Anyone else see todays ad in the Toronto Star?   Hiptop1 Tri-Band $0 on
a 2 year contract.
It's apparently not as "Discontinued" as the Fido website suggests.
Either that, or they got one hell of a deal from Danger on remaining

In another newsgroup, I've heard that the email to SMS gateway for Rogers now,
instead of sending the email to the handset, sends a notification and the user
then must respond to the SMS in order to get the actual SMS. (something about
accepting charges for the SMS).

Hi guys, having trouble texting from Vancouver to London. The phone number
starts 011-**-***-***-****
Do i need some other number or trick to get a message through??
Thanks,

Some guy at a Fido kiosk did confirm to me that Fido will start charging the
6.95 ripoff fee to CityFido customers "soon".
Today, I saw a Fido add for CityFido that clearly states that the $6.95 fee is
included in the $45.00 and no small print indicating that this will change.

Have any City FIDO customers switched plans and gone to Rogers on the
two year? What are the pros and cons?
Also, does anyone have feedback on the Sony-Ericsson 610? I called FIDO
about replacing my old Nokia 8390 and the C/S rep said I could have the

This Nomen nutjob is getting on my nerves and not even remotely
contributing to the ng.  Could someone please clean it up?

Sprint buys Nextel.. What will become of Mike, now the Moto's large iden
customer is dead? (The new company, over time, will move Nextel's network to
the same technology that Sprint uses.)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/nm/20041215/bs_nm/telecoms_nexte
l_sprint_dc

Just got a phone that isn't sold in Canada (SE k500i) and I'm trying to set it up for internet, email and all that good stuff, but the manual is lacking in information on how to do so. So I was wondering if someone can give me some pointers. I'm with Fido, so what kind of info ...

Way back when, Clearnet was operated by the same company that also operated
the IDEN technology network MIKE (similar to Nextel).
Does anyone know if this is still in operation ?
With Sprint poised to buy Nextel, and with talk of push-to-talk being

     Putnam international fund taps BASF, Banco Itau, Telus
     By Ciara Linnane
     Last Updated: 12/15/2004 12:01:00 AM
     NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- Pamela Holding welcomes change.

Anyone know if Fido/Rogers has any plans on carrying this phone?
PING: Hello Marketing Department - Wake Up.... IMO...
URL: http://www.motorola.ca/experience/v3promo/CA/en-ca/default.asp
Silj

New Unlocking Your GSM Phones in Downtown!
Unlocking your GSM phone = make your GSM phone accept any SIM Card
Avantage
1.Save roaming fee when you travel

Does anyone know the status of analogue networks in north america ?
Does anyone still sell analogue phones to new customers ?
Has there been a significant reduction of spectrum allocated to analogue ?
Any plans to officially widthdraw analogue service ?

     Rogers may hike Fido fees
           NANCY CARR, CP    2004-12-10 01:58:19
     TORONTO -- Rogers Communications Inc. has "no commitment" to
maintaining the low rates established by its newly acquired Fido wireless

If I switch from Fido to Rogers can I keep my Fido number?