Comments on: Bell and Telus to Launch the iPhone in Canada Next Month?

By: Tyler

Tyler — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:41:10 +0000

I have to agree with the people on here who support Telus. I had been with Telus for about 7 years until recently the company I worked for offered a group rate on a Rogers iPhone. Naturally I took them up on the offer. Now 5 months into it I can't wait to move to Telus. Using my friend's Telus SIM card he got with his Blackberry 9530 I have actually been able to connect to the Telus HSPA network in parts of Calgary already on my iPhone.

Rogers service is terrible, never ONCE did I have to wait more than 1 minute on hold calling Telus support. I have yet to get through to Rogers support in LESS than 9 minutes. I get absolutely terrible coverage outside of major centers, including a few not-so-small highways (aka Highway 9) which has been verified by every other Rogers/FIDO friend I have. If Telus and Bell get even 75% of the coverage for HSPA that they get for their CDMA network I will be far happier than I currently am at Rogers. Just go check the coverage maps and you will be blown away. Hell, Rogers doesn't even pretend to cover places like Ft Smith in NWT while I have had solid Telus coverage there for 6 years.

By: raynz

raynz — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:48:13 +0000

Adam Bell and TELUS do not have **** networks. The issues your friends are having with texting are more then likely directly related to issues with their actual phones which these providers do not make. If your friends are downloading music or applications on their hand sets this can cause errors in regards to how the phone performs. Tell them to call their providers tech support.

As for comment:

"Well good for Bell and Telus… as for no edge, when 3G drops, they will lose data access on that phone and maybe even voice as well. Hopefully they can find a work around between now and then…"

3G is already common technology. Bell and TELUS have already jointly built the HSPA network. The next upgrade is to 4G which should be around 2012.

Rogers is the provider that should be worried. TELUS has already maintaned suprisingly low churn rates on their wireless clients and have the greatest amount of data subscribers/smart phone users due to their push on smart phones and future friendly brand image.

By: RM

RM — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:03:03 +0000

Well good for Bell and Telus… as for no edge, when 3G drops, they will lose data access on that phone and maybe even voice as well. Hopefully they can find a work around between now and then…

By: Bobby

Bobby — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:00:59 +0000

With regards to comment # 6 made by sunfaller “I can definitely confirm that the iPhone is definitely not one of them”. You need to get your facts straight, especially if you work for 1 of these carriers. Telus has a section on its website devoted to the upcoming iphone 3gs. Personally, I am really excited about this and will be one of the first to pick one up!!

Cheers

link:

http://www.telusmobility.com/en/ON/home/

http://promotions.telus.com/registration/

By: iKris

iKris — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:20:46 +0000

It's official - Bell getting iPhone in November.

Bell Canada (TSX:BCE) says it will begin offering two models of the Apple iPhone smartphone in November, a move that will put added pressure on rival Rogers Communications (TSX:RCI.B). It will be the first time Bell has offered Apple smartphones, which have only worked in Canada on the Rogers wireless network. It's been anticpated for months that Bell and Telus Corp. (TSX:T) would begin offering Apple smartphones once the two phone companies rolled out their new wireless networks. Bell announced Monday that its new high-speed wireless network will be ready across the country in November, ahead of its original deadline. The Montreal-based company said Tuesday it has an agreement with Apple to start offering the iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS in November. Bell has Canada's second-largest installed base of wireless customers after Rogers Communications Inc. (TSX:RCI.B), which also owns the Fido brand.

By: SpeedRacer

SpeedRacer — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:11:02 +0000

Update: Bell officially announced this morning that it will carry the iPhone. No more speculation. It is coming to Bell!

By: SpeedRacer

SpeedRacer — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:08:52 +0000

@Adam, you must work at Rogers right!?

Forget Rogers!

By: Adam

Adam — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 12:51:19 +0000

Telus and Bell think that their coverage is good now. They have no idea what adequate coverage is like. They suck. I send a text to someone on bell and it doesn’t even get there until hours (or sometimes an entire DAY) later. Rogers or Fido are instantaneous.. Bell and Telus are shit networks. Every friend I have on those networks constantly has problems with their phones. And they treat their customers like shit. Rogers is waaaaaaay way better and I’m betting Rogers’ HSPA network is still going to have way more coverage than theirs..

By: Sunfaller

Sunfaller — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 05:47:33 +0000

As someone working for one of those providers and currently undergoing training about the new network and launch devices, I can definitely confirm that the iPhone is definitely not one of them.

By: Woodja Blome

Woodja Blome — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 05:28:08 +0000

@4 I’m guessing you’re not one of the OG iPhone people who had a 2G?

By: Stephen

Stephen — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 02:06:38 +0000

I would cry if I had to use my iPhone on a GPRS or EDGE network

By: someone

someone — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 01:47:26 +0000

they will NOT need anything to fall back on since they will have HSPA+ coverage EVERYWHERE… unlike rogers where its mostly edge and HSPA in urban cities…

By: G

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 01:35:16 +0000

I guess they’ll just fall back to GPRS.

By: icebike

icebike — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 01:13:40 +0000

Is it even possible to have GSM and NO Edge?

I thought it was all sort of lumped in together on the same towers.