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Whats the deal with Thunder Bay Mobility ?
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Posted by: CQD-dude

Does Bell/Telus have roaming agreement with those ?

Posted by: Abom

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Originally Posted by CQD-dude

Does Bell/Telus have roaming agreement with those ?

They're a BWA company. They use nationally branded phones, just like NMI Mobility.

Posted by: Dreaderus

while unable to confirm (i am kicking back and relaxing this week) I am fairly confident that TB tell is NOT part of the BWA.

there are roaming agreements for the phones to work mind you. dont have details on it atm.

Dreaderus

Posted by: Deckster

They do have roaming agreements in place, but our store has learned through a customer's issue that National Bell to Bell calling does not work for receiving calls in Thunder Bay (sending is fine) resulting in a $1200 LD bill, and through a seperate episode with the MNR you can send and recieve calls with a Blackberry, and send email, but not receive email.

By the above issues I would say that they are NOT a member of the BWA

Posted by: Dreaderus

heya, from memory(distant) last i heard that any national calling feature, was only good for bell mobility territory, and if its working somwehre else consider it fortunate. that could have changed mind you.

Dreaderus

Posted by: jase88

Does TB tel offer a 1X network? Or just IS-95?!

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Originally Posted by Deckster

They do have roaming agreements in place, but our store has learned through a customer's issue that National Bell to Bell calling does not work for receiving calls in Thunder Bay (sending is fine) resulting in a $1200 LD bill, and through a seperate episode with the MNR you can send and recieve calls with a Blackberry, and send email, but not receive email.

By the above issues I would say that they are NOT a member of the BWA

Posted by: Dreaderus

1x

however there are currently issues with certain devices there for 1x.

Dreaderus

Posted by: Abom

Ok, so technically the BWA doesn't even exist anymore. Bell either owns, or doesn't own the old BWA companies.

That said, when I say BWA, I mean they use BWA phones (purchased from BDI), and they are cost-less roaming partners with Bell (minus the data of course). Naturally, your "Bell" service area features won't work.

Posted by: tphill

On a related note, I noticed Telus has much bigger coverage in Northern Ontario than Bell. Does this mean Telus has different roaming agreements?

Posted by: jase88

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Originally Posted by tphill

On a related note, I noticed Telus has much bigger coverage in Northern Ontario than Bell. Does this mean Telus has different roaming agreements?

Coverage is probably the same--Bell is just terrible at updating their coverage maps....