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PostPosted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 10:51 am
 


Title: Get ready to pay for incoming text messages
Category: Business
Posted By: bootlegga
Date: 2008-07-08 10:25:53
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 10:51 am
 


$1:
Bell and Telus customers can avoid the charge by switching to Rogers, which says it has no plans to institute a fee to receive a text message. But Bell and Telus both charge penalties if customers break their contracts, at $20 for every month remaining on a broken contract up to $400.


In the States, a change like this means that the provider broke the contract first, and you should be able to get out at no cost. Is it different in Canada?


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PostPosted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 11:09 am
 


I'm dropping my Telus cellphone within the next month. I've had enough.


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PostPosted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 11:11 am
 


I don't understand these idiots. I can't wait to rid myself of telus.


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PostPosted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 11:28 am
 


I'm lucky, we have a regional provider here called Tbay Tel. I give the big fuck you to the big three and not give up having a cell phone.


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PostPosted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 11:30 am
 


$1:
pay-per-use customers


why are people surprised by this? Thats what that service is called PAY PER USE.

Get a plan :roll:


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PostPosted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 11:36 am
 


kitty kitty:
$1:
pay-per-use customers


why are people surprised by this? Thats what that service is called PAY PER USE.

Get a plan :roll:


Perhaps some wiser folk don't wish to be locked into a contract with Canada's modern day robber barons.





PostPosted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 11:53 am
 


saturn_656 saturn_656:
kitty kitty:
$1:
pay-per-use customers


why are people surprised by this? Thats what that service is called PAY PER USE.

Get a plan :roll:


Perhaps some wiser folk don't wish to be locked into a contract with Canada's modern day robber barons.

Break a couple of telus mobility contracts and see what happens,they dont play nice.Telus sucks,they suck so bad they offered me a $1.25 bonus if I phoned a certain number but the call would have cost more then the bonus,all because of 92% dropped cel calls
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 12:44 pm
 


kitty kitty:
$1:
pay-per-use customers


why are people surprised by this? Thats what that service is called PAY PER USE.

Get a plan :roll:


I agree that it is pay per use, but charging people for incoming texts will mean people pay for spam texts. I don't know about you, but I don't want to pay anything for a chance to redeem my winning Netherlands Lottery ticket.


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PostPosted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 12:46 pm
 


you can block it so you dont receive text if you dont want them

anyone who uses text has SOME kind of plan and those pland have unlimited incomming text


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PostPosted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 12:54 pm
 


Its funny how Bell and others can change the terms of a contract when its still in force.. I think people should just say screw it. if your contract is up. don't enter into another one.. So far in my cell contract they have raised the rates and now charging for text messages.. show them you mean business... get out of bell when you can..


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PostPosted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 1:16 pm
 


You know, in Russia, where they only really started their cell phone industry in the last ten years, things are pretty different. There are at least half a dozen companies, despite the crumbling phone infrastructure they managed to provide service in a country almost twice the size of Canada without all the ridiculous anti-competitive BS regulations and we have here. No locked phones. No money-grubbing plans and cheap pay as you go service if you want.


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PostPosted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 2:02 pm
 


Ah, capitalism.


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PostPosted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 2:47 pm
 


I haven't had any problems with Telus.... yet. But I have a decent plan :D


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PostPosted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 3:00 pm
 


I think this is a whole lot of screaming over nothing. We are talking 15 cents. If you are getting that much spam on your cell maybe you need to be more careful about who has your number. I think cell contracts suck donkey balls in general. I use pay and talk, what am I ever gonna do without that 15 cents :roll:


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