiptop 2. Then when I started working here and got a BlackBerry on the company, I gave the HT to

the_infamous_j, which still had the best dataplan: $20 unlimited, though you'd be pressed to be able to use more than about 25 MB a month with it.

Eventually,

the_infamous_j got a BlackBerry as well, we switched to the absolutely horrendously overpriced BlackBerry data plans; $60 for 25 MB of Data (and occasionally overage charges, so Jer hardly ever used it).

Due to the iPhone's impending release, Roger's has severely dropped their consumer BlackBerry data plan rates, and Fido didn't follow suit (in fact, when we asked today, they don't even offer new BB plans)... So we went over to Roger's (as much as I hate the company) and signed up for their new BlackBerry plan: 300 megs for $30. Now that's what I'm talkin' about: that's more inline with what data should cost. :)

So, goodbye Fido. You were such an awesome little carrier that could, back in the beginning. Before Roger's bought you out and stomped all over you and made you suck.

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balatro.livejournal.com

Mmm...iPhone. My whoring butt will be in line in the middle of the night Thursday gabbing with the super dorks. :)

chezmax

I like having a keyboard. And Bold is totally more awesome :)

(and it costs too much here)

I seriously considered the Bold but I'm just in love with how enjoyable my iPhone is to use. I know. I'm a fanboy. :)

jphoenix.livejournal.com

Well, hopefully Roger's customer service has improved since I worked for them in 2002-2003. Their customer service policies, and their service in general sucked then. I guess it could only get better :)

The girl at the store was nice. :)

I hope to never have to use their customer service. :)

indigofire-net.livejournal.com

You did know that Rogers bought Fido a long time ago, right?

It's not like you've gone over to the dark side. You were always there - or at least, your money was always going to the same place.

Not that I can claim much better. Telus isn't exactly angelic, I've just had pretty good luck with them - and specifically avoided data plans.

-iF

You did read the last line right? "You were awesome be... oh, it's not clear that I meant the buy out. :P

There, adjusted the entry to mean what I meant it to mean.

And yes, but it's still slightly weird cancelling a service I've had years and years, even if it's to a different segment of the same company.

Have to admit to scanning... it's the best I can do to keep up right now.

The cell phone companies actually bank on that. Only way I've ever gotten good deals is by threatening to switch. Amazingly enough, it's worked every time.

-iF

Well, we went from $60 + $20 + $11 + fees ~= $100 for the service we had before to $30 + $25 + $11 + fees ~= $75, and got 12 times as much data. I'd say that was worth switching for :)

kraig.livejournal.com

It's not just cell phone companies. Seems lots of companies would rather have new customers than to retain old ones. Then they complain that customers have no loyalty. Why should we?

Apparently they're being more evil because now Rogers announced 6GB of data for iPhone for $30/mo.

HAHAH! ROGER'S CAVED! AHAHAHAHAH!

Eh I can see why. Same as the data being $10 cheaper here at first. They know they're going to sell TONS of data plans so its worth their while to give a little.

This is likely why they caved:
http://news.google.ca/?ncl=1226306159&hl=en

(I hope that link works... it's the 128 media articles all being rather negative about Roger's... tee hee!)

From what Engadget said yesterday, no Apple store outside the US will be selling the phones only the local carriers. I hate dealing with carries so my butt will be in line at an Apple store. :(

Kind of. It's a limited promotion. *smirk*

taffer.livejournal.com

Fucking Rogers. Cell phones in Canada suck because of them and Bell being colluding whores.

I still want an iPhone, but I don't want to be raped financially every month. Hell, we're not going HD through Rogers because the cost of their PVR is ridiculous and their HD lineup isn't awesome.

Their recently announced 'launch plan' is pretty awesome. 6 GB for $30 on 3G capable phone.

You want one Taffer...you want oneeeeee...joinnnnn us. :)

Except I'd still have to pay for the phone (and they'd probably try to bone me for an early cancellation on my current phone), and the SDK doesn't run on my iBook. *sigh*

Maybe it's time to upgrade *hide*

epi-lj.livejournal.com

My data plan with Telus is $45 for unlimited data.

That's pretty sweet. What kind of phone?

I have a Motorola Moto Q9c, but they have Blackberries and HTC devices also.

BB pricing seems to be unique on carriers, due to RIM getting a cut, and it requiring backend hardware.

beskippy.livejournal.com

Fido's data plans SUCK.

Recently they did announce their "unlimited data for $7" plan... but reading between the lines, I get the impression that you are limited to using the built-in WAP browser through their proxy (though AFAIK it does include things like their Facebook and IM plugins). The TOS for it explicitly exclude many non-included apps such as: Google Maps, Opera Mini, and email.

Wow, thanks Fido. Those last three are the ONLY things I actually want to use on my phone. The only reason I'm still with them is due to the good deal I still have which is City Fido.

I think they all now have a 'unlimited wap browsing' option. :)

which is extremely cheap, for exactly those reasons/exclusions.

compwizrd.livejournal.com

we pay $50 for 25 meg of traffic on mine.. i doubt telus will ever drop their rates..

oh, and i'd be hard pressed to use 25 meg a month, since it's well below dialup speed anyways.

JiveTalk and casual web browsing can put it over 25 in a month, especially in bad coverage :(

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