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Cellular Phone Forum / Providers / Fido / February 2004Sympathy for Vancouver users
I'm in Vancouver for a couple of days from Toronto, and 95% of my outgoing calls have been "System Busy". Wow. The majority of my incoming calls aren't incoming, and my text messages are arriving late. Oh geeze, if they bring CityFido to Toronto, I sure hope they have a more robust system. I called Fido to inquire about it while in Vancouver, and all she could do is apologize. :: tony funny thing Tony, I experience the opposite in Vancouver. User experience n Toronto is similar to what you described below, but that is changing.. > I'm in Vancouver for a couple of days from Toronto, and 95% of my > outgoing calls have been "System Busy". Wow. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > :: tony Hehe, sense of DejaVu anyone? > I'm in Vancouver for a couple of days from Toronto, and 95% of my > outgoing calls have been "System Busy". Wow. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > :: tony Yeah, is name is "Tell Us!" So how much did Bell and / or Telus pay you for this drivel? 95% of your calls had system busy..........give me a break! > I'm in Vancouver for a couple of days from Toronto, and 95% of my > outgoing calls have been "System Busy". Wow. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > :: tony That's odd. I have been with Fido since 1 month after they came on the scene 1997 or 1998 (can't remember) and I can _honestly_ say that in that time I have had no more that 20 "system busy" messages. Been with City fido for 1- 2 months and _never_ had even 1 Smells like Telus doing something odd. >I'm in Vancouver for a couple of days from Toronto, and 95% of my >outgoing calls have been "System Busy". Wow. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > >:: tony Jim Quinn "It is better to die on your feet than to live forever on your knees" Dolores Ibarruri 1895--1989 > That's odd. I have been with Fido since 1 month after they came on the > scene 1997 or 1998 (can't remember) and I can _honestly_ say that in > that time I have had no more that 20 "system busy" messages. In montreal, I often get system busy message at the Lionel Groulx metro station, and it has been that way always. But you press redial one or twice and you get through. Note that on landline, for a long time, I would often get fast busy trying to call downtown offices at 10:00 am. (I woudl then use my Fido to get through no problem). As long as trhe fido "system busy" messages don't last more than a few seconds, I don't mind. > That's odd. I have been with Fido since 1 month after they came on the > scene 1997 or 1998 (can't remember) and I can _honestly_ say that in > that time I have had no more that 20 "system busy" messages. Been with > City fido for 1- 2 months and _never_ had even 1 > > Smells like Telus doing something odd. Yes. It's called "trolling alt.celluar.fido." :P  Signature"Any sufficiently advanced stupidity is indistinguishable from malice." Thanx for all the replies. But no, I'm not a Telus "troll", or whatever it was called. (ha ha never heard that term before, its kinda cute.) I've been using Fido in Toronto for years and years. I had to make a brief switch to Rogers AT&T when my company refused to pay mobile bills outside the corporate plan. When they finally abandoned the corp plan, I switched right back to Fido. It was good to be back :) (For what its worth, I hated the Rogers service.) I have ZERO problems with Fido in Toronto, honest. But I'm serious when I had ALL those problems in Vancouver earlier this week. I wrote the message on this board after calling Fido, and I admit I was a bit pissed. I still love Fido, but I found their explanation kinda lacking. Maybe you guys were right and it is my handset, but they should have suggested that I have someone take a look at it? Anyways, sorry to cause so much heat on the board with my post. It was my frustration talking, but I'm still a Fido user and can't wait to upgrade my handset to something new soon. :: tony > That's odd. I have been with Fido since 1 month after they came on the > scene 1997 or 1998 (can't remember) and I can _honestly_ say that in [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > to live forever on your knees" > Dolores Ibarruri 1895--1989 You are a liar. What an idiot. > I'm in Vancouver for a couple of days from Toronto, and 95% of my > outgoing calls have been "System Busy". Wow. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > :: tony You must have a handset problem, or incompatibility with the local equipment. I am not having any problem with my fido service, in Kitsilano, or Downtown. My 14 text messages today were all prompt, most within a few minutes of bieng sent. Andrew > I'm in Vancouver for a couple of days from Toronto, and 95% of my > outgoing calls have been "System Busy". Wow. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > :: tony > I'm in Vancouver for a couple of days from Toronto, and 95% of my > outgoing calls have been "System Busy". Wow. Maybe I should assume you're a Telus troll, but I think I'll give you the bennefit of the doubt. I've been back on Fido since October, and I make at least five calls a day. I've *never* gotten a system busy. So what explains the difference in service quality? Well, either Fido gives lower priority to roaming customers -- which doesn't really make sense to me -- or we're back to you being a Telus troll. Signature"Any sufficiently advanced stupidity is indistinguishable from malice." > > I'm in Vancouver for a couple of days from Toronto, and 95% of my > > outgoing calls have been "System Busy". Wow. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Well, either Fido gives lower priority to roaming customers -- which > doesn't really make sense to me -- or we're back to you being a Telus troll. Since I switched from Rogers to CityFido a couple months ago, I've been mostly happy. I've had probably 2 or 3 "systems busy" and this week I had a serious delay in some voice messages and text messages. All of a sudden on Monday afternoon I get 4 text messages and 8 voices messages that were all sent from differnt people on the previous Friday and Saturday. That is seriously fustrating, especially when the sender thinks you're ignoring them! Does anybody else ever experience these delays? I had them with Rogers quite frequently as well. Thanks, Buddee. > Since I switched from Rogers to CityFido a couple months ago, I've been > mostly happy. I've had probably 2 or 3 "systems busy" and this week I had a > serious delay in some voice messages and text messages. All of a sudden on I've seriously never heard a system busy. What do they sound like? (But I *did* have a batch of delayed text messages recently, all from voicemail. Voicemail is just about the only Fido-to-Fido messaging I do; the rest is overseas to Globe Philippines and was instant all weekend.) > > Since I switched from Rogers to CityFido a couple months ago, I've been > > mostly happy. I've had probably 2 or 3 "systems busy" and this week I had a > > serious delay in some voice messages and text messages. All of a sudden on > > I've seriously never heard a system busy. What do they sound like? Can't actually recall at the moment. I think it's kind of like a busy tone with longer tones. Buddee. > (But I *did* have a batch of delayed text messages recently, all from > voicemail. Voicemail is just about the only Fido-to-Fido messaging I > do; the rest is overseas to Globe Philippines and was instant all > weekend.) > > I've seriously never heard a system busy. What do they sound like? > > Can't actually recall at the moment. I think it's kind of like a busy tone > with longer tones. Yah, its three long tones, while the screen flashes "Service Busy" (on the Nokia, not sure about other handsets). :: tony >>> I've seriously never heard a system busy. What do they sound like? >> [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Yah, its three long tones, while the screen flashes "Service Busy" (on > the Nokia, not sure about other handsets). Oh, okay. I used to get three tones all the time. But that was on Rogers AT&T. Never had it happen on Fido. (Erm... actually, I think I might have got it once, but I don't remember where.) |
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