Bust. First of all, I would never sign a 2 year agreement with a company whose
future isn't assured for those 2 years. Remember that while Fido may have
reorganised under bankrupcy, it isn't exactly healthy and expanding coverage.
Also, the page describing the ifido servive, while making mention of an
"agreement" provides 0 details on what that agreement is (how long, what are
the penalties for ceasing subscription before end of contract etc). The fact
that Fido doesn't use the word "contract" means that Fido knows that the word
"contract" is not liked by customers. Yet yesterday, while speaking to a 4
legged furry rep, she told me that customers had been asking for contracts !!!!!

What this really is is an attempt to capitalise on the Fido brand to help
their also bankrupt Inukshuk thing inherited from Sirois.

Also, don't mention "$20.00". This is extremely deceptive marketing and should
NEVER be tolerated, The real rate if $40 and you get $20.00 off for the first
6 months, and then you're stuck at $40 for the remainder of the 2 years.

Interesting that they mention "dynamic IP address" as an advantage of their
service when this is considered a restriction artificially imposed on low end
ISP packages to differentiate from the business packages. It also prevents you
from having servers etc.

Now, if Fido were to bundle a certain volume of GPRS data, it might be interesting.

However, for an ISP, that page is pathetic and lacks way too much information
for any serious user to make a decision.  And considering this is relatively
new technology, getting a 2 year contract when you're not even sure if it will
work in your home is pretty risky.

Ok, I found the terms and conditions:
http://www.fido.ca/portal/en/bizpackages/ifido/ifido_legal_header.shtml

(It was hidden in unnecessary javascript).

However, they do not specify the duration of the contract.
There is a maximum $200 penalty for canceling before term of contract (or $20
per month if less). You have a 15 day grace period.

They mention specific platforms and version numbers for support, no mention of
actual standard (special drivers like PPPoE, or is it standard DHCP ?). They
also mention that they can widthdraw support of any platform at any time and
it is up to users to regularly check that web page.

No mention if you can or cannot operate servers. They should mention it one
way or the other, especially if you have a contract. Bell close port 25 and a
whole lot of users got caught with contracts and a service they could no
longer use the way they needed to use it.

Interestingly, email adresses are shows to be <name>@fido.ca

I find it interesting in that fido.ca is also used for microcell/fido staff,
as well as phone subscribers.

Since there is no mention of what technology is used to provide the IP address
and authentication, their mention that you could use the service from your
neighbours, while technically not impossible, is probably unworkable.

I would not risk a 2 year contract with Fido with technology which is so
poorly documented since you only have 15 days to find out. You'd had to cancel
at the first sign of trouble and not waste any time since you wouldn't have
any time to find out what is wrong with the setup. (as an example, it took
over a month for Videotron to provide the service they had told me would work
with my setup, and after 2 weeks when I had given up, they had refused to
convert me back to dial-up and insisted I stay on cable for the one year. I
ended  up having to pay a separate account for dialup until they relented and
fixed a mgic bit in their system to make my setup work as promised.  7 months
later, when they reset a magic bit, the problem re-orcured and I again lost a
month of service, (a month spent on the phone arguing, but at least that time,
I was given the technical explanation).

Now, considering handset manufacturers will be coming out with GPSR/wi-fi
handsets, I would have expected Fido to start providing wi-fi
hotspots/service.  Inukshuk's technology is good for remote areas where
distance of twisted pair is longer than 4km, but distance in the air is much
less (around a lake for instance).

Oh, another thing: The web site mentions download at 2.2 mpbs which is pretty
good. But there is no mention of upload speed.

Hehe, sure sounds like DSL to me, those transfer limits are CRAP. TTYL

Hmm, on second look it's not DSL, anybody know what tech they are using? Is
it just wifi? TTYL