said by Maynard G Krebs :said by Rogers :
Cant do that they have IME Filtering for there data plan. All NON-Rogers Phones aren’t able to use the good data rates. It cost about $15CND per MB on a NON-Rogers branded Phone.
There has to be some Competition Bureau rule about this.
Imagine that you move to Canada with your unlocked GSM phone (common in Europe and Asia) and are told that your ratified GSM standard-meeting phone capable of use on the Rogers/Fido network is not allowed to be used under the same terms and conditions as a phone that Rogers supplies.
Hell, it could even be *exactly* the same model number and they'd still screw you on the data plan.
The government really screwed up when Fido was taken over by the banks. They should have allowed T-Mobile or somebody else from outside Canada to buy Fido and force the domestic companies to be honest (if that word could ever be used in connection with ANY telecom / cable company in this country), and competitive (I know, again with the pipe dreams).
I think that the CRTC should void Rogers rights to the airwaves for 3 months as a penalty. Bye bye Ted.
I'm sure that Ted would like to prevent anyone from accessing the internet at home via Rogers Hi-Speed unless you bought your computer from him too.
I agree with you 100%. I still remember back in 2004 when i heard that Robers was going to buy Fido... I KNEW that prices will triple and that the good plans would be axed on the spot. And that's exactly what happened. The entire population got screwed in the end all thanks to the dead meat government/CRTC.
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