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Cellular Phone Forum / Providers / Fido / July 2004Reception North and West Vancouver
I recently signed up with Fido, via Sprint Canada, using a Siemens Ericsson Z200. Reception in the area that I am using it in it, is so poor I have returned it to Sprint. Numerous calls from the Z200 establish connection i.e. ring and are picked, but no voice when answered. Also when called there is insufficient received signal strength, so voicemail picks up. These are calls between my wife and I so we exchange info after abortive call. I am very disappointed as I prefer GSM and worked on the original antennae installations with Fido in the mid 90s. Sprint Canada CS has been very good. Anybody else with similar experiences? Any chance of Fido adding antennaes in their current financial state? Most of North and West Vancouver is pretty good, I am surprised, but I don't believe anybody covers it well. I know hiking Grouse with friends, we came across a pair of locations on the trail to Goat mountain where Fido worked in one, and Telus in another, Rogers in neither, so it is to some extent a matter of luck. As for GSM, yes, i like it but I do think it is more of a matter of how well designed the system is. Rogers GSM, in my opinion, is shoddy in many locations. I live in Kits, so CityFido is perfect as my main phone on Fido. From my experience of sound quality, I would not be able to say that for Rogers GSM or Telus. It is defiitly worth talking to Fido. My experience is that they always tell you they will 'look into it and get back to you' but never do, but there are several locations where I have called about bad service and it has been fixed shortly after my call. St Georges school is one example, a Langly housing project is another. Maybe it was co-incidence, but it is worth calling. I also noticed that coverage up to Lions Bay and beyond has improved. Maybe just tweaking, but it is better, so I would not give up hope. Fido is doing OK - that is what scared Telus into trying to buy it. It is expected that the 25% foreign ownership limit will be removed and the rumour is that they have foreign investors willing to help. They are also doing well with CitiyFido. I don't expect a major increase in area of coverage, but i think it quite likely around the edges of the major cities they already cover. Andrew > I recently signed up with Fido, via Sprint Canada, using a Siemens Ericsson > Z200. Reception in the area that I am using it in it, is so poor I have [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Anybody else with similar experiences? > Any chance of Fido adding antennaes in their current financial state? > I also noticed that coverage up to Lions Bay and beyond has improved. > Maybe just tweaking, but it is better, so I would not give up hope. It will only grow and get better :) : > I also noticed that coverage up to Lions Bay and beyond has improved. : > Maybe just tweaking, but it is better, so I would not give up hope. : : It will only grow and get better :) Only if there is sufficient demand. I have wondered why it is not better, given that Fido makes a lot more on calls up in Whistler, namely LD charges plus airtime. (which for Vancouver customers on CityFido is I believe 20c per minute). On the good side, the financials are looking better, albeit not as good as I had hoped. But with Craig McCaw involved, it is looking up. It seems to me that there is a desperate need to at least do Squamish, and complete Nanaimo to Victoria. Anyone there in the know that can hint at some timing? Andrew > : > I also noticed that coverage up to Lions Bay and beyond has > improved. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Only if there is sufficient demand. Get the Siemens M55. The Z200 is a horrid phone in terms of RF. Check out howardforums.com for more info if you need it. > I recently signed up with Fido, via Sprint Canada, using a Siemens Ericsson > Z200. Reception in the area that I am using it in it, is so poor I have [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Anybody else with similar experiences? > Any chance of Fido adding antennaes in their current financial state? I think that you mean "Sony-Ericsson" and not Siemens Ericsson. In any event, there are some posts about the low quality (signal strength) of the Sony Ericsson Z200 which many people say is an entry (low level) phone. > I recently signed up with Fido, via Sprint Canada, using a Siemens Ericsson > Z200. Reception in the area that I am using it in it, is so poor I have [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Anybody else with similar experiences? > Any chance of Fido adding antennaes in their current financial state? It has EVERYTHING to do with the phone... The Z200 is a horible phone when it comes to reception... Try a Siemens, Motorola or a Nokia... TPG > I think that you mean "Sony-Ericsson" and not Siemens Ericsson. > [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > Anybody else with similar experiences? > > Any chance of Fido adding antennaes in their current financial state? I should indeed have said Sony Ericsson. Thanks for the correction. Also thanks for all the other responses. Regards > I think that you mean "Sony-Ericsson" and not Siemens Ericsson. > [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > Anybody else with similar experiences? > > Any chance of Fido adding antennaes in their current financial state? |
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