Guest Sundancefisher Posted December 20, 2008 Posted December 20, 2008 The wife hinted a lot that she wanted a cell phone for emergencies. I opted for a Bell $20 plan. 100 minutes a month and unlimited weekends and evenings. I was amazed that the sales guys left me with a bad impression. They really seemed to try and cheat me IMHO. First they try and make me pay $25 for a phone that the sign states is $0. Then they put in $35 month plan on the contract which I notice prior to signing. Then they neglected to tell me I should get $50 in accessory credit. It took 1 hour and I felt bad about the purchase. In this market...that is a bad thing. There is supposed to be no charge activation and no monthly access fees. We will see if they honor that! Hopefully the wife will be happy and the bills will be correct. Anyone else out there have a Bell cellphone? How has the service been etc? Cheers Sun Quote
Taco Posted December 21, 2008 Posted December 21, 2008 I considered switching from Telus to Bell but found that rates, plans and coverage was pretty much identical between the 2 companies so I stayed w/telus, 6 of one, half dozen of the other. Quote
birchy Posted December 21, 2008 Posted December 21, 2008 If you want good customer service, then Rogers is the way to go. We deal with all 3 major carriers on an almost daily basis at my work, and Rogers blows Telus and Bell away in the customer service department every time. Quote
Nick0Danger Posted December 21, 2008 Posted December 21, 2008 Rogers, *hit kicks bell and telus in coverage. Been all over south east alberta and i get coverage everywhere. Quote
Taco Posted December 21, 2008 Posted December 21, 2008 only in about half the places I work, too many blind spots and their coverage seems to magically disappear @ Alberta border, I seldom travel or work along the main routes Quote
birchy Posted December 21, 2008 Posted December 21, 2008 Was going to make a similar comment Nick.. but then I thought maybe it's because i'm mostly in downtown Calgary. To me though.. the fact that Rogers is a GSM network makes them a no brainer. If you ever plan on using your device out of the country, then it's an easy choice to make. Quote
maxwell Posted December 21, 2008 Posted December 21, 2008 Rogers, *hit kicks bell and telus in coverage. Been all over south east alberta and i get coverage everywhere. no way dude had a roger phone for 3 years and have way more coverage with my telus teh past 5 all over ab in some weird spots too! and many spots my rogers one gave no signal.... telus all the way imho....... cellyphone palns suck but if u talk too teh lady real good u get sick plans and dotn really gotta pay out the ass for it...... its all about sweet talkin teh ladies dude!!!!!!! Quote
lonefisher Posted December 21, 2008 Posted December 21, 2008 Down in this southwest corner of Alberta Telus is the only one with any coverage so I had to get one of them for work.... Haven't had any trouble with them myself..... the sales lady even gives me recipes for mexican food Quote
dube Posted December 21, 2008 Posted December 21, 2008 Buying a cell phone on any contract is the equivalent of bending over no matter who you go with as far as I'm concerned. They are expensive, poorly made and there are always fees on top of fees. You have to pay for convenience. I started with Telus and will likely stay with them just so I don't have to go through all the crap with another company to end up with ultimately the exact same product. Just my 2 cents. Quote
Taco Posted December 21, 2008 Posted December 21, 2008 Buying a cell phone on any contract is the equivalent of bending over no matter who you go with as far as I'm concerned. They are expensive, poorly made and there are always fees on top of fees. You have to pay for convenience. I started with Telus and will likely stay with them just so I don't have to go through all the crap with another company to end up with ultimately the exact same product. Just my 2 cents. exactly Quote
Castuserraticus Posted December 21, 2008 Posted December 21, 2008 Switched the wife to Virgin mobile - they piggy back on the bell system and are way cheaper Quote
Nick0Danger Posted December 21, 2008 Posted December 21, 2008 Apple used rogers for 1 reason, they have the bandwidth to grow and have speed. Considering that Bell and Telus are going GSM as well, rogers just seems like the right choice and with work i have used all 3 companies. Quote
npauls Posted December 21, 2008 Posted December 21, 2008 I just hooked up to virgin to. They have none of the fees that the other companies charge and their plans seem to be quite a bit cheaper then all the others. Quote
reevesr1 Posted December 21, 2008 Posted December 21, 2008 Just signed up the wife and two kids on Rogers. Bill is exactly what they said it would be, which in my experience is strange for a wireless company. I signed them up at costco of all places. 3 Sony-Ericsson Walkman phones, no connection fee. Got $75.00 per phone ($225 total) in Costco money as well. Did have to do the 3 yr contract thing, and I'm pretty sure I'm going to have to pony up for unlimited texting eventually. But I was pretty happy with the service. Quote
KingSalmon Posted December 22, 2008 Posted December 22, 2008 no way dude had a roger phone for 3 years and have way more coverage with my telus teh past 5 all over ab in some weird spots too! and many spots my rogers one gave no signal.... telus all the way imho....... cellyphone palns suck but if u talk too teh lady real good u get sick plans and dotn really gotta pay out the ass for it...... its all about sweet talkin teh ladies dude!!!!!!! haha agreed. one time i forgot i even had my phone on me, and got a call near the top of a mountain on a hike in Banff lol. never really had problems with reception for Telus. My cousin on the other hand has Rogers, and couldn't even text message in some towns in BC...was no prob with Telus though Quote
Simpson Posted December 22, 2008 Posted December 22, 2008 I myself have been very pleased with Bell. Billing and service have been excellent. I got my package boxing week one year and the sales gal hooked me up huge. I used to carry everything with Telus..cell..homePH...internet, ther slowly lost all my business due to poor service....at the end of the day I sure you can have nasty experiences with all carriers. Quote
Guest Sundancefisher Posted December 23, 2008 Posted December 23, 2008 Turns out that we signed on with SOLO via the Bell Store. I will keep my fingers crossed! Quote
Guest KnottyGirl Posted December 23, 2008 Posted December 23, 2008 Turns out that we signed on with SOLO via the Bell Store. I will keep my fingers crossed! I had nothing but trouble with Bell... they have no idea what "Customer Service" means. They even disconnected my phone for no reason once while I was on vacation. Took me a good two days to sort it all out, and all they had to say was "oops, our mistake, sorry". I recently switched to Rogers and have no complaints so far. Quote
agbff Posted December 23, 2008 Posted December 23, 2008 its all about sweet talkin teh ladies dude!!!!!!! $400 coat, 80% off and alls i had to do was ask for her number! Quote
Guest Sundancefisher Posted December 23, 2008 Posted December 23, 2008 $400 coat, 80% off and alls i had to do was ask for her number! Does your sister work there? That is cheating ya know... Quote
agbff Posted December 23, 2008 Posted December 23, 2008 haha i already got her number. Jealous? My telus bill is always rediculous... i have called them a bunch to try and get a better fitting plan, no luck. triple digit bill Quote
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