where for art thou, Fido 6GB Promo?

[z24gta]

Because Rogers will have you believe that being a premium client of theirs is the way to be!

Yeap the "premium" brand, that is expensive and has network deterioration.

[pepper99]

You can get a better value from Koodo or Virgin mobile, why bother sticking with fido is beyond me.

If that retention offer is the best Fido is going to come up with in response to this...well, they're hosed. That's laughable at best in the face of the new plans.

Looks like Koodo is coming out the clear winner here if everything rumored about their offering comes true. As I understand it, Koodo is basically to Telus as Fido is to Rogers, correct? So, basically, look at the Telus network and expect it to be the same except for the name, correct?

[WorldIRC]

If that retention offer is the best Fido is going to come up with in response to this...well, they're hosed. That's laughable at best in the face of the new plans.

Looks like Koodo is coming out the clear winner here if everything rumored about their offering comes true. As I understand it, Koodo is basically to Telus as Fido is to Rogers, correct? So, basically, look at the Telus network and expect it to be the same except for the name, correct?

You got it!

[Noob1ee]

Looks like it's time for my other line to leave Fido...

[ceredon]

Looks like it's time for my other line to leave Fido...

Seems to be a lot of that going around.

[pepper99]

...I sure hope someone at Fido is reading this. You're about to experience a mass exodus, ETF's be damned.

[z24gta]

...I sure hope someone at Fido is reading this. You're about to experience a mass exodus, ETF's be damned.

Retention seems to mean squat, I think Rogers thinks they can get new customers. It's a dangerous game.

[alexforget82]

From what i've read here, i don't think Fido will make a move to match the promotion plans offers by Koodo and Virgin.

[ceredon]

From what i've read here, i don't think Fido will make a move to match the promotion plans offers by Koodo and Virgin.

I think they may. But I expect they will take their time and they will try to release a plan that falls short of the others but can be sold as being similar. They will hope people won't notice how inferior it is to their competitors. This has been SOP for Fido for a while now. Always fall just a little short.

[WorldIRC]

From what i've read here, i don't think Fido will make a move to match the promotion plans offers by Koodo and Virgin.

They will launch "somrthing"... They always do. But who knows how competitive it will be.

Sent from my Nexus 7

[alexforget82]

i don't know if they can launch a plan like this :

30$
200min daytime
unlimited nights and week-ends starts at 5PM
unlimited incoming calls
unlimited text messages
CID and VM.

Plus flexible data plan...5$ for 200MB, 10$ for 500MB, 15$ for 1GB, 20$ for 2GB, 30$ for 5GB.

What do you think ?

[ceredon]

^I think wait and see.

[pepper99]

The my5/my10 is the sweet offer though which makes a big difference for many, including me.

Plus, Koodo is likely to have the no long distance in Canada offer as part of their plan as well since (as I understand it) they completely did away with LD on almost all their plans recently.

[WorldIRC]

Fido has never had Fab 10; they likely won't now. If Fido chooses to compete, it'll probably more closely mimic the Virgin / Koodo offerings...and even then, having a combo voice / data plan is not something they've done in a while.

[nzoka]

^ahh, but Fido's has WhoCalled. People always forget about WhoCalled.

Yes. Fido desparately needs 'WhoCalled' since I have had numerous occasions where my phone indicates a signal, and next thing I notice is a text message saying I missed a call. An 'unreliable' network surely needs this feature.