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Re: Telus and Bell to go GSM in 2010

Sameer Vasta — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:48:24 -0000

I'm sorry you feel that way.

Re: Telus and Bell to go GSM in 2010

El coolie — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:49:17 -0000

u suck

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WirelessNorth — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 11:43:03 -0000

Thanks for the confirmation, looks like you need a true HSPA handset to play on the new network.

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telussucks — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 18:43:05 -0000

CONFIRMED doesnt work on Motorola RAZR V3

Re: Telus and Bell to go GSM in 2010

J Connor — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:14:02 -0000

It seams that Bell's GSM supports only HSPA. this means that support is only for handsets that support HSPA. Older GSM Phones will not work...eg. iphone 2g will not work, Motorola Razr v3 will not work... and so on and so on.... Perhaps the network in vancouver will support GSM (1G/2G)?????

Re: Telus and Bell to go GSM in 2010

youreallyhavenoclue — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:40:34 -0000

Hey John,

thanks for the useless post, next time don't!

Wow you can go back to old posts and find things that didn't pan out the way they could have. The internet NEEDS more useless people like you telling other people even MORE useless things.

And in line with you useless comments, they launched a day a part so your not even right

AND you used the wrong 'they're' (thats the right one goofball)

Re: Telus and Bell to go GSM in 2010

JOHN DOLIEY — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:30:43 -0000

um there launching it tomorrow so ya change your website
Thanks

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Kris — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 17:12:11 -0000

Does anybody remember the Beta Vhs war?

Re: Telus and Bell to go GSM in 2010

00002 — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 23:04:14 -0000

I'm with Fido since they came to Canada.
Telus Lied to me several times that thair system goes worlg wide and that was in 1996
I went with fido because of GSM. I had telus before 1996 and they charged an arm and a leg. fido always charged by the second. I did not like that Rogers bought Fido but it is still sesrate from Rogers, fido still bills by the second.
Bell and Telus only go GSM now because they loose the Battle, They can't fool people no more ,people are more educated about GSM. Telus and Bell only held on to CDMA and TDMA to have the customers by the short and curlies.
I have Intergrety, and Pricipals Telus and Bell did not offer GSM to me for the last 14 years, only to server their own Interests. Therefore I stay with Fido. I'm not selling my self out. I own 6 different GSM Phones and I use the on different ocasions, all unlocked and all bought from Hongkong.I also get of the plane in Europe or in Cuba and my phone works
btw. all of us had problems with all copanies, one is not btter then the other. But i hated that telus bought Clearnet and then finished it off.I hate Bell for the Charges I have on my workphone and Sat TV. Let's not reward thoose companies because they finally gave in, in the rest of the World and using GSM.It is not to serve you. it is to serve them selve

Re: Telus and Bell to go GSM in 2010

kev — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:20:14 -0000

Let's see... superior technology always beats out WHAT THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE USE, doesn't it? Last I checked, there weren't 3.7B people in Canada. Try making a point that's actually relevant to the fucking conversation, instead of sounding like a cheesed-off ex-Nortel employee who's bitter that the majority of telcos out there chose something else. Having access to a selection of phones that numbers more than 6 is awesome. I don't care what the superior technology is, I want a phone that actually meets my needs and that I can use with another provider's plan whenever I want. That means using what most carriers use, regardless of the merits of technology.

I'm happy that the dominant carriers will actually be competing in the same arena, instead of running separate leagues. It might actually change some things, but I certainly won't hold my breath there.

Re: Telus and Bell to go GSM in 2010

Name — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:59:23 -0000

Apparently, the announcement will be in October. from Bell anyway, with new devices as well.

Re: Telus and Bell to go GSM in 2010

Colin_Pye — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 04:44:32 -0000

Maybe my math is a little off, but how can you get more than 100% coverage?

If I have a cake, and you take 100% of it, then you have it all, there's no more to take!

Retarded indeed.

Re: Telus and Bell to go GSM in 2010

Colin_Pye — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 04:38:51 -0000

Let's see... back when everything was analog, GSM was supposed to give 3 calls in the same airspace that could handle 1 in AMPS. CDMA handled 10, compared to 1 in AMPS. So, the greatly inferior technology gets better than 3 times the capacity of the "superior" technology? Those 3.7 billion people are using the resources that could support over 12 BILLION people with CDMA technology. What happens in denser urban calling areas when Bell and Telus reduce their network capacity by 2/3?

Then there's the issue of handoffs, where your call is handled by one tower under GSM, while CDMA keeps your call suspended like a fly in a spider web, with up to 5 towers holding onto your call at the same time. If you are mountain climbing, which do you prefer, one safety line that isn't always connected, or up to 5, so that if one fails, there are others to support you?

Of course, in the end, the next version of GSM is being built on CDMA technology anyway, so it's a switch back to where you started from. And the RUIM (CDMA's SIM Card) will work in GSM phones too. Only thing, Telus, Bell, and friends haven't bothered to use RUIMs in Canada, even though they have sold some phones with the card space for years (The Nokia 6275i is just one example, although the carrier's programming disabled the slot, just like the carriers like to disable Bluetooth functionality.)

