Comments on: Fido to Stop Selling the iPhone 3G in 2009?

By: timmackinnon

timmackinnon — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 11:59:44 +0000

Rumour is spelled RUMOUR and it is incorrect to spell it as RUMOR. Please, respect the commonwealth spelling.

By: Benny

Benny — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 02:50:27 +0000

I had the same thing happen to me, only I actually talked to a rep and renewed my plan on the phone, only to get the cancelled package on my next bill… I called up extremely irate and got my old plan back, without the SAF, and $45/mth/unlimited. All is fine now…

By: Lulz

Lulz — Sun, 17 May 2009 14:59:04 +0000

I dont believe it, i tried to buy an iphone today, i started casually chatting with the sales rep and then i asked for a 16gb iphone and he said “heres an inside tip, theyre telling us about a new iphone well be selling in june/july, itll have 32gb storage, a better camera and a faster processor, if you get one now you will have wasted your money” thank god for that sales rep guy.

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 05 May 2009 20:06:08 +0000

It is true. I asked about the iPhone today and they informed me that “a lot of their customer’s don’t like the added costs of the iPhone.” Guess that the new company position. I joined with them back in the Microcell days too. Slowly seen them go downhill. They were the alternative brand, that gave you what you needed. Understandably in competitive markets, you need to restructure, but sad to seem them go this way.

By: Dialecto

Dialecto — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 00:44:50 +0000

Has this been confirmed yet? I can’t find any news on this outside of this website. I’m planning on getting an iPhone in the near future and am currently still favouring Fido as a provider. So, I’d be really interested in the newest ’scoop’ here.

By: fido hater

fido hater — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 07:22:38 +0000

I too have been a customer since the Microcell days! I have the original City Fido Unlimited local calling plan for $45/month which included the system access fee!…at least I thought I was still getting this rate until I checked my bill and it showed I had cancelled this and agreed to a $50 plan which does not include the system access fee.

I’m really upset that this change was done without me knowing. As far as I was informed numerous times by CSR at fido there was a grandfather clause on my agreement. If this meant renewing as I have already done and if my contract in fact was completed, they should have told me it was up for renewal and in order to keep this same agreement I would be required to renew.

I have yet to express my bitter disappointment but they shall feel the wrath of one very unhappy customer.

By: andre

andre — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 04:46:38 +0000

I just signed up a 3 year contract for my iphone with fido, and they had better service me well for those 3 years as I have been a return customer in the past.
They will only loose out if they turn their backs on iphone clients. I think Ted Rogers wouldn’t like this move as he wanted to provide a product that the customers wanted.
Fido is Rogers even though they act independently from each other.
Dumb move.

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By: someone who still cares about customer service

someone who still cares about customer service — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 05:54:37 +0000

as someone who is very close to fido I can confirm they will most likley stop selling the iphone. my suggestion is email, email , email let apple know what you think about this they already have issues with rogers to begin with.

I can also tell you that communication between the retail locations and head office has stoped, no employee including managers have any Idea what’s going on. when rogers decides to do something they now do it and employees arrive for there next shift to something new and in most case bull shit money grabs which screw the customer. From what I’ve scene up to this point it would not surprise me if Rogers is plotting to get rid of fido or move the brand into their stores.

By: staticneon

staticneon — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 06:04:48 +0000

if you “hop ship” and sign a new contract with Rogers and you are not yet eligible for a HUP, Fido will waive your ECF IFF (if and only if!) a) you have been a customer for at least 1 year, and b) you are in good credit standing with them, i.e. no outstanding debt or history of unpaid bills, etc.

at least this was rogers’ policy when i jumped to fido to grab the iphone when i was only 6 mos into my 3-yr contract with rogers. (in fact this was the loophole to get an iphone right away instead waiting to be hup-eligible! silly, really…)