new deal at fido

just thought id let u guys know about this :)

$40 a month .. for unlimited local calling .. its called cityfido .... check it out at www.cityfido.ca

Dude thats a sweet deal!

Sounds good. I've been waiting for the price to come down. How good is Fido's reception compared to the other cells? :confused:

They want people to get rid of there Telus Land Lines, you can even transfer your house number on to your cell ;)

i heard that fido is going under though..

telus sucks..

they dont have competetive rates.

fido WAS goin under .. i bet u anything with this new deal they will steal the market


as for reception, as long as u stay in civilization u get very nice reception ... on the roads outside of the mainland (out past hope) it wont work .. doesnt work in kelowna .. but works just fine in whistler, and ALL of lower mainland . including chilliwack, mission, abby, maple ridge, etc etc

i admit ,, it does suck though as soon as u step outta town ... but i dont really care .. i dont travel lots

on another hand, its the best service out in the states ... fido and cantel are the only providers that use the GSM network (the whole world uses GSM) .. and cantel has JUST begun to use it .. telus and bell and 2/3 of cantell are still on the dianasour PCS network

Thanks for the update on reception Payam. My concern is will the cell phone work indoors like in my basement suite. That way I can cancel my regular phone. Don't need two phone bills. :no:

Steve: simple solution .. invite me over for beers and i'll see if my phone works in ur basement ;) then u'll know

i just called to change my plans .. bastoids said i had to call BEFORE my billing cycle was over WHICH WAS YESTERDAY :mad: .. so now i gotta wait till next month to get my plan in action

Open bar at my place tomorrow. It'll be drum time so if you have sensitive ears bring plugs. :eek:

dude! they're so trying to push their new plans, they keep calling me day in day out.

$25 free unlimited to any other fido user, 1000 evening and weekends, 100 weekdays and other services like txt msging and call waiting...

Originally posted by sideways_Into_3rd
fido WAS goin under .. i bet u anything with this new deal they will steal the market



LMFAO :D :D :D !!!
You're joking, right?

Fido is on the way OUT of the market...they're trying to hold on for dear life right now and that's why they're pretty much giving away cell phone service. What do you think will happen when 5 million people get on this new plan? The customer service and call quality will suffer...which means paying out your a$$ in the long run. Take a look at their financial reports over the last year...the parent company (Microcell) is barely surviving!

PCS technology is NOT archaic...CDMA (Telus) is actually a newer technology than GSM. Hong Kong (arguably the world's largest business district) recently invested billions of dollars into CDMA technology to run their cellular infrastructure.

You are right about one thing...GSM is the world's largest cellular footprint...which means its basically an international standard. One problem though...FIDO phones (although they're GSM) will NOT work in other GSM areas (without modification)...so what's the point of having that technology if you cannot use it (easily)?

Fido sucks, plain and simple :).

Couldn't have said it any better my self LuCiFeR97Z28. FIDO is :dead: :yuck: :barf: I can hardly understand how they survived this long.

Originally posted by LuCiFeR97Z28
You are right about one thing...GSM is the world's largest cellular footprint...which means its basically an international standard. One problem though...FIDO phones (although they're GSM) will NOT work in other GSM areas (without modification)...so what's the point of having that technology if you cannot use it (easily)?
What are you talking about. When I went on holidays I went to Portugal, when I landed in London my phone transferred to the vodaphone network without touching a single thing. When I landed in Portugal it transferred to TMN (Portuguese network) while I was in Portugal I received all my calls, msgs, and I even got caller id showing the 604 area code. While I was in Portugal I could go into my phone settings and switch to any network that I wanted to.
What modifications are you talking about? I didn't do a single thing.
I actually like my fido phone because when I get sick of my phone I can switch it to any GSM phone on the market and not go through the cell provider and pay an arm and a leg for me to switch to a new phone.
I started of with a pos Nokia phone but now I have a Motorola V60, and I love it.

They all suck. Telus is sneaky. My bill runs about 150 a month. Add that up over the year. Its a big waste of fu*cing money. Unfortunately I need one.:(

u guys are just freaking jealous :p

stuck with a 10 year old CRAPPY plan that charges u by the minute .. while i pay $40 per month and get UNLIMITED local calling on my phone which gets KICKASS signal anywhere i go :p take ur stupid telus phone .. and shove up it ur wazoo :p

$150 a month
thats crazy, with fido's new plan you can talk on your phone 24/7 to any local number and still only pay $40 a month

I have a fido phone here with a brand new unopened 25 $ chip and un used phone # you can have for 40 $ . Its a black ericson t18z flip phone . Is pretty small . When u insert the new chip from the package they sent it will activate the phone automaticaly .