Rogers vs Fido?

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I concur with you about the Haliburton area being 850 friendly...
(The other area that I need 850 for is my house; in a valley near
Merrickville; the only 2 signals that reach there are 850 mhz and analog
bell... go figure...)


"Brian G" <br1anNO@SPAMmail.com> wrote in message
news:OMmdneL4rrBq4JzeRVn-iA@rogers.com...
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> "Brendan McCullough" <bmccull.nospam@shaw.ca> wrote in message
> news:n7aMe.26806$vj.13747@pd7tw1no...
>> DevilsPGD wrote:
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>>> That's the phone I was planning on buying when I got up this morning,
>>> but it only does 900/1800/1900MHz, it doesn't do 850MHz which is what
>>> Rogers is apparently using in some/many areas.
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>> I think this 850 stuff is way overblown. I haven't experienced any
>> Rogers coverage area yet that is 850 only. Occasionally a dual-band
>> handset will work better than a 1900 only one, but the difference is
>> slight. Look for the other features you require first.
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>> Brendan
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> You haven't gone up north have you? I went up to Halliburton a couple of
> weeks ago and I had no signal at the cottage with my Euro tri-band Z600
> but my buddy on Rogers with a Nokia with 850Mhz had good coverage. When I
> came back I was able to get the Fido CSR ,after he did a lengthy
> consultation with the techs, to admit that Rogers used 850 only in rural
> areas. He did say something about them looking into a solution for the
> problem Fido users without 850 faced but YMMV.
>
> Brian
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>

 

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My mistake, the RAZR is $299 is store as well. There is also a sweet
new RAZR BLK coming out. I'm not sure on details. For $200 on a 3 year
you could get a Moto 635i, which is a much more feature rich phone. It
doesn't come with the accesories that the RAZR does, but is a MP3
player (comes with 512MB memory stick!), and has bluetooth, a better
camera than the RAZR, RF is almost as good as the NOKIA 3595 was,
excellent email client, and you can connect to your computer via usb,
and view the data just like an external hard drive.

 

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In message <1124289755.542712.200520@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>
"scotA" <scot.mcalpine@gmail.com> wrote:

>My mistake, the RAZR is $299 is store as well. There is also a sweet
>new RAZR BLK coming out. I'm not sure on details. For $200 on a 3 year
>you could get a Moto 635i, which is a much more feature rich phone. It
>doesn't come with the accesories that the RAZR does, but is a MP3
>player (comes with 512MB memory stick!), and has bluetooth, a better
>camera than the RAZR, RF is almost as good as the NOKIA 3595 was,
>excellent email client, and you can connect to your computer via usb,
>and view the data just like an external hard drive.

Still $399 in the stores I checked (I called around Calgary a little). I
debated watching for the black Razr, but honestly, I'm not confident it
would stay looking good, black tends to show scuffs more then silver.

I looked at the 635i, but by the time I buy the accessories it's the
same price as the Razr. I already have more then enough MP3 players,
and I carry at least two digital cameras with me most of the time, so I
can't see the investment being worth it at this point.

--
'Outlook not so good.'
That magic 8-ball knows everything!

 

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On 17 Aug 2005, at 07:42:35 [GMT -0700] (00:42:35 Thursday, 18 August 2005
where I live) "scotA" wrote:

> There is also a sweet
> new RAZR BLK coming out. I'm not sure on detail

Been out in Asia / Pacific for a few months now.

--
Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?

 

[Jamed]

Its simple, Fido billes per sec, vs Rogers per min, Nothing more Nothing less i would never sign any contact with any of them because you never know some company like T-mobile will step up and lower the prices for all consumers in canada .....

I buy all my unlocked phones from this site www.selectgsm.com never sign contract if you don't have too ...

think about it where in the world would you pay $30 a month for 1mb of data service ... we as consumers are limited because of this ... fido + rogers deal and the only GSM network in Canada.