somewhat OT. What do people think of Telus

[Christopher Browne]

On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 3:58 PM, James Knott <james.knott-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> William O'Higgins Witteman wrote:
>>
>> I have not looked
>> hard at Wind or Virgin or Koodo, but I plan to relatively soon.
>
> I believe Koodo is Telus's 2nd line and Virgin is on Bell.  IIRC Wind roams
> on Rogers, when their own network isn't available.

You could also throw in that:
 - Fido is the "downmarket" captive of Rogers
 - Bell has 2 "downmarket" lines in "Solo Mobile" (operating for many
years) along with the recent Virgin Mobile acquisition.

Wind does indeed roam on Rogers; it's not quite like the others in
that Wind is not in any sense owned by Rogers.

There are more two cell providers around:
- Public Mobile, which is targeted at the low income, low mobility
market.  If you leave their coverage area, you have NO service.  Thus,
at this point, the moment you leave Toronto, your phone stops working,
and you might just as well shut it off.

- Mobilicity, once called "Dave" (I thought Dave was a pretty cool
name), will be quite similar in service offerings to Wind, once they
open.  Supposedly "in the spring."  It already seems pretty
Spring-like, to me...

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