Comments on: Bell announces roll out of 3G HSPA, future LTE 4G commitment

By: Shooter

Shooter — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 12:26:09 +0000

I upgraded 3 of our family phones to the BlackBerry 9000 on the new HSPA network with Bell Mobility, had nothing but problems from the time we turned them on. Call failed…. My wife’s was the worst she couldn’t make, receive, text nothing. After numerous trips into the bell retail store, calls to customer service etc… we finally got someone to admit they are having an issue with the 9000 working on their new network and are working on a fix. We also got them to replace our phones. They were supposed to send us a Blackberry 9700 and 2 8GB iPhones, I later emailed the service rep back and wanted to change to 16GB iPhones instead and pay the difference. The Customer service rep said the a prepaid shipping box will be sent to us to return our 3 9000′s and our new phones would arrive in a few days.
Here’s what we got!!! 2 – 8GB iPhones, 2 – 16GB iPhones, 1 – BB 9700, no shipping box so we still have the 3 – BB 9000′s an new sim cards for them all. We haven’t been charged for the upgrades, I have been credited back almost $1000 over the last 3 months in cellular charges.
What do I do with all the extra phones. Sell them! Will the ESN be flagged, I don’t believe so because They don’t even know I am using my 16GB iPhone. Give them back! I like to think I am an honest person but I have been screwed over by Bell for so many years and I keep staying with them… well it feels real good to think I may have gotten a little more even now.

By: AKT

AKT — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 05:45:22 +0000

Check this. Bell will be announcing and switching to the new HSPA 4G frequency by this fall. Due to the whole 2010 Olympic games, they don’t want Rogers to take over all their sales. Therefore, both Telus and Bell, will switch by this fall. Sometimes later is better because look at it. Apple screwed over everyone when they announced the new 8GB version of the iPhone LOL plus, since Bell and Telus is switching to the HSPA 4G frequency, they now have the advantage to provide customers with the latest iPhone and other devices from other manufacturers, including Sony Ericsson, Nokia, Palm, and many more. As mentioned before, Now customers will have the choice of cell phone they want, and the provider they want. In my vision i see that Bell and Telus will take over Rogers sales, because they will possibly provide with existing customers with a $250 hardware upgrade and a SIM card, by next year or sooner. I am not shitting you people i know this for a fact. and i can guarantee that Bell has a wider coverage then Rogers in Canada, Because they have been around longer and in all rural areas Bell is the one and only provider that has FULL coverage in their wireless service. Plus many people has Rogers is all because of the SIM card, but soon enough, things will be changed and i don’t think Rogers will last much longer in this game when time comes. The ironic thing is, when Mobile Portability was announced, everyone from Bell and Telus went to Rogers, but by this summer everyone wants to come back to Bell. So soon we’ll know who is going to rise up on top.

And another tip, if you get a chance to buy stock in Nortel now, do it. Because it is low time, and if you have time and patience, within the next 2-3years for sure it will double and in fact, triple.

If you don’t believe me, then thats okay, but if it does happen you know who was wrong.

take care and goodnight.

By: Julian

Julian — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 09:25:23 +0000

Finally, this is long overdue … i remember being pissed at bell because of the shitty phones they had as compared with rogers :D

By: Rob Thomas

Rob Thomas — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 09:12:05 +0000

This is exactly why I got away from Bell Mobility. They are, as usual, behind the times. I switched to Rogers 7 years ago and never looked back. Even then, Bell's serivce was behind what Rogers was capable of. I was able to make calls on Rogers system with out being charged the long distance rates that Bell would have charged me for the same call. From my office I could call home, and from home I could call my office. With Bell, calling home from the office was cool. But to call my office and not get charged long distance, with Bell I had to be at least 1/2 way to the office before I could make that call. Bell and the others better learn to catch up fast. Otherwise by the time they get this up and running, Rogers will have moved up to LTE and will still be ahead of the game. AS USUAL!!

By: Zerts

Zerts — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 18:55:54 +0000

Is the IPhone coming to bell then?

By: Simon Cohen

Simon Cohen — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:51:32 +0000

@Jeff: No, they're not doing GSM, since that is being replaced by HSPA – no sense going backward.

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:51:31 +0000

It will be nice also if MTS upgrade the same to HSPA of of CDMA/EVDO

By: Tracy

Tracy — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:39:49 +0000

Here's the link to the Telus press release http://about.telus.com/cgi-bin/news_viewer.cgi?news_id=956&mode=2&news_year=2008

By: Tracy

Tracy — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:37:54 +0000

Telus is starting immediately and plans on being done early 2010.

By: Jeff Lewis

Jeff Lewis — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:35:43 +0000

That's cool - but.. does this mean they're switching to GSM over CDMA? That would be even cooler still.

And having a 3G network is pointless if no one can afford to actually use it (like owning a Ferrari in a town where all the roads are 100m long - doesn't get you far even if you do go faster...)

And how will this fit into Bell's WiMAX plans?