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By Gary Ng on February 16th, 2012

Fido recently made a slight change to the prices of their Value Packs and Caller ID. The Fido website was quietly updated about a week ago with increases of $1 to Value Packs and Caller ID. Value Packs are now stand at $11 and $16, whereas Caller ID as a standalone feature is now $8…

By Gary Ng on January 4th, 2012

Update 1: Rogers will also be applying the same prepaid data pass changes as well. (Thanks Jonathan!) == Fido Prepaid Data Passes are set to receive a new price overhaul as of February 6th, 2012. These data passes are available daily and weekly for prepaid customers that want to use small amounts of data with…

By Gary Ng on November 24th, 2011

Update 1: Our own tipster notes: You can’t use iPhone on this plan. In other words, if you want an iPhone at $159, you can’t use this plan. Unless you sign up for a 3 year voice/data term, cancel, pay ECF (early cancellation fee) and DECF (data early cancellation fee) and switch to the new…

By Gary Ng on October 19th, 2011

Fido has eliminated access to Rogers/Fido WiFi hotspots for its pre-paid iPhone users and now offers it exclusively to its customers on monthly plans. Previously, pre-paid Fido users could login to designated Rogers/Fido hotspot areas, such as Second Cup coffee shops, various golf courses and Denny’s restaurants. Now, when users connect to a Rogers/Fido SSID,…

By Gary Ng on October 6th, 2011

Update 1: Try the following if you are getting an error on the Fido website (via Chris and Adam in the comments): To anyone else reading this, go update your email address in your Fido profile. Log-out. Login. Try and Reserve again. Repeat the process until your email address auto-propogates when Reserving, and it will…

By Gary Ng on October 5th, 2011

Rogers and Fido customers have started to receive text messages from the carriers to note pre-orders of the iPhone 4S will be available on October 7th, the same date as the rest of the world. To make a reservation, you will need to log into your My Rogers account and access the Rogers Reservation System,…

By Gary Ng on September 26th, 2011

It appears Fido employee blackout dates are set to start on October 4th and last until ‘November 31st’, due to a ‘major phone launch’, according to a memo sent into MobileSyrup. The memo reads as follows: Attention All Fido Staff Due to a major phone launch in starting weeks of Q4, Fido employees are in…

By Ex on August 5th, 2011

This week, Fido has updated some of their monthly postpaid plans and have also updated their data add-ons. Voice Plan Changes  In response to Koodo’s new Canada-wide price plans, Fido has added 50 more minutes and 5PM evenings to following price plans: $25 Voice Plan: 50 more minutes (150 total); 5PM evenings $30 Incoming Voice…

By Ex on July 22nd, 2011

This week, Fido completed another update, just minor bug fixes, to their free “My Account” iPhone application. Oddly enough, there is still no Retina Display support for the iPhone 4. The “My Account” app enables Fido customers to view the amount of minutes, data and messages that they have used so far in the month,…

By Ex on June 21st, 2011

Fido has partnered with Flipswap for a new device trade-in program called FidoTRADE. The program enables new or existing Fido customers to trade-in their old mobile phone (with battery) for a credit against a new device. With FidoTRADE, Fido customers can get rid of their old phone. The program takes back all types of devices…