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Quote: Originally Posted by chomperoni I called to switch my data package from one line to another within my same account. I was told that in order to do that I would be charged $100.00 as the contract is within the same account. I ended up cancelling the data plan paying the $100.00 and going with Bell for their data using my unlocked phone. If I am going to be extorted for switching services within the same account then I would rather pay...

Quote: Originally Posted by JustinCredible ^ Same as always. All local calls are unlimited. LOCAL calls. For example, if you're here in Vancouver you can call anywhere in Vancouver for free but if you call 100 km's away all the way to Hope, BC, it's charged long distance. Hope is still in the CityFido zone, so if you're in Hope you can call anywhere in Hope's local calling are a for free. But NOT all the way back to...

Quote: Originally Posted by a in yul thks for your patience & the explanantion JC; this makes more sense to me now! No worries. I'll make a graph to explain it to the rest who don't understand the difference between CF zones and Fido LCA's.

You will be charge extra next year... Using the stick should be consider as tethering isn't? Can anybody can reconfirm this?

All the providers nickle and dime and so will the new providers. As much as you all hope things will change the one thing that will remain the same is they want profit and will do anything to make it. What you call nickle and diming they call $$$$$$

Quote: Originally Posted by smuggler T-Mobile (US) prepaid. No incoming charge, whether or not that call is from a landline or another cell phone. The per-minute rate is $0.30 to any phone in the US, either cell or landline. I have T-Mobile (US) prepaid and I'm not sure what you mean by "no incoming charge" since whenever I pick up my phone (incoming call), I am charged $0.10 per minute for the call... the same rate...

I can also give one more example. On various prepaid plans, it is often said that Call Forwarding, Voice Mail, and Caller ID are "included". Does that mean that there is no air time charge for Call Forwarding or Voice Mail (deposit or retrieval)? Call Forward is a separate function than regular calls, and thus one cannot assume the other. Give you one more example: Conference Call is included for most plans. but Conference...

^Boom!!!!!!! Good analogy

Quote: Originally Posted by lmcjipo Yes, but you're using the comparison that since you have "unlimited" local calling with CityFido, it is natural that you have "unlimited local call forwarding" with CityFido. I'm not saying that this is or isn't the case. What I'm saying is that just because you have unlimited 1 thing does not necessarily mean that you have unlimited of something...

If you want to zoom, you'll have to lower the resolution to something less than 3.2MP first. then you can digitally zoom. It's weird, but I dont even bother zooming since it's digital. I found the battery life terrible with 3G. So i deactivated it. Now it's a lot better.