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Originally Posted by Cory Scheuer
well you cant use a bell phone on telus and vice versa because they are CDMA
now as for Telus or bell unlocking them i dont know, but you should know that rogers and fido are the only GSM providers in canada
and you couldnt have been a rogers wireless customer for 10 years because they havent even been open for ten years
Fido was the first GSM provider in canada and we have barely been open for 10 years lol
I'm not sure about the RIM thing, getting it unlocked voiding the warranty, i have no idea. But i mean there are tons of options out there for you to unlock your Rogers BB for you to use it over seas, so just use that, dont waste the cust service reps time with trying to get an unlock code cuz you wont get it
as for if its legal for them to keep the phone locked, my guess would be yes because the CRTC has yet to say anything, that and Rogers used to unlock phones BUT it costs $250 bucks to do it. its a way of keeping the customers. but now Rogers doesnt care, cuz the only other provider is Fido which is owned by Rogers so either way they are going to get the money from it.
lol either way if you want GSM rogers or fido is the only way to go. and from what i have seen since i have been working with Fido is that Telus and Bell are HORIBLE!!!! not only for customer service but for over charging and not giving a rats ass about you, i can garauntee that Fido will not treat you that way at all! you know how many credits i give out a month, anywhere from 1000-5000$. thats including adjusting errors, accidental roaming, and credits out of my pocket.
No the reason i saw Fido is good is not because i work there, i say that because i have friends on all the networks and OMG they stories out of there mouths is horrid! and on top of it my girlfriend is on rogers and whenever i deal with stuff for her, i swear it takes me about 4-6 calls to get to the right agent and will even look at helping me...
the diff between rogers and fido is everything, the only thing we share is the network. the plans are all diff, the phones, the way we handle out business is all different...
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Well, school starts soon enough, but I'll open up my class for you a little early. I've been with Rogers for about 12 years actually. There were other technologies prior to GSM ya know. Ted owned all of them, including Cantel AT&T and when it was just Rogers Cantel.
My point was this: this is a monopoly. I have the need for a GSM phone because I sometimes travel. I have the need for a Blackberry because of my work. I have ZERO choice in the matter in Canada. That's by definition a monopoly.
It's more than obvious that you're a Fido fanboy since you sell the product. You can't do anything for me since you don't sell Blackberry's. Why are you even in this topic anyways? Your points have nothing to do with unlocking the Pearl.
RIM told a friend of mine that they don't service unlocked phones. This doesn't make sense to me because a software lock doesn't break a phone. This is not right.
You made the assertion that it must be okay that they do it and so it's not illegal. You also mention the CRTC. Did you know that they only act when there's complaints?
So, it must be legal because the company does it? Ever hear of Microsoft?
I do plan on pursuing this and I will pass along any contact information I get for anyone also wants to complain. If enough of us actually do something about it instead of just complaining about it here, maybe something will get done.
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