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Cellular Phone Forum / Providers / Fido / December 2003Fido expanding coverage anymore?
Is Fido going to be expanding the number of cities covered in Alberta? It seems once they added Highway 2 coverage(kind of had to) that was it. Admitedly this probably gives Fido coverage to about 2/3 the population but still major cities are not covered. > Is Fido going to be expanding the number of cities covered in Alberta? It > seems once they added Highway 2 coverage(kind of had to) that was it. > Admitedly this probably gives Fido coverage to about 2/3 the population but > still major cities are not covered. Umm.. Grand Prarie or Whitecourt? Major cities? Sure.. I don't think they're going to expand into Grand Prairie, Fort McMurray or any other backwoods area in Alberta (they're all backwoods really, but I digress) unless they're paid to do it, like Rogers was. If I was Microcell and I was thinking of expanding, I'd expand across the Transcanada. That's where the vast majority of the population lives. I still find it mind-boggling that there's no coverage from north of Toronto until you get to Winnipeg, yet there are fairly large cities on that TC span (Thunderbay, Sault St-Marie, etc). No coverage in Kingston (?!) either. Bell and Rogers both have coverage in those areas. As someone mentioned, they can give up on that national provider thing if they expand cityfido into Toronto and Montreal (that would give them a larger customer base than they could ever handle, so forget coverage expansion in the near future). > > Is Fido going to be expanding the number of cities covered in Alberta? It > > seems once they added Highway 2 coverage(kind of had to) that was it. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Umm.. Grand Prarie or Whitecourt? Major cities? Sure.. I would like to see Fido (Microcell) expand NE BC to NW AB. Mainly from Fort St. John, Dawson Creek, Grand Prairie areas. Like to oil patch area. Lots of business there. > I don't think they're going to expand into Grand Prairie, Fort McMurray or > any other backwoods area in Alberta (they're all backwoods really, but I [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > > > Umm.. Grand Prarie or Whitecourt? Major cities? Sure.. >still find it mind-boggling that there's no coverage from north of Toronto >until you get to Winnipeg, yet there are fairly large cities on that TC span >(Thunderbay, Sault St-Marie, etc). No coverage in Kingston (?!) either. >Bell and Rogers both have coverage in those areas. I find it kinda troubling that they don't have coverage along the 401 between Toronto and Montreal, actually. It's a fairly well-travelled route. Their Toronto coverage cuts out just east of Oshawa, and doesn't pick up again until somewhere jsut west of Montreal. not sure where, exactly, but I was on a VIA train about half an hour from the station before I caught the signal the last time I was out that way... You'd think they'd at least have Toronto-Montreal-Ottawa covered... > You'd think they'd at least have Toronto-Montreal-Ottawa covered... You'ld think so.. hmmm... >> You'd think they'd at least have Toronto-Montreal-Ottawa covered... > >You'ld think so.. hmmm... I meant the highway routes between the three cities... > I find it kinda troubling that they don't have coverage along the 401 > between Toronto and Montreal, This has been discused a lot in the past. Give the pooch a break. Its just had major reconstructive bankrupcy surgery. It did Montreal-Québec and Montreal-Ottawa, probably because of government contracts that generated enough revenus and required that coverage. Lets face it, AT&T and Bell are far more likely to get trucking contracts. They have far more coverage along long haul highways. Covering only the 401 wouldn't really give Microcell much of a chance because it would still lack Toronto-Sudbury as well as Ottawa-Sudbury-Winnipeg. Being Québec based, the québec government probably gave Fido contracts as the local pet. But they couldn't really expect any treats from the Ontario government which might have otherwise justified Toronto-Prescott-Ottawa. Also, Quebec-Montreal and Montreal-Ottawa are short enough distance that car/bus travel is competitive. But for Toronto-Ottawa, air travel is the competitive one for government travel. > You'd think they'd at least have Toronto-Montreal-Ottawa covered... It is covered on Analogue. >> I find it kinda troubling that they don't have coverage along the 401 >> between Toronto and Montreal, > >This has been discused a lot in the past. Give the pooch a break. Its just had >major reconstructive bankrupcy surgery. Your points make sense. I'm not going to argue that. I guess I was posting more from the perspective of mild annoyance than anything else. Microcell's got such a good network in the places that I usually frequent (except a 30-foot diameter dead spot at the top of my street that's been there since I signed on) that it's irrationally annoying that they don't have coverage everywhere. I mean, it'd be impossible from a financial stand-point, like you've pointed out. But still... Sorry about the minor rant. I guess this would be a sensitive topic, just like lack of coverage in other areas... >> You'd think they'd at least have Toronto-Montreal-Ottawa covered... > >It is covered on Analogue. Well... I might actually have a Motorola Brick (MicroTac) kicking around somewhere... I wonder if the thing still works... Until Bell eliminates the analog network, in some places, could be as early as six months away. G M "> > It is covered on Analogue. > Until Bell eliminates the analog network, in some places, could be as early > as six months away. > > G M Is this true ? They are in the process of removing the analog network ? > Until Bell eliminates the analog network, in some places, could be as early > as six months away. Seriously, has Bell begun to dismantle its analogue network ? Does CDMA has the same range from a tower as AMPS ? Is Bell simply shifting all of analogue bandwidth over to CDMA ? What about AT&T ? How is its roll out of 850mhz GSM coming along ? I've heard that bell will be eliminating AMPS in areas where CDMA coverage is excellent, and expanding the CDMA areas that need improvement, then dropping AMPS from those areas. Eventually, they will be eliminating AMPS all together. G M > > Until Bell eliminates the analog network, in some places, could be as early > > as six months away. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > What about AT&T ? How is its roll out of 850mhz GSM coming along ? Actually, if you get off at the 416 and head toward Ottawa, it picks up halfway there and they have coverage on the 417 from Kanata through Ottawa, then gone again. Agreed, it's horrible. They should at least have solid coverage from Quebec through to Windsor ('the corridor') where most of the Canadian population lives. Some coverage in other major cities such as Kenora, Sault-St Marie, Thunderbay and Medicine Hat to name a few would also help. What can you do. You get what you paid for. If coverage while travelling in Canada is critical, your best best is probably Rogers, but you'll pay through the nose with the nick-nack fees. Heck, their unltd eve/wknd packages, while a rip-off, at least used to start at 6pm. They now pushed them to 8pm and give your your original 6pm for an extra ten dollars a month. Then again, fido took away voicemail/call-id that used to be included in most of their plans and charges an extra five for it now (which you don't have to pay if you're a student with an ISIC card... hint hint). At least they still have insane deals on phones. > >still find it mind-boggling that there's no coverage from north of Toronto > >until you get to Winnipeg, yet there are fairly large cities on that TC span [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > You'd think they'd at least have Toronto-Montreal-Ottawa covered... >Then again, fido took away voicemail/call-id that used >to be included in most of their plans and charges an extra >five for it now With the exception of a few selected plans, Fido NEVER included Caller ID and Voicemail with their packages. They've always been an extra, and they've always cost $5. You must be thinking of Clearnet.  SignatureSteve Punter http://www.arcx.com/sites > > Is Fido going to be expanding the number of cities covered in Alberta? It > > seems once they added Highway 2 coverage(kind of had to) that was it. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Umm.. Grand Prarie or Whitecourt? Major cities? Sure.. Hmmm..I was thinking more Medicine Hat(TransCanada and Highway 3) and Lethbridge(Highway 3 and the so-called Cana-Mex highway) |
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