I am curious about which service  people who say they are leaving Fido are
going to?  No question, that Rogers has cut back on Fido services since
taking over  (or charged more or both). BUT... how do Fido's prices stack up
against the competition today? That's the important question - the only
question, not how today's Fido prices and services compare to the old Fido
in October 2004.

As someone who signed up for the unlimited national flat rate plan (and why
didn't y'all?), I simply could not afford to leave Fido. I am on my cell
phone for about 2,000 (mostly daytime) minutes per month, use up about 400
minutes in long distance calls, all for $70 per month. And now for $5 extra
I get on the extended network. (Contrary to what the Fido website says, they
will let people with the flat rate plan into the extended network option)

From time to time I get calls from Bell, Telus and even Rogers sales people.
But nothing they can offer comes close to what I have - once the three or
six month honeymoon  is over.  Even if I wasn't on flat rat, the per second
billing method would save me about 30-40% over the competition, even with
nominally similar rates.

Yes, if Mr Rogers decides not to renew my flat rate and long distance deal
and also abolishes per-second billing I probably will switch, but not until
then.

Take a reality check people!!

It must depend on when you are calling. I called them on Friday during
business hours and maybe waited 10 minutes on hold (on my cellphone) or
maybe they just answer people who call *611 or 611 faster than they answer
people who call using landline phones.