Re: OT: Cellular telephone service

er PEBCAC

Problem
Exists
Between
Cellphone
And
Chair.

;)

On Tue, 2006-05-09 at 12:36 -0600, Eve Kotyk wrote:
> 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.
> >
> >
> > --
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> > SPAM in it."
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Received on Tue Sep 5 12:42:34 2006