Re: OT: Cellular telephone service

Oh - sorry - quick ammendment. I was looking at your total #'s there
Scott, and assumed that was a monthly bill - not a 6 month total.

On 9/2/06, Keith Snape <lukano@gmail.com> wrote:
> Oh, I'm not arguing that the pricing for sasktel's service can be a
> bit more exepnsive. It's not usually a huge variance. Sasktel's data
> plans have been re-worked a half dozen times in the past two years,
> and still aren't competetive - at all. Most off-peak local plans will
> be neck and neck, most moderate 'travel' plans (moderate LD, not a lot
> of local - or if it's local it's from a remote city to the same place)
> will end up about the same too.
>
> It's the very high use plans that leaves Sasktel in Rogers dust again
> - which judging from your monthly bill Scott I'd assume you're in.
>
> My beef is with the whole 'sasktel was not-as-good-as X years ago, so
> that must be true now'. It really is a good idea to to a fair and
> valid comparison with current numbers rather than using old data -
> even if it means Sasktel/Rogers are almost dead equal (or in Rogers
> favor in some cases).
>
> Oh - and the people calling you for renewal are sasktel's outbound
> sales department, which means they're not as knowledgeable on cellular
> as actual Mobility staff. You might want to take the Rogers figures
> and call in to the Mobility que and do a direct comparison with one of
> those reps. You're much more likely to get an educated and accurate
> response - even if it's them telling you that no, there no data plan
> cheaper than $25 a month. If you end up terminating with Sasktel to
> go to Rogers due to pricing / plan differences, make sure that they're
> fully aware of why you're changing. (Marketing needs to be bludgeoned
> by customer feedback that there's a problem, otherwise it won't change
> - in regards to data plans/contracts).
>
> On 9/2/06, Scott Walde <scott@waldetech.ca> wrote:
> > Keith Snape wrote:
> >
> > > Long story short - don't let someone rabid distaste for Sasktel as a
> > > Telco discourage you from investigate Sasktel as a wireless provider.
> >
> > I have a rabid distaste for Sasktel as well. They have been phoning me
> > lately to try to get me to renew my plan. (I have a sasktel phone on
> > the lowest plan plus a Rogers phone that I actually use.)
> >
> > As far as I know, though, OpenOffice.org Calc does not share my rabid
> > distaste for Sasktel. I believe it is impartial when it tells me that
> > in the past 7 months, Rogers has been slightly cheaper than Sasktel
> > would be for me. (Rogers: $641.78 Jan-July, Sasktel's best fit plan
> > with 20/20 hindsight: $676.49) My airtime in the months in question has
> > ranged from 450 to 1400 minutes. The Roger's plan seems to have a
> > better cushion for my varying usage. My monthly bills ranged from $85
> > to $108, whereas the best-fit Sasktel plan ranged from $80 to $135. The
> > next plan up at Sasktel doesn't help. Then my 7 month total would be
> > $788 and the monthly bills would range from $102 to $135. In addition,
> > I can't get a knowlegable answer from the people phoning me regarding a
> > low-usage data plan addon. Currently with Rogers, I pay an additional
> > $5/month to get 2MB of data. As near as I can tell, Sasktel doesn't
> > have a comparable option. I would need to sign up for the $25/month 4MB
> > data plan in addition to a voice plan. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
> >
> > > or Telus. Ultimately for casual city-only use, Rogers is likely going
> > > to be the better bet - but still be aware of the other options.
> >
> > And, ultimately, for moderate to heavy city and hwy 11 use with
> > occasional data, Rogers is still the better bet.
> >
> > My summary: Sasktel => coverage, Rogers => pretty much everything else.
> >
> > BTW, my first cell phone (Nokia P30) cost me $800 (clearance price. was
> > $3000 when it was released) and my plan on Cantel was $15/month with 30
> > minutes included with 50c minutes after that. (No contract required.)
> > My battery provided about 45 minutes of talk time or about 8 hours of
> > standby. At the time, Cantel's coverage in the city was noticably
> > better than Sasktel's, but, of course, Sasktel had a few highways as well.
> >
> > ttyl
> > srw
> >
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Received on Sat Sep 2 10:08:04 2006