FIDO Q4: RECAP, Fido Basic Price Plans under the Bill 60 (Quebec).

**Fritz Z24** · 12-14-2011, 11:10 PM

Looks like a regional war is underway in La Belle Province!

As previously posted by our great HoFo member Bad Liar, Fido launched couple hours ago 2 great and unadvertised Fido Basic Plans for those who are under the Quebec Bill 60 legislation.

But for now, here's a the list of these plans if your billing address is in the province of Quebec:

$30.00 City Fido Multi-Zone:

2000 anytime local minutes within your City Fido Zone.
Circle Calling.
Unlimited SMS from Canada to Canada, USA & International.

$25.00 Fido Basic QC CD+VM:

100 weekday minutes between 7am up until 7pm.
Circle Calling.
Unlimited evenings & weekend minutes starting @ 7PM.
Unlimited Long Distance Calls over the Fido Network.
Call Display (excluding Name Display)
Personal Voice Messaging

********THERE'S NO SMS INCLUDED WITH THIS PRICE PLAN********

$25.00 Fido Basic QC Messaging:

100 weekday minutes between 7am up until 7pm.
Circle Calling.
Unlimited evenings & weekend minutes starting @ 7PM.
Unlimited Long Distance Calls over the Fido Network.
Unlimited SMS from Canada to Canadian / international numbers
Unlimited Picture/Video Messaging
Unlimited BlackBerry Messenger (BBM)

All these price plans are available without agreement, 2Y & 3Y. Some restrictions may be applicable.

Hope this can help!

**Bad Liar** · 12-14-2011, 11:22 PM

I am pretty great, eh?

I like the $25 with SMS in it. I hardly ever use my phone for calling but I send texts to the US so I had the $30 plan. Now I'll pay a little less, still have US messages and I'll be covered for the 2-3 MMS I sent per month, too.

Well, starting on my next billing cycle.

**Fritz Z24** · 12-14-2011, 11:57 PM

And the employee discount!!!

Originally Posted by Bad Liar

I am pretty great, eh?

I like the $25 with SMS in it. I hardly ever use my phone for calling but I send texts to the US so I had the $30 plan. Now I'll pay a little less, still have US messages and I'll be covered for the 2-3 MMS I sent per month, too.

Well, starting on my next billing cycle.

**Fritz Z24** · 12-14-2011, 11:58 PM

The $25.00+CD+VM will be good for those who don't send messages and Blah Blah Blah a lot overnight (Baby Boomers?!?)

Originally Posted by Bad Liar

I am pretty great, eh?

I like the $25 with SMS in it. I hardly ever use my phone for calling but I send texts to the US so I had the $30 plan. Now I'll pay a little less, still have US messages and I'll be covered for the 2-3 MMS I sent per month, too.

Well, starting on my next billing cycle.

**brightlight** · 12-22-2011, 06:43 PM

What is "multi-zone" mean in the context of this new plan? Does it mean more than one zone? The $30 was around for year already: 2000 minutes, unlimited worldwide text. What's different about this one?

And what about "unlimited LD over the Fido network"? What the hell does that mean?
Isn't that just Canada-wide F2F? Or does it mean LD calls to any CDN number?

**Fritz Z24** · 12-23-2011, 01:41 AM

I simply wanted to point out the exclusive price plans available in the province of Quebec...

The multi-zone is related to the newest City Fido Price Plans ($30.00/2000Min & $35.00/Unlimited) basically you have local calls included in all 10 City Fido Zones in Canada.

So someone from Ottawa can go to Montreal and make unlimited local calls ($35.00 City Fido).

Same concept for the $30.00/2000Min. Someone from Quebec City can use his 2000 local minutes in London, Ont.

LD is still applicable but no Out Of Zone fees within any City Fido Zones in Canada...

...Unlimited Long Distance as long as you stay in Canada and connected to Fido...

Originally Posted by brightlight

What is "multi-zone" mean in the context of this new plan? Does it mean more than one zone? The $30 was around for year already: 2000 minutes, unlimited worldwide text. What's different about this one?

