Comments on: Pay to Receive Texts. WTF?

By: LB

LB — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:40:51 +0000

Mobility wasteland, indeed. I, for one, am pissed with the current cell phone options in Canada. I was hoping to get an iphone until Rogers released its ridiculous pricing plans. The “backpedaling” is certainly not much backpedaling at all! The frustrating thing is the utter lack of options. You either sign with one of the big 3 or with one of their subsidiary companies. I refuse to get too excited about Koodoo when I still remember the bargains we could get through Fido, and I remember how long those lasted.

By: Leif Baradoy

Leif Baradoy — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:09:07 +0000

I love marketing language. It is so frequently clear and balanced.

“Extra value pack”! That changes everything! I also think there is a “Happy Unicorns and Rainbows” pack for $20/month that let you give unicorn names to all you friends and gives you 300 free text messages.

I’m all for the feds stepping in on this one. I think it is valid because things like texting and data are still emerging mobile technologies, with versitile application, that will help Canada pursue innovative change and keep pace with the world.

By: Casey

Casey — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:44:09 +0000

Jim Prentice, Industry Minister, isn’t thrilled with the new text policies. Sounds like the feds are going to step in.

Keep in mind that this only impacts people who don’t have an “extra value pack” (yes that was sarcasm) of some sort. Most people pay an extra $10 and get voicemail, caller ID, 250 text messages, etc.

But it is still pretty weak from Telus and Bell.