SMS rates increase - what can we do ?

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On Fri, 11 Jun 2004 23:50:17 GMT, Just Me <someone@somewhere.net>
wrote:

> there are a lot
>>> of immigrants who use SMS to keep in touch with those back home (in the
>>> Philippines, Japan, China, etc.). Fido *was* the chosen provider for
>>> these people, a
>
>Hey do like I do get a program called CHIKKA from http://www.chikka.com/
>its free fo me to send and only one peso for them to reply,

It's 2.50 pesos

 

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Uhm... care to explain how they are better?

As mentioned, I've driven across Canada plenty and can vouch for the
fact that microcell coverage is practically non-existant outside of
major metro areas. Not sure if they've bothered upgrading in the last
while, but there was no coverage on large stretches in between major
cities as well, such as zero coverage in Kingston. and large swathes
of 401 without coverage. I also mentioned to zero coverage once you
head north of Toronto until you get to Winnipeg (how many hundreds of
kilometres is that... about a thousand?).

Now if they start gouging and jacking up their prices to match Rogers,
why on earth would anyone stay with them? I am of course assuming
that people get mobile phones because they are, well.. mobile. People
who get a cell phone and just make calls from home should stick to
Fido, because they make about as much sense as Fido's recent strategy.

JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@teksavvy.com> wrote in message news:<f3091ac2865d5d414f265fd846c404d9@news.teranews.com>...
> sbdot wrote:
> > noticing the changes when I left. The new 'Service Agreement' that I
> > got in the mail, the new 2 year contracts, now jacking up the SMS
> > fees... Who do they think they are, Rogers?
>
> Their decisions in the last couple of years have almost all been designed to
> reduce the gap between them and the big telcos.
>
> The fact remains however that Fido is still better than the big bad guys.