Re: OT: Cellular telephone service

I've been thinking of getting a cell phone and it sounds as though there is a general lean toward Rogers overall. However my husband is with Rogers and I can't reach him at the U of S because the building he works in is concrete (or at least I'm assuming it is). His coworkers can use their cells in that building but he can't. Is this a provider problem or is this a cellphone problem?

Eve

----- Original Message -----
From: Dylan Griffiths <dylang@thock.com>
Date: Saturday, September 2, 2006 1:05 am
Subject: Re: OT: Cellular telephone service

> Dave Hall wrote:
> > I'm happy with Rogers service and coverage (I don't travel much
> off the
> > major highways in Sask.) I just do TDMA because U.S. roaming is
> cheaper> than GSM and used to be a bit better/cheaper than
> SaskTel. I also like my
> > trusty old Nokia phone which just works (tm) and works well.
> >
> > My main complaint is their rates have been slowly creeping
> upward.
>
> The trick to getting better Rogers rates is to call up and demand
> a
> lower rate (they will ask you to renew for a contract, usually 3
> years),
> to switch over to a promo plan during a promo plan period (every
> few
> months they rotate promotions), or get in on a corporate plan (if
> you
> work as the U of S, you get a discount; if you work at Starbucks,
> you
> get a better discount -- confirmation is usually an employee #
> they
> can't easily verify, verbally given).
>
> Hopefully this helps you to get a better rate on your phone; I
> kept the
> same rate, but got 2 hours earlier start times, caller display,
> and a
> few hundred more daytime minutes for the same amount as I used to
> pay.
> YMMV -- you may have to call once a week for a few weeks before
> you get
> someone who isn't an asshole on the other end.
>
>
> --
> "Well, there's SPAM, egg, sausage, and SPAM. That's not got MUCH
> SPAM in it."
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Received on Tue Sep 5 12:38:09 2006