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More info?)
sounds good about the numbers, thanks for the info.
"JF Mezei" <jfmezei.spamnot@teksavvy.com> wrote in message
news:4190C151.83D9B41A@teksavvy.com...
> PS wrote:
> > does it seem likely that current Fido customers will be able to keep
their
> > Fido numbers, if they stay on with Rogers in the future?
>
> In all likelyhood yes. Phone numbers are valuable and finite resources.
Rogers
> probably doesn't have 1 million spare phone numbers right now, so it would
be
> pointless for it to acquire new numbers and then handle the costs of
moving
> Fido customers, compared to just keeping the fido numbers and just moving
them
> to Rogers telephone switches.
>
> > also, now that Fido is part of Rogers, does that mean that current Fido
> > customers are not eligible for any "new activation" discounts from
Rogers?
>
> Rogers' policies on customer retention will probably become apparent in
the
> next couple of weeks.
>
> Since Rogers has just spent 1 billion bucks (or whatever amount) to
acquire
> Fido customers, they probably can't justify additional acquisition costs
to
> get a customer they already have.
>
> However, it is likely that customer retention department will elaborate
some
> interesting policies with regards to keeping Fido customers in the Rogers
family.
>
> I woudln't be surprised to see a policy that doesn't give you any goodies
if
> you want to move to Rogers, but will extend the red carpet if you want to
move
> to Bell/Telus, at which point, they may offer you some Rogers package.
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