Goggles9
join:2003-01-26
North York, ON
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3 edits | The Telus iPhone? Maybe
Howard forums has posted that Telus may be offering the iPhone in October, one month after they go GSM, here is the link: »www.howardchui.com/2009/06/22/is···o-telus/
Apparently the iphone is not exclusive to Rogers, the problem here is Telus is part of the big 3 cartel, I cant see Telus being anymore generous then Rogers.
As the timing goes just maybe Telus will have to make some kind of a peace offering because Globalive has targeted a GSM start up around October (give or take).
As much as Id love to have an iphone, its starting to look like things are going to heat up in the next little while, just maybe right now is not a good time to buy the iphone even thought there is a 6 gig promo around for a limited time, is there anything Telus can offer that is different such as a 1 or 2 year contract, Telus just loves 3 year contracts as much as Rogers, but for many people the 3 year contract along with SAF is a deal breaker , I love the iphone, but I can take it or leave it.
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elwoodblues
Elwood Blues
join:2006-08-30
Toronto, ON
| I'm sitting on the fence right now.. my contract is up and I keep thinking i want to pull the trigger and get an iPhone.. but if Telus is going to offer it.. more ammo for me come October.
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Goggles9
join:2003-01-26
North York, ON
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| Im with you Elwood, right now you dont see much in price or attitude change with the big 3, but it seems like the retention departments are working overtime, like it goes, its easier retaining a customer then finding a new one, I think something is going to give in the next 60 days. |
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dirtyjeffer
Merry Christmas
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join:2002-02-21
London, ON
·Rogers Hi-Speed
| what kind of coverage is Telus going to have one month after launch??...from what i recall, they were only going to offer the HSPA coverage to start at the Olympics (unless this is a network wide deployment, but i don't think it is)...so while they may offer the device, it may be somewhat like the "old" Fido was...you could use it in the city, but that's it (and a limited number of cities).
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WackyGaru
join:2009-02-10
Grande Prairie, AB | It will be a lot better than Fido's deployment ever was this I can guarantee  |
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artich0ke
join:2009-03-18
canada
| reply to elwoodblues
There are two problems, first is the telus iphone won't be able to fall back onto the CDMA network, whereas the fido/rogers iphone can fall back onto GSM.
Secondly, tethering on telus costs $8 per megabyte, whereas with fido/rogers it is included in the data plan.
Telus still can't compete. |
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artich0ke
join:2009-03-18
canada
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said by Goggles9  :Howard forums has posted that Telus may be offering the iPhone in October, one month after they go GSM Telus isn't going GSM, they are upgrading to HSPA. |
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I_H8_Spam
join:2004-03-10
Dundas, ON
·Cogeco Cable
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1 edit | reply to Goggles9
IF YOU ARE NOT LOCKED INTO A CONTRACT DO NOT SIGN ANY RIGHT NOW.
Starting in Q4 2009 Globallive will open for business, and if they kept any plans like what was leaked in May the RobberTelandHell Cartel will be in big trouble.
7.2MBPS HSDPA on the same spectrum used by T-mobile (1900mhz) in the states. Prices like 39.99 for 500 day Canadawide, unlimited E & W/E at 6pm. No SAF, and only 12 month contracts, or PPU offerings with limited phone incentives.
RobberTelandHell will be forced to respond in price.
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T-Molbile recently (past 24 hours) Leaked a 3G Iphone memo with full 7.2MBPS HSDPA in a quad freq setup. so GSM 850-900-1800-1900 for full world coverage. |
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Goggles9
join:2003-01-26
North York, ON | reply to artich0ke
HSPA is part of the GSM 3g network |
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danf
join:2005-11-10
Abbotsford, BC
| reply to artich0ke
said by artich0ke :
Secondly, tethering on telus costs $8 per megabyte, whereas with fido/rogers it is included in the data plan.
That's not exactly true. Rogers said it's included in the data plan until 2010. Who knows what'll happen after that. Anyone who wanted to tether previously would have to jailbreak their phone to do it. |
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artich0ke
join:2009-03-18
canada
| said by danf : That's not exactly true. Rogers said it's included in the data plan until 2010. Who knows what'll happen after that. Anyone who wanted to tether previously would have to jailbreak their phone to do it. It's true there may be an additional charge in the future ($5/mo maybe?), heck telus might even lower its prices from $8/MB (it would surprise me tho)... Anything is possible. But as it stands now, tethering is included on all data plans above 1GB. |
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artich0ke
join:2009-03-18
canada
| reply to Goggles9
said by Goggles9 :HSPA is part of the GSM 3g network It's based on GSM, but GSM phones will not work on telus's HSPA network. |
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Goggles9
join:2003-01-26
North York, ON
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1 edit | reply to Goggles9
Mobile Magazine just posted the possible Telus iPhone about 2 hours ago. link: »www.mobilemag.com/2009/06/25/app···is-fall/
or just google Telus iPhone, the web postings are going up by the minute. |
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AnonMobileGuy
@telus.net
| reply to artich0ke
Yes, GSM phones will work on TELUS's HSPA network, that is one of the primary reasons it was built, is to leverage the wholesale/roaming market that Rogers is cashing in on. Carriers like Virgin Mobile generate millions in revenue for Rogers every year. |
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WackyGaru
join:2009-02-10
Grande Prairie, AB | No GSM phones will not work on the new TELUS network. Only HSPA phones will. The network is not backwards compatible. |
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Goggles9
join:2003-01-26
North York, ON
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The interesting thing here is, how is Telus going to handle the iphone affair, I was a Telus customer for 7 years before I moved to Rogers, I found the Telus business practices just as bad as Rogers, but the Telus attitude change was starting to happen in 2005 I found, it started to change to a Rogers attitude, I dont know if Telus has changed in the last 4 years, but if the Telus iphone package is on about par with the Fido package, I would tend to go with the Fido/Rogers package just because the CSR are still in Canada (but this could change), Im a bit of a stickler dealing with off-shore CSR's that I can hardly understand and Id rather see these jobs in Canada. |
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mlerner
Premium
join:2000-11-25
Nepean, ON
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| reply to WackyGaru
said by WackyGaru :No GSM phones will not work on the new TELUS network. Only HSPA phones will. The network is not backwards compatible. It is if GSM modules are installed on the network, everything except the air interface is shared in a GSM network so all you need to do is add modules for GSM and if AnonMobileGuy works for Telus it could very well be true. |
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NefCanuck
join:2007-06-26
Mississauga, ON
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Would this Telus iPhone end up being released across the country or only in specific regions?
My contract is up early next year and the iPhone is the one issue that makes me even think about switching 
NefCanuck |
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Goggles9
join:2003-01-26
North York, ON
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| said by NefCanuck :Would this Telus iPhone end up being released across the country or only in specific regions? My contract is up early next year and the iPhone is the one issue that makes me even think about switching NefCanuck Nobody knows at this moment, the Telus iphone is a possible leak. |
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beachside
@telus.net | reply to mlerner
There will absolutely not be any GSM network deployed by Telus. Only HSPA. Telus has been very clear on this point.
All phones that have HSPA also have GSM, but the GSM part will only be used for roaming outside of Canada. |
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