Comments on: Telus and Bell Going HSPA, Hungry for iPhone 3GS in Canada?

By: Moarliek

Moarliek — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:16:42 +0000

@James The reason Bell and Telus are rolling out HSPA is so they can later upgrade to LTE, which is a 4G standard. Rogers won’t be the only one with 4G.

By: PaddyJ

PaddyJ — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 20:43:46 +0000

Great News! It was a happy day for me when I ditched those rude SOBs at Rogers. Telus is great. They’re polite, helpful and have better deals and better reception. The only thing missing was the iPhone.

By: James

James — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 18:39:08 +0000

Bob, I sure hope you eman customer service, not network service, because Bell uses Telus’s CDMA network so you’re getting the same ‘service’ in that regard. As per the switch as an ex-Bell employee now working for Rogers with a ton of contacts I worked with at Bell for years and years, GSM is coming, but I’d hold off any drastic ship-jumping until coverage maps are provided. Think local, not national (local that is if you live in Southern Ontario, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Montreal, Winnipeg, Saskatoon or Halifax and don’t plan on a lot of travelling). As for the iPhone, yes, Rogers does have an exclusivity deal in place for the previous gen. and the new 3GS, however it is a set term (can’t say how long) and doesn’t cover any new generations (hint, hint) which may come out in the form of a 4G iphone. Keep in mind Roger’s new 4G network, set to launch around the same time as Telus and Bell’s 3G GSM, gets speeds of up to 21Mbps!!! Lastly before you get too excited about anything being promised by Bell, remember that they got bsuted a few months ago for advertising 3G service and when pushed to explain how that was possible, they said that it was unrelated to what is commonly known as 3G around the world and instead was their in-house abbreviation for the fact that they were on their “3″rd “G”eneration of CDMA phones. AKA they B.S.’d as they usually do to try and seem like they aren’t a dinosaur.

By: Crystal

Crystal — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:06:54 +0000

This is VERY exciting news for me, i really want an i-phone but not if that would mean me having to leave Bell who i have been with now for 7 years and LOVE LOVE LOVE their customer service, to go over to crappy rogers and deal with there bs customer service is not even an option!!!!!! Wonder how many people will leave rogers and their crappy ways as soon as this happens… hmmmmmm

By: Bob

Bob — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 21:32:10 +0000

I've had nothing but good experiences will Bell, having been with them for 5 or 6 years now. I've still got 8 or 9 months left on my contract with them and was seriously considering holding my nose and going over to Rogers/Fido to goet me an iPhone when it expired. But if Bell may be carrying it soon I'm happy to stay with Bell.

And it'll be a cold day in hell before I go to Telus. I ditched them for home phone and cellular years ago and will never look back. Worst service EVER.

By: sumguy

sumguy — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 03:27:50 +0000

I hope this is true (I hate Rogers/Fido) so that I can finally consider buying an iPhone cause the only thing I have close to it is my iTouch 2G… All because it’s 60 bux a month… outrageous

By: mdick

mdick — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:59:34 +0000

I have been speaking with Telus Loyalty for the past few weeks about the Samsung Omnia and they told me that they are going to GSM in September and they are getting the iphone it is just a matter of when possibly October or maybe January. They staff does not know until it shows up!

By: JD

JD — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 18:27:17 +0000

I am dying to get an iphone, but i’ve been a Bell customer for years and I love their customer service, they’ve always been great. I’d probably switch to Rogers if I had to in order to get an iphone, but if there is a chance that Bell might get it, i’ll wait.

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:54:22 +0000

HI i have been told by numerous people that iphone will be coming to bell and telus in september of 2009 or october of 2009. I have heard this from the manager of a bell mobility store and friends who work for bell.

By: Sofistikated

Sofistikated — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 20:00:23 +0000

I am with Fido here in Montreal and was lucky enough to have gotten the 45$/month plan (unlimited incoming/outgoing calling) about 2 years ago. To that I added the 30$/month for 6gb of data and the 20$/month 2500 text messages etc. I think my plan is just perfect as I can use everything as much as I want. I like Fido.

By: DC

DC — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 14:34:36 +0000

JC, ummm, no. Unless you have evidence of an actual exclusivity contract between Rogers and Apple that the rest of the world doesn't know about, the consensus understanding is that they do not. Unlike AT&T in the US, most international markets at this time have multiple carriers with the iPhone.

Exclusivity costs carriers big money, and back when the original 3G launched, there was absolutely no need for Rogers, the sole GSM carrier, to pony up any additional dollars, since they were by default the only network capable of supporting it.

By: JC

JC — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 23:34:05 +0000

HEY EVERYONE,

SO LETS PUT THIS INTO VIEW FOR YOU ALL. ROGERS AND IT’S FIDO BRAND WILL BE THE ONLY CARRIERS OF THE IPHONE – APPLE AND ROGERS HAVE A EXCLUSIVITY CONTRACT WHICH STATES APPLE WILL NOT SELL THE PHONE TO ANYONE ELSE EXCEPT ROGERS FOR THE TERM OF THE CONTRACT – IT’S GONNA BE A LONG WAIT FOR YOU BELL AND TELUS CUSTOMERS

By: Ahmed

Ahmed — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 23:31:12 +0000

It is an open secret that monthly rates are partly decided by Apple as it gets a cut out of monthly plans. So it is unlikely that Apple will allow its profits to reduce by letting two carriers get into a price war. Take France and India by way of examples. Both of these countries have more than one carriers but the rates are the same for all.

By: iKris

iKris — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:00:08 +0000

I’ve never dealt with Bell – but I can’t stand Telus. I’m much happier with Rogers then Telus. I’ve never had good customer service with them – and I think it says a lot out here in Edmonton at least that lots of people would rather go with SHAW (a cable proider that offers phone service) then Telus. So I’ll be interested to hear what people think of Bell if this is indeed true.

By: Simon

Simon — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:33:59 +0000

Ya I hope their get the iphone. Greedy Rogers will finally lower the price of their plans.

By: kevin

kevin — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:12:32 +0000

Yeah, it is believable only time will tell..Now dat Apple is selling the iphone without a contract at Rogers/Fido store and also Future shop..dat means 2 me dat maybe more carriers r coming and Apple is tryin’ to sell their product to many people as possible..plus we all know dat Bell/Telus r suppose 2 be launching their HSPA service in 2010…For me, i’ll be waiting for more cheaper and advantages plans.

By: Trae

Trae — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:52:47 +0000

Telus always bent over backwards to make me happy. Rogers treats me as though they’re grudgingly doing me a favour by taking my business. I only switched for the iPhone and I’d go back if I could.

By: Steven

Steven — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:47:09 +0000

Bring it on. I hate Rogers and only use them cause there is no other choice for iPhone….

By: Carl

Carl — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 05:14:25 +0000

Hooray for competition!

By: IcemanYVR

IcemanYVR — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 04:01:38 +0000

I’m a huge fan of Bell, Their customer service is really good, and they for the most part, have had decent price packages. The second I can put a Bell SIM card in this Unlocked iPhone, I will terminate my Rogers contract, and switch back over to Bell.

By: miss

miss — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 03:52:27 +0000

i love bells network, cdma is great in canada, esp for us here in the atlantic. and love the iphone. so this is great news, hope its true!

By: Mopig

Mopig — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 03:26:41 +0000

I hate all major carriers except Fido. I HATE the system access fee. Rogers has it but Fido doesn’t… wtf? If Telus/Bell do get it, I wouldn’t mind. More of my friends will be able to get iPhones and prices, even if only by a little, will probably be better .