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Early Fido $57 Unlimited Plan Adopters Must Contact Fido for 2GB Update

If you happened to jump on Fido's popular $57 unlimited promo plan (recently extended to Jan. 2013) before Friday's update which upped the data plan to 2GB, you will be required to contact Fido to get that additional gigabyte added to your plan. Fido's data bucket increased when Koodo added 2GB to their similar unlimited...

Virgin Mobile $57 Unlimited Plan Updated with 2GB of Data

Looks like we have some hot three way action now (Fido vs Koodo vs Virgin)--regarding the $57 unlimited plan that is. Virgin Mobile has modified their $57/month plan to match the Fido $57 plan reports MobileSyrup. The latter was updated to match the 2GB offering in Koodo's similar $60 plan announced yesterday. Virgin Mobile's Choice 57 plan includes:...

Fido’s $57 Promo Plan Gets Double the Data, Now Includes 2GB

Just a quick note on Fido's $57 promotional voice and data plan. We earlier noted it was quietly extended to January 7th of 2013, and now it appears to have gotten even better. As spotted by iPhone in Canada reader @habsfan324, the data allowance has now doubled to 2GB, essentially making this a fantastic plan for...

Fido’s $57 Unlimited Smart Plan Promo Extended to Jan. 7th, 2013 [Update]

Fido's $57 promotional Smart Plan has been quietly extended to expire in the new year on January 7th, 2013 (it was set to 'expire' on November 25th). The plan includes the following: Unlimited SMS/MMS, International texts Unlimited anytime minutes Unlimited incoming calls Unlimited Canada-wide long distance 1GB of LTE ready data Value pack included: caller...

Fido Launches New Unlimited Canada-Wide Smart Plan for $57/month

Fido has announced a new unlimited $57/month Canada-wide smart plan. Here's what's included: Unlimited SMS/MMS, International texts Unlimited anytime minutes Unlimited incoming calls Unlimited 5PM evenings and weekends Unlimited Canada-wide long distance 1GB of LTE ready data Value pack included: caller ID, voicemail, call forwarding Available monthly or on a two year term $57/month; ends...

Rogers/Fido My Account iPhone App ‘Unable to Authenticate’ For Some Users

Almost three years ago Rogers and Fido released their My Account iPhone app to allow customers to check account balances, track wireless voice and data usage and change My5 or My10 numbers. The apps require a data connection to authenticate your account, but lately it appears both apps are not working for customers, giving messages...

Fido: iOS 6 Bug Related to Data Usage Over Wi-Fi Does Not Exist

Over at the Fido Technical Community forums, the moderators there have concluded the widespread bug in iOS 6 related to data usage while being on Wi-Fi doesn't exist, as the team is unable to pinpoint the problem: Hi everyone, Fido has confirmed that there is no issue. The data issues (where Wi-Fi connected phones are...

Share your iPhone 5 LTE Speedtests from Rogers, Bell and Telus

The iPhone 5 now supports LTE networks, and Rogers, Bell and Telus have done their job in setting up LTE networks coast to coast, with ongoing expansions currently underway. I asked you guys to send in your Speedtest.net screenshots to us, and here are some randomly selected tests completed on Rogers, Bell, Telus and Fido....

Fido Monthly Plans Updated with Double the Data and $5 Off

just a quick note for Fido users--monthly plans have been updated on their website to include double the data and $5 off the Standard Plans. So that means the Smart plans (Max Plans) now have 1GB-2GB of data for the various plans. Note the addition of the $55 plan, which did not exist when these...

Fido iPhone 5 Pre-Orders Start, Only 16GB Models Available [Update]

Fido kicked off their iPhone 5 pre-orders this morning, but their customers were in for a bit of a surprise. Only 16GB models were available, much to the disappointment of their customers (screenshot via @i0livier): According to this Fido forums thread, customer service agents explain their "reasoning" for the shortfall of model availability: "Apple is...

Rogers/Fido iPhone 5 Reservations to Start Between 6AM-7AM EDT on Sept. 14 [Update]

According to a tweet by @FidoSolutions, the reservations system should go live between 6-7AM EDT on Friday (Thanks @PeterLisi!). Expect Rogers to also have this start time as well. https://twitter.com/fidosolutions/status/246355368903602176 Rogers and Fido customers can reserve the iPhone 5 by accessing their online MyAccount. There will be a $40 deposit required, and do note there's...

First Look: Nano SIMs Arrive at Fido and Rogers Locations [PICS]

With iPhone 5 pre-orders set to take place just after midnight PDT tonight on Apple.ca, the 'Big 3' carriers will soon follow afterwards as their landing pages are already up. One major change with the iPhone 5 is the new smaller nano SIM, and MobileSyrup has posted images of the Rogers and Fido nano SIMs,...