Subj : Mobile Service in Canada To : Warpslide From : August Abolins Date : Wed Mar 03 2021 22:10:00 Hello Warpslide! ** On Monday 01.03.21 - 17:45, Warpslide wrote to August Abolins: W> Several years ago when I was at a Future Shop (remember them?),.. Do I. I remember the haggling style of the sales-persons. Hated that. I just read that in February 2001, as it was closing and liquidating some it stores because of poor sales, it attempted to acquire the Chapters book store chain in Canada, but failed to come up with a reasonable offer. It seemed that at some point, every company it touched or acquired, soon went bust. But its first 10 years leading up to 2000 seemed to go well. I'm surprised that with the boon of internet around that time, they couldn't do well. W> ..I got talking to the guy about cell phone carriers. He W> asked me where I lived and then recommended that I go with W> either Bell or Telus as "they're better in the country". W> "Rogers", he said "is better if you're in the city, W> especially the downtown core". It could have something to do with with the positions of the radio equipment on the towers? W> I don't know if that's true in all places, but it's W> certainly true here. At my last job, which was in the middle W> of nowhere, I was on Fido (Rogers) when I first started W> there. I got either No Service or one bar while inside the W> facility. Early on, Rogers seemed to have poor coverage. But its USB Stick product worked reasonably well. And being my only choice at the time and committed to its Stick solution to make the purchase worthwhile for the long run, I didn't spend too much time comparing any alternatives because everybody else was more expensive. Early in the game, I noticed that cellphone coverage was poor passed 20 ft into my shop. Now it seems that people have no trouble using their phones deep in the bowels of my shop. After I inquire, most people have either Telus or Bell. W> I switched to Koodo (Telus) and had 3 bars inside and 5 bars W> outside. I have sweetspots in my house with Lucky. -- ../|ug --- OpenXP 5.0.49 * Origin: (} Pointy McPointface (618:250/1.9) .