ROGERS vs BELL

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pinkinmv

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By "manage" does that mean YOU are the "tech support" for your company - or will you rely on the service provider?

I went back to a BB (from a Treo-650, and my third BB overall) last Thursday. Spent 2 hours with Tier-1 Tech Support on Friday and 2.5 hours with Tier-2 Tech Support last night and they still couldn't figure out what the problem was. A techie friend pointed me to this forum and the problem was resolved in 5 minutes. If that was an example of Rogers' technical "expertise", next time I will let my neighbour's dog solve the problem.

But, if you need GSM...........
 
Its not even so much the GSM capability of Rogers that makes them better.

Rogers reaches 94% of the canadian population which is alot more then what Bell or Telus offer.

As well you have rate plan flexibility. No paying to switch your plans.

Rogers towers allow you to get data anywhere you can get your voice as well the tower have dedicated channels just for data. With bell or telus data is hit and miss depending on tower and there is no dedicated channels for data meaning if the tower your closest too is maxed out you wont get voice or data.

There are many reasons why, too many to list. There is just a few to think about.
 
I've used both Bell and Rogers and can tell you that you should manipulate Rogers into giving you the same deal Bell is offering if its at all possible.

In testing a Bell 8803 unit vs using a Rogers 8800 unit I can say that the Rogers service (at least in Ontario) has better coverage and an end-user experience that feels faster than Bell. The CDMA network does have an edge in speed (about 4kbs in practical usage) but the protocol is so complex that that edge gets eaten up by processing times on the 8803, to the end user it appears that the Bell service hesitates more often than the Rogers service.

Both companies suffer from bad customer service for the end user and their billing systems could have been used by the Inquisition more effectively than fire and crushing devices.

The one thing we didn't get to test with the Bell system was the international roaming, I have no opinion on the switch over that the 8803 goes through to go from CDMA to GSM or what that would do with the data services.
 
the whole cdma gsm debate is kindof mute now that bell has the 8830.. i dont think alot of the replies above are good ones and they look to be rogers fanboys as this is a rogers forum..
you should probably have a comparable model.. 8800 and 8830 and just compare them..

all the talk about coverage is only valid to where you actually are.. you may have awesome coverage by both carriers or one may be stronger then the other..

for me if the handsets are equal and the coverage is equal then you can go for the best price...

youreally have to lay down your priorities and make your own decision based on your experiences.
 
I am new to this thread and actually with Telus, but I do what to say as Canadians we should force the carriers to compete with each other, we all win then.

I am with Telus and have found that if you ask you get, but overall our data prices could be lower. If this is an opportunity to make Rogers and Bell compete take it and choose whatever suits your needs
 
I've tested both units and I must say that the battery life on the rogers is much longer then the bell unit. As for the rest it was all said in the above posts.
 
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