texting to a canadian mobile

Sam wrote:

> Indeed, seems to be going this way, decent retention offers seem few
> and far between.

The Vodafone adverts on the radio make me laugh.
"For the best offers go direct to Vodafone"

Personally I think some of the best offers are on o2 via cash back.

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On Sat, 09 Sep 2006 18:24:50 GMT, Loz <[email protected]> wrote:

>Loz wrote:
>
>> I think Orange do, but only on PAYT.
>
>They do

They do indeed, however you'll need to re-mortgage to be able to
afford it. ;-)

Sam.

Sam wrote:
> On Sat, 09 Sep 2006 18:24:50 GMT, Loz <[email protected]> wrote:

>>> I think Orange do, but only on PAYT.
>> They do

It's not so bad on PAYT as on Pay Monthly.

I still can't see it really taking off over here; because of both cost
and the lack of handset support.

[email protected] declared for all the world to hear...
> I think Orange do, but only on PAYT.

They did it on PAYT for consumers, this has now been withdrawn. It was
also available to selected business customers but I'm not sure if it's
still running or not.

Basically, it was a flop.
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Regards
Jon

cheers for the advice people




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Jamie1980

Loz <[email protected]> wrote:

: > But apparently it's catching on fast.

: You don't see so many people tapping the keys on their phone like you do
: over here.

Last time I was in Vancouver some friends GSM mobiles on the Fido network
didn't even have SMS (send or receive) included in their (basic) price plan!

"Brian McIlwrath" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...

> Last time I was in Vancouver some friends GSM mobiles on the Fido network
> didn't even have SMS (send or receive) included in their (basic) price
> plan!

Amazing - I don't have it included in my Orange (UK) 'price plan' either.

:-)


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J B

Texting is actually beginning to pick up here big time! But, it will
probably never be as big as it is down there. Primarily because, call
cost here are very cheap. We all have inclusive minutes and unlimited
nights and weekends to call anywhere in the US. So, it does not really
cost us anything to call each other. Also, it does not cost us extra to
call a land line VS a mobile. i.e. There is nothing like free incoming
calls here like you guys have for your mobiles(we do not diffeentiate
between mobile and land lines). But, we do have so many minutes that
it's not an issue.

Most carriers also have text plans though. But, still, people would
rather call than text. Why waste tiem typing on the phone when it does
not cost anything to actually call the person...as long as they are in
the US. About 90% of the textting I do is internationally, since it
obviously costs more to call international from the mobile.




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mrcamp

On Mon, 11 Sep 2006 18:54:17 +0000, mrcamp
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Primarily because, call
>cost here are very cheap. We all have inclusive minutes and unlimited
>nights and weekends to call anywhere in the US.

Just shows how little understanding there is of SMS where you are.

Texting is not instead of calls. It's a completely different form of
communication.

Lots of places have effectively unlimited call minutes (well, the user
has been suckered into a price plan with too many minutes included so
as to get a subsidised handset) but that doesn't stop them texting all
the time.

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