Re: Telus and Bell to go GSM in 2010

guest — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:15:03 -0000

with all this being said then i think its ok to say virgin mobile will go gsm as well

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MJ — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 08:28:53 -0000

They are going GSM for the Olympics. Rumor has it that they will be GSM by September 2009

Re: Telus and Bell to go GSM in 2010

Adam Vallee — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:49:08 -0000

HSPA is Not GSM... HSPA is a DATA Layer of WCDMA (or CDMA 2000++ That Bell and Telus Already use) GSM Phones do not work on a WCDMA/CDMA/CDMA2000++ NETWORK This article is bogus.

Re: Telus and Bell to go GSM in 2010

AwesomEricc — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 02:10:37 -0000

Listen, Telus is launching their GSM 4G (Yes, that's right, 4G not 3G) network in late September 2009. Most new Telus phone are already GSM compatable, but not active. In September 2009 all phone, will be accepting a Telus Sim Card. Meaning you can buy any unlocked phone from eBay (etc.) and use it with Telus. Also, to Stewart Marshall, Telus, as per most cell phone companies, does not buy out contracts from other companies. Also, Telus will not be waiting the usual 6months time to offer a phone that Rogers or Fido offered earlier, but quite the opposite.

Hope this helped,

AwesomEricc

Re: Telus and Bell to go GSM in 2010

Bill — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 03:47:18 -0000

Also, Noname, although Toronto's subway system may not have GSM coverage, I notice that also to be true in London. In Paris it works.

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Bill — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 03:43:16 -0000

Noname, most people seem to be just fine in Canada. If you don't like it here, get out.

Actually, every CDMA tower has GPS and it DOES get the time from the satellites, which is then sent down to the CDMA cell phones.

As for the coverage area versus the size of the country, it is a function of the population density.

Europe and Asia also have people everywhere, it stands to reason that their cell phone coverage is comparable.

It sounds like you have a chip on your shoulder. Nowhere in the world is perfect - but there are a lot of places in which most people would be happy.

It is looking as if you would not be happy anywhere.

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Better than you — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:30:42 -0000

Speaking of RETARDED, noname your English is terrible. Go back to the shitty little country where you originated from. You're a complete embarrassment to Canada. By the way the word is UNinhabitable, dumbass.. Save up your precious pennies and buy a fucking dictionary!

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happy canada day — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:47:04 -0000

hey noname...your english is very poor. you should proof read (proof... i think you ment to spell prove read..read your message...)your messages before you hit send. i love how these immigrants move to our really shitty country and come to complane because were not more like there 3rd world country. you left your country for a really good reason. if the cell phones are so great in cuba...move back!!!!

Re: Telus and Bell to go GSM in 2010

noname — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:26:08 -0000

I just hate how Canadians self defend themselves … because they are one of the MOST RETARDED Countries in the World, when it comes to Wireless and other IT
technologies…

Yeah…blame that your country is BIG…but inhabitable…..and not the fact that the majority of population retarded and undereducated….

When I came here..I was just amazed to hear that Canadians believe that the time (hour) setting on their devices (cell phone terminals) it is coming from satellite…
In Canadian mentality, they have satellite cell phone (GSM and CDMA it is a satellite-based system…

IF you want facts, I can give you many facts that will proof my point…

Another country in the world with ONE “Only ONE” GSM network is CUBA…
(Ok they can justify that the socialism is at fault there… what excuse Canadians Have? Either they are RETARDED…or SOCIALISTS ...?!?!?! – You pick one…

Toronto Subway System does not have GSM coverage ….Why...?
It’s not a big Subway system….it’s small really small..

Because the System is forced to work-in an environment with a Political Corrupt System… similar with CUBA….where Rogers Paid enough to Political parties’ to cover his a#s and keep this market retarded…
Ok it’s not you fault…but …You are retarded…

Canada Wireless coverage it’s around 70 %....Ohhh Huge ai ?

Europe and Asia over 100 % …

Just Shut Up … drink Tim Horton’s… and eat the crap that media feeds you day by day….

Life in Canada…Retarded Country of G8 Family…

Re: Telus and Bell to go GSM in 2010

Vancouver604 — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:04:38 -0000

Telus/BELL SUCK!

I've been with Telus before and for a very long time. Their cellular network is the pits. EVERYTIME I'm at Metrotown or at my friend's place on ground floor, there is a dead zone. No signal whatsoever! I've complained to them for 2 years and no result. And their billing is always wrong. Always overcharging me for calls that are suppose to be free on the evenings and weekends.

After switching to Rogers, my calls are at Metrotown and my friends were perfect. No dead zone. I get calls even when I am below underground! Billings were all good with Rogers. No overcharge issues.

Telus, just die off will ya?

Re: Telus and Bell to go GSM in 2010

Mike Admans — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 09:24:02 -0000

GSM fast becoming a world standard??? It always was, having been around for years before CDMA was developed.
Very few countries bothered with CDMA which was, at the start, greatly inferior to GSM and had poor battery performance
on the handsets. There are more than 3.7 billion users on GSM and expanding literally by the second (see the GSM World website) while the number of locations using CDMA is actually diminishing.

Re: Telus and Bell to go GSM in 2010

guru — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 12:06:28 -0000

hey smart ass the UK can't compare in geographical footprint thus can implement cutting edge technolgies over night for minmal cost