The following update is pretty huge for Fido! Effective December 6 2010, Fido has made 6PM early evenings a standard feature across ALL of their price plans that include the evenings and weekends feature. Previously, Fido plans started their evenings at 7PM, but with recent activity from Koodo and Virgin, 6PM is now standard. This...
Effective today, Fido has revised their two existing CityFido Plans. Previously, when subscribed to a CityFido Plan, users could only use their minutes within their CityFido Zone, which was one of the following cities: Vancouver, Edmonton, Toronto, Victoria, Calgary, Winnipeg, London, Ottawa, Montreal or Quebec. Using minutes outside of your zone meant paying a per...
This week, Rogers and Fido have revised their US and International Text Messaging Travel packs. These packages are targeted toward travelers that may send a lot of text messages while using their iPhone outside of Canada and want to avoid paying excessive per message roaming fees. These add-ons, like Caller Display and Voicemail, can be...
It seems that AT&T has provided some insight on when the next iPhone, affectionately called the iPhone HD, may be released. This week, AT&T, the exclusive wireless carrier of the iPhone in the USA, has began to roll back upgrade eligibility dates for current owners of the iPhone 3GS. What this means is that if...
Last month, the Fido activation fee waiver promotion expired on March 31, 2010. Effective April 2 2010, Fido is waiving their $35 activation fee for new activations (new customers) and are continuing to waive the $35 activation fee "until further notice". This promotion could very well be permanent for Fido. Eligibility & Restrictions The offer...
March 2010 is turning out to be the month of Canadian wireless carrier promotions! First Rogers launched their free 6PM early evenings add-on and waived the $35 activation fee (Fido too). Then Bell followed, with Virgin Mobile (only $35 wavier for Virgin), and matched the same promotions. Then Telus followed Rogers/Bell and released their own...
Effective March 12, 2010, Rogers and Fido have extended their activation fee waiver promotion and are continuing to waive 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...
Effective May 4, 2010, Rogers/Fido will be increasing the price of sent international text messages by $0.10, from $0.25 to $0.35 per sent international text message. The price change applies to both prepaid and postpaid customers: The pay-per-use rate for received international text messages will stay the same at $0.15 per received message. The pay-per-use...
Effective today, Rogers and Fido have extended their activation waiver promotion and are continuing to waive 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 featureâ€...
Effective February 11, 2010, 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...
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...
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...