And what about "unlimited LD over the Fido network"? What the hell does that mean?
Isn't that just Canada-wide F2F? Or does it mean LD calls to any CDN number?

**brightlight** · 12-23-2011, 02:31 AM

Originally Posted by Fritz Z24

LD is still applicable but no Out Of Zone fees within any City Fido Zones in Canada...

...Unlimited Long Distance as long as you stay in Canada and connected to Fido...

Ok I'm sorry but you are not being specific enough. So "Unlimited Long Distance Calls over the Fido Network" means exactly this: Unlimited Long Distance Calls from your cellphone to any Canadian number (doesn't have to be a Fido number), as long as you are connected to the Fido Network (as opposed to Rogers network, Telus, Bell etc)? It doesn't only mean that you can call any Fido user anywhere in Canada?

**jattdesi** · 12-23-2011, 04:49 AM

^Unlimted long distance to any Canadian number, assuming you are on the $30 plan 100 minutes and if you make a 10 mininute call from Montreal to Vancouver at 12pm on Monday, it will deduct 10 minutes from your 100 minutes, if you were to make the same call at 7pm it will be no charge because the call was made between the eve & weekend period. So just to clear it up, if I call is made week day day time, it will use your included minutes

**brightlight** · 12-23-2011, 07:54 AM

Originally Posted by jattdesi

^Unlimted long distance to any Canadian number, assuming you are on the $30 plan 100 minutes and if you make a 10 mininute call from Montreal to Vancouver at 12pm on Monday, it will deduct 10 minutes from your 100 minutes, if you were to make the same call at 7pm it will be no charge because the call was made between the eve & weekend period. So just to clear it up, if I call is made week day day time, it will use your included minutes

And what about the "Fido Network" part? If your phone switches to the Rogers network, then your long distance calls are not included?

**brightlight** · 12-23-2011, 08:32 AM

By the way, if these two new plans are considered "Basic", then voice credits can be added? Can anyone share what they've managed to negotiate?

**jattdesi** · 12-23-2011, 11:36 AM

Originally Posted by brightlight

And what about the "Fido Network" part? If your phone switches to the Rogers network, then your long distance calls are not included?

Where have you been since 2005, Fido, Rogers & chatr equals one network.

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**Fritz Z24** · 12-23-2011, 11:40 AM

Since Dec-12, it's a lot more difficult to get monthly credits...

Originally Posted by brightlight

By the way, if these two new plans are considered "Basic", then voice credits can be added? Can anyone share what they've managed to negotiate?

**Fritz Z24** · 12-23-2011, 11:42 AM

The new Fido Basic Plans have both Fido and Rogers Extended network...

Originally Posted by brightlight

And what about the "Fido Network" part? If your phone switches to the Rogers network, then your long distance calls are not included?

**DirtyKash** · 02-06-2012, 01:00 PM

Originally Posted by Fritz Z24

$25.00 Fido Basic QC Messaging:

100 weekday minutes between 7am up until 7pm.
Circle Calling.
Unlimited evenings & weekend minutes starting @ 7PM.
Unlimited Long Distance Calls over the Fido Network.
Unlimited SMS from Canada to Canadian / international numbers
Unlimited Picture/Video Messaging
Unlimited BlackBerry Messenger (BBM)

All these price plans are available without agreement, 2Y & 3Y. Some restrictions may be applicable.

Does the plan having Unlimited BlackBerry Messenger mean that only BB users can get the plan? What are these "restrictions" that may be applicable, exactly?

**Fritz Z24** · 02-06-2012, 09:52 PM

Blackberry Messenger is a Trademark of Research In Motion...

Therefore you need a Blackberry device because of the connection to the Blackberry server...

Originally Posted by DirtyKash

Does the plan having Unlimited BlackBerry Messenger mean that only BB users can get the plan? What are these "restrictions" that may be applicable, exactly?

Fritz Z24...

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