http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/11/01/fido-announces-3g-service-and-pricing-civilized-world-points-an/ Engadget Mobile Comments for FIDO announces 3G service and pricing, civilized world points and laughs http://www.engadgetmobile.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadgetmobile.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/11/01/fido-announces-3g-service-and-pricing-civilized-world-points-an/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/11/01/fido-announces-3g-service-and-pricing-civilized-world-points-an/but hey theres a good reason foreign investors arent allowed into canada to compete...might stifle canadian businesses and force them out of the market (ya think? of course it will with prices like these!)]]>Nov 1st 2007 4:49PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/11/01/fido-announces-3g-service-and-pricing-civilized-world-points-an/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/11/01/fido-announces-3g-service-and-pricing-civilized-world-points-an/Nov 1st 2007 5:58PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/11/01/fido-announces-3g-service-and-pricing-civilized-world-points-an/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/11/01/fido-announces-3g-service-and-pricing-civilized-world-points-an/>:-/]]>Nov 1st 2007 5:31PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/11/01/fido-announces-3g-service-and-pricing-civilized-world-points-an/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/11/01/fido-announces-3g-service-and-pricing-civilized-world-points-an/Nov 1st 2007 6:22PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/11/01/fido-announces-3g-service-and-pricing-civilized-world-points-an/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/11/01/fido-announces-3g-service-and-pricing-civilized-world-points-an/Nov 1st 2007 6:55PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/11/01/fido-announces-3g-service-and-pricing-civilized-world-points-an/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/11/01/fido-announces-3g-service-and-pricing-civilized-world-points-an/
Let's put this in perspective. The VAST majority of average feature phone users exhaust FAR less than 10MB / month (assuming, of course, that they don't tether). In fact, the average BlackBerry subscriber (who relies on data much more heavily than his Fido counterpart using a 12-key LG TU500) only uses around 4 MB on average.

So, all considered, $10 for a data plan is damn good price assuming it's put on a flip phone like the TU 500 with a WAP browser.

Laptop cards and tethered units are a different story, of course...]]>Nov 1st 2007 6:55PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/11/01/fido-announces-3g-service-and-pricing-civilized-world-points-an/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/11/01/fido-announces-3g-service-and-pricing-civilized-world-points-an/Nov 1st 2007 10:29PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/11/01/fido-announces-3g-service-and-pricing-civilized-world-points-an/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/11/01/fido-announces-3g-service-and-pricing-civilized-world-points-an/
Yeah, thanks for pointing out how BlackBerries work.

Now try taking a look at how LG flip phones compress data. You might learn something.]]>Nov 1st 2007 11:17PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/11/01/fido-announces-3g-service-and-pricing-civilized-world-points-an/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/11/01/fido-announces-3g-service-and-pricing-civilized-world-points-an/Nov 4th 2007 1:50AMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/11/01/fido-announces-3g-service-and-pricing-civilized-world-points-an/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/11/01/fido-announces-3g-service-and-pricing-civilized-world-points-an/Nov 1st 2007 7:05PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/11/01/fido-announces-3g-service-and-pricing-civilized-world-points-an/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/11/01/fido-announces-3g-service-and-pricing-civilized-world-points-an/
A customer service representative told me a few weeks back to wait for the "Great new data plans" that were coming along.

"You'll be very pleased with what's coming - I know that the 200 megabyte plan you have is really limiting given todays realities, and with the new handset options coming there will be great new plans along with them".

Wow, 12 megs. That's not great, that's craptacular!]]>Nov 1st 2007 8:13PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/11/01/fido-announces-3g-service-and-pricing-civilized-world-points-an/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/11/01/fido-announces-3g-service-and-pricing-civilized-world-points-an/It makes sure that we in Canada remain marginalized from a connectivity perspective. Suck it Rogers / Fido... I wish there was a new competing GSM provider here.]]>Nov 1st 2007 8:48PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/11/01/fido-announces-3g-service-and-pricing-civilized-world-points-an/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/11/01/fido-announces-3g-service-and-pricing-civilized-world-points-an/
http://www.fon.com/en/]]>Nov 2nd 2007 11:30AMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/11/01/fido-announces-3g-service-and-pricing-civilized-world-points-an/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/11/01/fido-announces-3g-service-and-pricing-civilized-world-points-an/
Still, this is some sort of good news, and I hope it kicks up real competition.
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Of course, only a handful of people -- and even fewer Engadget subscribers -- belong to that market. :)]]>Nov 1st 2007 11:15PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/11/01/fido-announces-3g-service-and-pricing-civilized-world-points-an/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/11/01/fido-announces-3g-service-and-pricing-civilized-world-points-an/
Not that the call could be for to long, since I'd imagine a video call would eat through that 12mb in like a few minutes. ]]>Nov 1st 2007 9:33PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/11/01/fido-announces-3g-service-and-pricing-civilized-world-points-an/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/11/01/fido-announces-3g-service-and-pricing-civilized-world-points-an/Nov 1st 2007 9:48PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/11/01/fido-announces-3g-service-and-pricing-civilized-world-points-an/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/11/01/fido-announces-3g-service-and-pricing-civilized-world-points-an/
Rogers 3rd quarter report came out today. From the Toronto Star online: "...third-quarter profit soared 75 per cent...". "Rogers Wireless said average revenue per user increased 7 per cent to $75.15 year-over-year thanks largely to a 53 per cent increase in data revenue as more customers continue to pay extra for wireless services such as video, music and email. Rogers said data revenue now represents nearly 14 per cent of monthly revenue and exceeded $10 per user, on average, for the first time during the third quarter."

Why stop when you have a monoply?]]>Nov 2nd 2007 12:02AMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/11/01/fido-announces-3g-service-and-pricing-civilized-world-points-an/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/11/01/fido-announces-3g-service-and-pricing-civilized-world-points-an/Nov 2nd 2007 9:21AMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/11/01/fido-announces-3g-service-and-pricing-civilized-world-points-an/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/11/01/fido-announces-3g-service-and-pricing-civilized-world-points-an/Nov 21st 2007 11:15PM