3 Comments to “Bell Turning on GSM This Month – Telus Due for October”

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   Posted by: Nikolaus Walch

   September 11, 2009 at 5:13 pm EST

   Wow! As a T-Mo user in the US, when I go home to Canada I keep my 8900 off because I HATE Rogers, and don’t want to give them a penny. When I am around wifi (family and friend’s houses) my 8900 is on T-Mobile again, woo hoo! If Bell and Telus turn on GSM, then I’ll consider roaming on one of their networks, hopefully Telus’!

   Dream: Telus and T-Mo play nice to partner up and allow me to switch from one network to the other painlessly and without charges. Could be? Could be?

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   Posted by: brill

   September 11, 2009 at 8:54 pm EST

   Your right to hate Rogers, they are a money sucking bunch of wankers. Absolutely terrible service in every capacity. I hope Bell will force them to put their contracts in perspective but they’re all out to screw the little guy. I envy US carriers, at least they try to be fair to their customers as opposed to Canada where your wallet gets drained.

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   Posted by: Steve

   September 21, 2009 at 10:57 am EST

   Hate to be the one to burst your “bubble”, but you don’t actually make any money for the local carriers when you roam. The carriers don’t do charge backs between them (the system to monitor it would cost more than the delta of $ changing hands). So, yes, the startling truth is that those massive data roaming charges you pay are straight gravy for all of the carriers.

   So, hate them all – this is a universal practice amongst them.

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