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In most other businesses and sectors of society, advertising one thing and then providing another, lesser quality thing is grounds for lawsuit, imprisonment, etc. But if you’re a cellular carrier or smartphone manufacturer, such trivial things apparently don’t matter. How else would you categorize the Motorola Atrix having disabled (read: capped) HSUPA? The end results is a “4G” phone that tops out at 400Kbps upload speeds, leaving many “3G” devices (such as the iPhone 4) to move along at up to ~1Mbps.
Hopefully Motorola, AT&T, and Bell come forward with some sort of legitimate reasoning besides the B.S. excuse of “the/our network isn’t quite ready yet”. Because if that’s the case, the phone shouldn’t have been marketed or released as a 4G phone in the first place. Any current Atrix 4G owners felling a but burnt by AT&T, Bell, and possibly Motorola’s actions?
- December 20, 2010 7:54 pm
I’m pretty sure that most of you would agree with me that telemarketers have the worst job in all of the human races’ existence. There’s no saving grace, no perks, and no enjoyment because everyone hates you. In fact, people hate telemarketers so much they go out of their way to add their phone numbers to these miles long lists designed to prevent telemarketers from invading their lives. And for Canadian cellular carrier, Bell, they had to learn the hard way that you just don’t go ignoring do-Nnot-call lists without facing some stiff penalties.
Today, the Montreal Gazette ran a story detailing Bell’s unfortunate business dealings and even more unfortunate fine totaling $1.3 million! For those keeping note, that’s the largest fine for violating a do-not-call list in Canada’s history. Truth be told, it wasn’t just the simple violation of the list that got the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission upset. Bell actually contracted a 3rd party to call on their behalf in an attempt to either fool those who over see such do-not-call lists and/or avoid any potential fines levied against those violating said lists.
It’s a big win for consumers who go out of their way to rid their lives of nuisances like telemarketers only to have their own carrier sell them out.
- November 18, 2010 10:26 pm
Bell Mobility customers will soon have a new reason to speed — down the interwebs that is. Starting November 23rd, interested users will be able to pick up the Novatel Wireless U547 which will not only support the carriers super speedy 21Mbps speeds, but the even faster 42Mbps network as well. The small caveat is that Bell Mobility will be charging 42Mbps users an extra $10/month to enjoy the extra speed. Though thankfully, it isn’t mandatory that you pay the extra $10 for the Novatel Wireless U547 either. It will still run at the slightly slower 21Mbps tier just fine.
November 23rd. Bell Mobility. $199.95. Any takers?
- February 25, 2010 8:03 am
What’s on the top of your “cellular carrier wishlist”? For some, faster speeds. Others — coverage. If I mentioned cross-carrier video calling, how would you shuffle around your list to include it? For many subjects, the whole video calling thing would probably sit pretty low. For the lucky Canadians up north however, video calling appears to be a pretty big sought after feature — at least to the telcos anyway.
With join collaboration between Bell, Rogers, and Telus, video calling will now be easier than ever not only to persons on the same network as you, but on the other two networks mentioned as well.
I personally can’t say I’d be too excited. I absolutely hate talking on the phone. Adding video to it would probably be even more annoying. Though I can see certain instances where it would be helpful and warranted (long job trips away from significant other/kids, etc.) I’m but a single human walking across the earth. Canadians: Are you excited?
BGR
For whatever reason, Nokia phones have failed to really catch on here in the states. I know we’ve all seen those junk freebie Nokia’s that just about every carrier has, using them to inflate their bottom line. But the real meat is that of smartphones. Here in the states and even North America as a whole, Nokia smartphones are often left for those with deeper pockets than most thanks to a lack of carrier subsidizing. $5-$600 phones are simply too much for most end users to pay. Even the most diehard tech enthusiasts can’t afford such treats. But for a few of our lucky Canadian friends, getting a subsidized Nokia smartphone — an N97 no less — for half the price is something that will certainly perk a few ears.
According to MobileSyrup, this Thursday, December 10th, the same day that sees Bell Canada launching their first Android device (Samsung Galaxy) will also see them launching the Nokia N97. For now, price is uncertain. But given that it’s a 3-year contract — a full 50% longer than most other civilized nations around the world — I would hope that a fairly generous subsidy is given. Look for the N97 to cost anywhere between $250-$350 when all i’s have been dotted and t’s crossed. Suddenly taking a trip up north doesn’t sound so bad now does it? Now where did I put my snowshoes….
BGR > MobileSyrup
It looks like the days of the iPhone monopoly are about to end in Canada as the Jesus Phone is coming to both Telus and Bell. Until recently, Rogers was the only game in town for iPhone action. But word on the street is that the change will be announced Tuesday or Wednesday. Conincidentally this potential release will conincide very well with the launch of Telus and Bell’s launch of their new 21 Mbps HSDPA+ network.
For those of you who keep track of network types and speeds, you might remember that both Telus and Bell are new to GSM/EDGE/HSPA networks but they have been burning the midnight oil to roll out their new high speed network in time for, most likely, the Vancouver Olympics (can you say roaming charges?) and certainly the holiday season. Now to spice things up Bell is contending that their network version is more advanced because it is utilizing the latest network standard, HSPA + ,while Rogers is still slowly rolling HSPA+ out beyond the intial 5 cities they have already blanketed: Calgary, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto and Vancouver.
So what do you think? The idea of having 21 Mbps a tempting morsel for a move to the land up north? Or how about having more then one carrier offering the same phone? Sound off below.
Courtesy of 9to5Mac
There’s nothing like the sign of impending device releases like the first screen capture of a system inventory device list showing the latest and greatest from RIM making its way to market. The two carriers of interest are AT&T and Bell. While new devices can appear up to 3-4 months before their actual scheduled release date, I’d say it’s safe to assume an announcement and release within the next month. CrackBerry users who have been looking for something to upgrade to from their aging beauty Bold now have something to set their sights on. The wait is almost over folks.
Source: Berry Review
CDMA Crackberry users who have been oh so impatiently waiting for a reason to be less wealthy and instead trade it in for the greatest CDMA berry yet will soon have chance. A spy shot courtesy of one of Boy Genius’ ninjas shows the 9630 Tour coming to Bell for $599.95 CDN ($510 USD) free of chains. While a contract price is still up in the air, if Bell does business as normal and follows other pricing schemes, Bell Customers can expect to walk away with a shiny new Tour after signing over their lives for 3-years. However, in return you should be able to get the Tour at a slight discount coming in around $199.95. Now, as far as U.S. users and Verizon are concerned, we’re still waiting for any *official* unofficial confirmation such as a leaked screenshot or something. At least we know it’s coming now that are northern neighbors are getting ready to cash in. CDMA users, are you going to upgrade?
Source: BG
