BryceS
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Re: iphone - will be here?
All providers allow you to use an unlocked phone. |
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sbrook
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Assuming the provider will permit you to use an unlocked phone. |
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cluster5
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You can have an iPhone on Rogers or Fido, if its unlocked.
For those who read threads on howardforums, there's one quoting an article from TheStar mentionning TELUS is thinking implementing a GSM network in big center to gain market share of the roaming user pie currently eaten completely by the glutton that is Rogers.
Telus does have good price on data (15$ unlimited). One can only speculate when and IF it'll ever happen. |
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JayMan
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IF it will be months after Rogers. I do believe Fido is planning on getting Windows Media Phones in the next 60days as well as blackberries. |
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bryanviper
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what about Fido? Anybody know if Fido is getting the iphone also? I hope so! since rogers is getting it but you know how rogers is...
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said by sbrook  :Interesting, some of you work for Rogers knowing that Rogers takes leaks of company info very seriously and yet you post the leak here? Something weird about that. I think if you know what a lot of us around here actually do for a living your weird feelings would get a whole lot worse... 
As as far Rogers goes I think some of us have the wrong picture of what actually the rules are over there...
(Disclaimer my employer does not have a forum on DSLR or for that matter any forum...) 
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said by JayMan :sbrook take a look at » www.howardforums.com/ Rogers has this site whitelisted on there own systems so employees can access it at work. Nothing top secret is going to be told to you. Hmm very interesting I think I might join. 
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said by BryceS :Unless an employee can show me a picture of a Rogers branded iPhone then there's no proof. If anyone here could show you I don't think they would. Employees have a pretty strict policy they have to follow... And for non-employee Beta tester leaking information could land up being very a bad thing..... 
It's not worth the risk to any-one with a little common sense.
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JayMan
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said by sbrook :Interesting, some of you work for Rogers knowing that Rogers takes leaks of company info very seriously and yet you post the leak here? Something weird about that. sbrook take a look at »www.howardforums.com/ Rogers has this site whitelisted on there own systems so employees can access it at work. Nothing top secret is going to be told to you.
And yeah only Telus tosses employees into vans for reprogramming. |
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JayMan
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said by joshb :said by JayMan :Should make for some interesting price changes and you will see Rogers get the Iphone damn fast if it becomes true that Telus is going GSM. Telus and Bell have both Talked about this more times than I can count from 1 - 100 while walking from Calgary to Toronto... Every time they have talked about it they have decided against it for multiple reason...One being cost... And besides the fact it would take them a long time (at least a year) before they got the conversion (up and running) forget completed. Rogers will fore-sure have the Iphone rolled out way before than.... Any way you cut the time line... And Jayman as far I new you work for company who Rogers contracts with to "in source" the call centers... Your not a direct Rogers employee.... Please correct me if I am wrong... My Rogers employee numbers says I belong to them. I have a @rci.rogers.com email. so I must belong to them |
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BryceS
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No, only Telus sends the white vans after their employees.
Unless an employee can show me a picture of a Rogers branded iPhone then there's no proof.
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sbrook
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Interesting, some of you work for Rogers knowing that Rogers takes leaks of company info very seriously and yet you post the leak here? Something weird about that. |
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BryceS
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I bet Telus and Bell will setup a roaming-only network for BC for 2010.
Why would Telus/Bell switch to GSM when they can wait and save money.
They will have to go backwards and deploy a 2G network and then release a 3G network then move a 4G network.
CDMA/EVDO --> GSM/HSDPA --> LTE
CDMA/EVDO --> LTE
Which path seems cheaper?
"Researchers at Nokia Siemens Networks and Heinrich Hertz Institute have demonstrated LTE with 100 Mbit/s Uplink transfer speeds." |
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said by JayMan :Should make for some interesting price changes and you will see Rogers get the Iphone damn fast if it becomes true that Telus is going GSM. Telus and Bell have both Talked about this more times than I can count from 1 - 100 while walking from Calgary to Toronto... Every time they have talked about it they have decided against it for multiple reason...One being cost...
And besides the fact it would take them a long time (at least a year) before they got the conversion (up and running) forget completed.
Rogers will fore-sure have the Iphone rolled out way before than.... Any way you cut the time line...
And Jayman as far I new you work for company who Rogers contracts with to "in source" the call centers... Your not a direct Rogers employee.... Please correct me if I am wrong...
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Here's the deal with the iphone,
Rogers is going to release the Iphone. What they are doing though is waiting for the 3G version of the Iphone. I have heard rumors that they might have it testing...
They decided not to release it on the current generation EDGE network...As holding off would / will give you the customer a better user experiance not to mention much better bang for your buck when the data plans get re-done again for the 3G Network. If they roll out the plans I am hearing in the rumor mill it will be well worth the wait... 1 gig for $65 is going to look like a rip off...
It's just a matter of time...
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JayMan
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BryceS some of us work for Rogers so not 100% speculation.
yeah that talk of Telus going GSM is interesting.
Should make for some interesting price changes and you will see Rogers get the Iphone damn fast if it becomes true that Telus is going GSM. |
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macedon
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taken from howardforums:
In any case, the timeline is perfect for Q1 of this year. It appears that Comwave has ammended their trademark use of the iPhone and Apple has officially filed their trademark in the Canadian Trade-mark database. |
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BryceS
join:2007-09-17
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Everything about the iPhone coming to Canada is speculation. |
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macedon
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hmmmmm interesting thanks for sharing
currently i am reading this thread:
»www.howardforums.com/showthread.···=1271071 |
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jfmezei
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>We at Rogers are getting the Iphone but there is no release >date yet.
Rogers wouldn't be able to announce it would offer the 3G version of the Iphone until Apple lets the cat out of the bag (this tuesday ?)
It wouldn't be smart for Rogers to start to carry the old version when everyone knows Apple is to start to offer a 3G version.
Of course, this will be an interesting challenge for Apple:
For 2.5G:
850, 900, 1800 1900mhz.
For 3G:
2100 in the world. 850-1900 for canada/USA.
So to add 3G, they'll have to add 3 new "frequencies". |
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