To be fair, you're putting forth a very American view. As an Australian, I've taken my (legitimately, from the factory) unlocked phone onto several networks across the globe. Including T-Mobile (because AT&T refused to let me on without a 2 year contract while travelling)
If you're not happy with AT&T, then go somewhere else. Easy. Plenty of others will happily taken your money. It's nothing to do with the iPhone device, it's about your choice as a consumer.
Well, I of course stated that Fido is a Rogers company, so that's nothing new. But there are definite differences in the services they are offering and how they do it.
As I mentioned, Fido offers plans with no contract. Also, they waive the system access fees. They also offer per-second billing (which I don't recall Rogers offering, but I could be wrong)
As another post stated, it's a lesser of all evils, and that's the best we can hope for
Well frankly, I'd rather deal with a person that can help out, rather than make me feel like I'm causing them a hassle.
I'm *sure* they know the rest of the market enough to suggest alternatives offer worthwhile advice.
At least if they were helpful to me I wouldn't swear off them forever. As it stands now Rogers won't (directly) get my business in the foreseeable future.
Now to wait and see what Bell/Telus bring to the table so Rogers don't get a dime.
I've just moved to Canada and brought my (legally) unlocked iPhone from Australia with me. I have a two year working visa here.
Rogers were unhelpful, and said a) they could not let my phone on the network, and b) they could offer me a new iPhone with a three year contract (despite my insistence I'd only be here for two at most, legally).
Fido (a Rogers company, of course) were more helpful, offering a month-to-month plan (i.e. no contract) with relatively acceptable rates and allowed me to use my device on the network. Fido++
I avoided any contract at all, though, because there's strong rumour that Bell and Telus are launching a combined GSM network sometime this month (or next) so they can cash in on the iPhone and try and get some roaming dollars when people arrive for the Winter Olympics next year. So competition is soon to arrive, and Canada's mobile telephony options should be much more interesting soon!
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You could surely bribe them by buying them a few thousand cameras :)
To be fair, you're putting forth a very American view. As an Australian, I've taken my (legitimately, from the factory) unlocked phone onto several networks across the globe. Including T-Mobile (because AT&T refused to let me on without a 2 year contract while travelling)
If you're not happy with AT&T, then go somewhere else. Easy. Plenty of others will happily taken your money. It's nothing to do with the iPhone device, it's about your choice as a consumer.
Well, I of course stated that Fido is a Rogers company, so that's nothing new. But there are definite differences in the services they are offering and how they do it.
As I mentioned, Fido offers plans with no contract. Also, they waive the system access fees. They also offer per-second billing (which I don't recall Rogers offering, but I could be wrong)
As another post stated, it's a lesser of all evils, and that's the best we can hope for
Well frankly, I'd rather deal with a person that can help out, rather than make me feel like I'm causing them a hassle. I'm *sure* they know the rest of the market enough to suggest alternatives offer worthwhile advice. At least if they were helpful to me I wouldn't swear off them forever. As it stands now Rogers won't (directly) get my business in the foreseeable future. Now to wait and see what Bell/Telus bring to the table so Rogers don't get a dime.
I've just moved to Canada and brought my (legally) unlocked iPhone from Australia with me. I have a two year working visa here. Rogers were unhelpful, and said a) they could not let my phone on the network, and b) they could offer me a new iPhone with a three year contract (despite my insistence I'd only be here for two at most, legally). Fido (a Rogers company, of course) were more helpful, offering a month-to-month plan (i.e. no contract) with relatively acceptable rates and allowed me to use my device on the network. Fido++ I avoided any contract at all, though, because there's strong rumour that Bell and Telus are launching a combined GSM network sometime this month (or next) so they can cash in on the iPhone and try and get some roaming dollars when people arrive for the Winter Olympics next year. So competition is soon to arrive, and Canada's mobile telephony options should be much more interesting soon!