BeCareful to those who currently on FnF $35 & $40 plan that are switching to new BTS?

**weedb0y** · 08-04-2012, 04:06 AM

Originally Posted by cricketfan

Its turned off in GTA.

Strange as my phone goes on cdn roaming whenever I get out of my condo elevator. It does go back but takes few mind. I'm in Mississauga near Square one.

**endlessdayz** · 08-04-2012, 04:48 AM

Originally Posted by ECBomb

Wait, did I miss something? So within home zone roaming is enabled now? When did this happen?

If it is in fact enabled, then I wonder why I couldn't roam on top of Grouse Mountain over the weekend when I reached the top of the hike...

I get coverage at the top of the hike for the most part.

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**Volition** · 08-04-2012, 05:23 AM

Originally Posted by endlessdayz

I get coverage at the top of the hike for the most part.

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I live right by Grouse Mountain though, and according to the coverage map on the Mobilicity site I should be covered -- but, there are NUMEROUS dead spots here. I have never brought my phone for the grind; however, for the most part, you getting coverage up there is relatively astounding. Last time I checked there is a tower in the Delbrook area, and I receiving no to little connections and you getting coverage at the top of the hike doesn't make sense

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**endlessdayz** · 08-04-2012, 09:29 AM

Originally Posted by Volition

I live right by Grouse Mountain though, and according to the coverage map on the Mobilicity site I should be covered -- but, there are NUMEROUS dead spots here. I have never brought my phone for the grind; however, for the most part, you getting coverage up there is relatively astounding. Last time I checked there is a tower in the Delbrook area, and I receiving no to little connections and you getting coverage at the top of the hike doesn't make sense

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Yeah heading up there are a couple dead spots. But I Get enough coverage at the restaurant part to make calls, text, and use whatsapp and light browsing.

I was blown away when my phone worked. I was expecting to be roaming on the mountain

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**Hinouchi** · 08-04-2012, 09:36 AM

I've been with Mobilicity since Oct of 2010. No, You don't need to pay with PAP to trigger the 2OFF, you just need to set up PAP for 2OFF, how you pay it's up to you. You can pay from my wallet or with another credit card and you will still have 2 dollar off.

Even if when the credit card expires, 2OFF will still be there. If you take the credit card off from PAP then ... I don't know, try it and let me know ~XD

About "apply your credits in advance to your fees, then you are going to mess yourself up." Actually you won't, you're just simply storing that credits into your account not my wallet. That's why if you pay 2 months, your account say -amount Mobilicity owe you money. So you're not really paying till they make a invoice for you. Which it go through the 2OFF check to see if you have PAP setup, if you do -2 if you don't no -2.

**513263337** · 08-04-2012, 02:13 PM

Agreed. As long as you have the Preauthorized credit card set up in your account, how you actually pay does not matter. You can pay by cash, by another credit card manually, you can even over pay your balance, does not matter. Even if your preauthorized credit card got declined for whatever reason, you can still manually pay using another valid credit card, as long as it's before the actual due date, it's fine. 2OFF will stick, and so will the new BTS plan I assume.

**513263337** · 08-04-2012, 02:15 PM

Think about it, it's logical. Why do they care how you actually pay? The preauthorized thing is just a guarantee that they will get paid. But if you decide to pay another way, that's up to you, why do they care?

**bluenote73** · 08-04-2012, 03:50 PM

Two different CSR's on two different occasions told me and GF different.
Now, I know CSR's arent the end all and be all, but it's enough to make me cautious.

**ECBomb** · 08-04-2012, 04:05 PM

Originally Posted by endlessdayz

I get coverage at the top of the hike for the most part.

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Originally Posted by Volition

I live right by Grouse Mountain though, and according to the coverage map on the Mobilicity site I should be covered -- but, there are NUMEROUS dead spots here. I have never brought my phone for the grind; however, for the most part, you getting coverage up there is relatively astounding. Last time I checked there is a tower in the Delbrook area, and I receiving no to little connections and you getting coverage at the top of the hike doesn't make sense

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Originally Posted by endlessdayz

Yeah heading up there are a couple dead spots. But I Get enough coverage at the restaurant part to make calls, text, and use whatsapp and light browsing.

I was blown away when my phone worked. I was expecting to be roaming on the mountain

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I know we're off topic here, but from my last 2 hikes over the past week, I had excellent signal (3-5 bars) all the way up Capilano Road. I never once lost signal on my hike up to the mountain and even even had 3 bars of signal just outside the food area/gift shop. As soon I stepped inside the building though, I immediately lost signal.

There also was no signal around the zip line area and further in, but I was impressed that I had signal once I reached the top of the hike. Guess Vancouver's home zone roaming is disabled, which does explain why I couldn't roam up the mountain.

**Hinouchi** · 08-04-2012, 04:30 PM

Originally Posted by bluenote73

Two different CSR's on two different occasions told me and GF different.
Now, I know CSR's arent the end all and be all, but it's enough to make me cautious.

