Fido

Effective January 24, 2010, Fido will be launching a Prepaid version of the entry level contracted $40 CityFido plan. The new CityFido Prepaid plan will be available in nine cities across Canada, which include Calgary, Edmonton, London, Montreal, Ottawa/Gatineau, Toronto, Quebec City, Vancouver, and Victoria. The CityFido Prepaid will include the following plan features: $45...

Just a quick note to potential Rogers/Fido iPhone customers. If you are looking to get one of the "officially" labeled "iPhone Plans" from Rogers/Fido, you will now have both the Early Cancellation Fee and Data Early Cancellation Fee attached to the plan. In other words, the official iPhone Plans now include both the ECF and...

In a rare move, Fido has some minor good news for Vancouver customers of the recent CityFido plans that include 2000 and 4000 minutes each. There are two CityFido plans that are available in nine zones across Canada. The plan details are listed below: CityFido $40 Minutes: 2,000 anytime minutes Text Messages: Unlimited incoming and...

Prospective mobile phone customers considering Fido for service may be interested to know that the company has reduced their entry level CityFido plan by $5.00. This brings the plan to $40 (was $45) and retains the same features as before. CityFido $40 (was $45) Minutes: 2,000 anytime minutes Text Messages: Unlimited incoming and outgoing text...

Rogers noted the other day, that the Rogers and Fido tethering promo announced last summer will been extended. The original expiry date was set for December 31st, so that's a pretty darn good extension for the promotion. There is no official press documents on the Rogers website as of yet, but details are as follows:...

At first I thought my iPhone was acting up. But after experiencing multiple dropped calls, intermittent cutting in and out when dialling, and confirmation via twitter (people exploding over this issue), I can finally say Rogers/Fido is experiencing some major network issues! Here is a sampling of some tweets I've received: no fido connection in...

If you have or are planning to purchase a Rogers/Fido device between December 1 and December 31, 2009, whether an iPhone or other smartphone/consumer device, Rogers/Fido have extended the return policy for those purchases until January 15 2010. Extended Holiday Returns Any Rogers/Fido devices purchased between December 1 and December 31, 2009 may be returned...

Effective December 10, 2009, Rogers and Fido are waiving the $35 activation fee that customers are usually charged when starting up a new account. Eligibility & Restrictions The offer is applicable to new 3-year term activations on the following rate plans: Mega Value Plans (All “choice of feature” plans: Unlimited Network Calling, MY5, Double Your...

Rogers/Fido have just finished another round of reducing customer local calling areas. We originally reported about this back in August when the following cities were undergoing the change: Sarnia (Ontario) – July 1, 2009 Windsor, London and Kingston (Ontario) – August 1, 2009 Kelowna, Nanaimo and Victoria (British Columbia) – September 15, 2009 Toronto (Ontario)...

Below you find the latest Fido plans for iPhone 3G/3GS for December 2009. Please note that these plans will be reflective of Fido and there are five sections below detailing individual regions (prices vary between regions): 1.) BC/ALBERTA REGION 2.) MIDWEST REGION 3.) ONTARIO REGION 4.) QUEBEC REGION 5.) ATLANTIC REGION Note: The plans and...

31 days left... As many have read our article regarding the Tethering policies for Rogers and Fido, one of the most talked about points is that Rogers/Fido plan to offer Tethering access for free to accounts that have 1GB or higher data plans (using your data bucket) up until December 31, 2009...but what then? Well,...

A few months ago, Rogers/Fido updated their websites to provide customers with the ability to view their wireless usage in almost real-time. The information was updated every four hours and gave users a great tool to track wireless usage. To expand on that functionality and to set themselves apart from the other two Canadian iPhone...