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More info?)
sbdot wrote:
> Well, those charges (vmail, call-id, combo) have been brought up to
> rogers level in no time. I wonder if they're discontinuing the
> university deal that gives you the combo or fido-to-fido for free? If I
> was a betting man, I'd say that's probably out the window March 1st as
> well. It looks like the government was right about this merger not
> affecting competition at all.
>
> Anyone have any word on the progress of this number portability thing?
> I'm cancelling my fido account at the end of this billing cycle and am
> wondering if I can keep the number for my pager?
>
>
>
> JF Mezei wrote:
>
>> Caller ID up to $5.00
>> Voice mail to $5.00
>> Combo CallerID and voice mail at $8.00
>>
>> Effective March 1.
>>
>> Air time charged for acces to voice mail. But for monthly packages, no
>> air time charged when accessing voice mail from landline. (for now).
>>
>> Fido is still marketing CityFido until March 1 and supposedly many
>> people are taking advantage of this last opportunity.
>>
>> An interesting side note: when Fido discontinued local phone number to
>> get Fido support, it also removed the ability for someone in Montreal to
>> call the vancouver telephone number and get service for an additional 3
>> hours. The 888 number now detects origin of call and switches callers to
>> the appropriate menu hiearchy depending on their time zone.
>>
>> According to the 4 legged furry CSRs, rumours about about upcoming
>> changes. 6 months is the pretty standard time when things really start
>> to change in a merger like this, and Rogers is right on schedule.
>>
>> What will be intersting is whether Rogers will bring Fido branded
>> services to the same price as Rogers ones, or if Fido will remain
>> cheaper or if Rogers will price Fido higher than Rogers to foster
>> customer migration.
im also waiting for mobile number portability
here in Canada, it's already availlable in the
united states for a while now, my guest would be
Bell corp lobby sleeping with the CRTC officer so
we will have to wait longer
anyone with fresh info on this matter would be appreciate