From my experience, I get more information from forum members than CSR ~XD

**artekds** · 08-04-2012, 07:07 PM

Originally Posted by weedb0y

Strange as my phone goes on cdn roaming whenever I get out of my condo elevator. It does go back but takes few mind. I'm in Mississauga near Square one.

Did you try changing your network settings to WCDMA only?

**anishs** · 08-06-2012, 05:06 AM

Originally Posted by xtachx

you see - this was my line of thought. As a customer for 1.5 years, all I got from them was less features for the same amount of money, whereas someone signing up today, gets more features than I do.

This wasnt exactly fair, so I changed to the new plan. Normally I do not use the 30 minute roaming, and for my phone ot 3G all the time. This results in a very poor coverage. However, with the 30 minute roaming, I will not do this, and whenever I dont have signal, I can roam inside the coverage area, I can still make the call without extra fees (Roaming is allowed in edmonton). Sometimes I do roam outside and 30 minute roaming, is actually quite helpful.

Overall, the advantage is:
1. Same money, but better coverage (occational roaming inside the home zone doesnt cost extra)
2. Less money when I actually do roam.

I do not see any reason to not switch.

No, this comes later.

No. If you have 35 FnF, the roaming bundle shows up as $10. With this one, roaming bundle shows up as $0.

Definitely!

Hmm the new customers get more features isn't all that correct, I talked about it in the other thread. Anyways have you seen the new WIND promo plans? They're quite interesting tbh but I can't convince myself to switch over. I would kind of feel like I jumped ship at the wrong time. I was let down by the new expansion plan, it really isn't big enough (Although I must say I like how Mobilicity handed over network "expansion, maintenance and planning" to Ericsson) WIND seems to be growing at a much faster pace. Then again Mobilicity might just be saving up for the 700 MHz auction, if that isn't the case them Mobilicity would be the first one to go out of business and get bought. So we would all have grandfathered plans, this is why I can't convince myself to switch.

Its kind of a gamble to see which carrier is the best bet in the "longterm". This is a interesting time for both carriers, they're both very close to the 700 MHz auction and I can't tell which of them will be successful and which won't. I'd rather be with the one that isn't successful and gets bough out tbh..

Its all just speculation atm, lets see what happens. Any thoughts?

**will888** · 08-06-2012, 09:12 AM

Originally Posted by Anish Sharma

Hmm the new customers get more features isn't all that correct, I talked about it in the other thread. Anyways have you seen the new WIND promo plans? They're quite interesting tbh but I can't convince myself to switch over. I would kind of feel like I jumped ship at the wrong time. I was let down by the new expansion plan, it really isn't big enough (Although I must say I like how Mobilicity handed over network "expansion, maintenance and planning" to Ericsson) WIND seems to be growing at a much faster pace. Then again Mobilicity might just be saving up for the 700 MHz auction, if that isn't the case them Mobilicity would be the first one to go out of business and get bought. So we would all have grandfathered plans, this is why I can't convince myself to switch.

Its kind of a gamble to see which carrier is the best bet in the "longterm". This is a interesting time for both carriers, they're both very close to the 700 MHz auction and I can't tell which of them will be successful and which won't. I'd rather be with the one that isn't successful and gets bough out tbh..

Its all just speculation atm, lets see what happens. Any thoughts?

I would not put too much stock in grandfathered plans. New plans can come along and obsolete the old ones. Tiered data is one example. The data in all the current plans are basic and I am sure that many will migrate to better data performance when it becomes available.

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**CelluloseMan** · 08-06-2012, 02:38 PM

what you mean by tiered data?
the new 25/35 plans are tiered?

**xtachx** · 08-06-2012, 02:48 PM

Originally Posted by Anish Sharma

Hmm the new customers get more features isn't all that correct, I talked about it in the other thread. Anyways have you seen the new WIND promo plans? They're quite interesting tbh but I can't convince myself to switch over.
Its all just speculation atm, lets see what happens. Any thoughts?

Have you seen the big 3's 6GB plans? Much more enticing (and cheaper for me). I love to support new entrants, so I am still hesitating, (and paying more!). But maybe the newbies can really give me something in return, something to assure me that supporting them is worth the cause - i.e. improving the network, working on expansion, working on VAS (this improves revenue) etc.

At the moment, they are just reducing prices. Sure its important to reduce prices. However, prices are already very low and rock bottom, and they should now stop this price war and improve the quality.

I wouldnt hold on to "grandfathered plans". They are so cheap, that Rogers (or Bell/Telus) whosoever buys mobi, wont keep them. Well, they wont kick you off, they will probably restrict you to the AWS towers only, and tell you to never expect improvement unless you switch to the big brands. They can also raise the cost of roaming, PPU etc, to force you to switch sooner or later. In the event of a takeover, just forget the old plans.