Comments on: Canadian minister on incoming SMS charges: “Tough luck”

By: data recovery

data recovery — Wed, 26 May 2010 15:30:43 +0000

It will be a good move and i think there sholud be any charge on incoming messages.

By: VancouverTech » Vancouver tech posts of the week

VancouverTech » Vancouver tech posts of the week — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 05:30:12 +0000

[...] @Bell Canada backpedals, Twitter SMS now — almost — free, well from Engadget, is not Vancouver-centric exactly, but responds to the noise last week about the Bell Canada and Twitter deal to bring back Twitter text messaging to Bell Canada customers. What was originally to be a no-added-cost service, ended up being a disappointing “premium” service. However, it turns out that all the complaining has paid off, and… Twitter is now free for these Bell Canada customers. It turns out complaining, moaning, and groaning does seem to do the trick in the backwards telecom market of Canada. See also how iPhone pricing eventually gave Canadians the 6GB data plan, and newly added incoming SMS fees were erased (well, not yet). [...]

By: Twitter Kills SMS in Canada « LocalLab : Foire aux Infos

Twitter Kills SMS in Canada « LocalLab : Foire aux Infos — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 18:46:16 +0000

[...] thought out decision,” back in July, but reneged in August following meetings with the carriers, saying, “I would encourage consumers dissatisfied with existing plans to seek alternatives. The [...]

By: » Is Canada Becoming a Digital Ghetto? » The Adventures of Accordion Guy in the 21st Century : Joey deVilla’s Personal Blog

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 15:27:15 +0000

[...] cell providers (former Industry Minister Jim Prentice vowed to get tough on SMS price gouging, then backpedalled). Cell phone rates in Canada are among the highest in the world, and the result is that mobile [...]

By: Twitter Kills SMS in Canada - GigaOM

Twitter Kills SMS in Canada - GigaOM — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 20:38:11 +0000

By: What goes into a Rogers bill | BlackBerry Cool

What goes into a Rogers bill | BlackBerry Cool — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:16:10 +0000

[...] Yep, a little over a third of that monthly bill goes right into Ted’s coffers. Just a friendly reminder before anyone gets too angry at Telus or Bell for charging for incoming SMS messages. [...]

By: DavidB

DavidB — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:42:50 +0000

So there aren’t reasonably priced ($10/month) “unlimited” SMS plans in CA?

Can you tell Telus and Bell you want SMS blocked (like you can with Verizon and others down here)? Seems rife for a customer class action lawsuit, if you as a customer are forced to contact them every month to request removal of charges that you’ve specifically told them you do not want to incur.

By: DavidB

DavidB — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:42:00 +0000

So there aren’t reasonably priced ($10/month) “unlimited” SMS plans in CA?

By: John

John — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 22:23:48 +0000

The canadian market is dynamic… wow what a load of crap.
Who is this guy and who is he sleeping with, dumb caveman.

By: John

John — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 22:23:00 +0000

The canadian market is dynamic… wow what a load of crap.
Who is this guy and who is he sleeping with, dumb caveman.

By: Cool Mike

Cool Mike — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:41:59 +0000

The greed never stops!

By: Cool Mike

Cool Mike — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:41:00 +0000

The greed never stops!

By: BlackBerry Cool

BlackBerry Cool — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:02:49 +0000

@Zoomer,

Good call on increasing the BIM use, but the problem with being charged with incoming SMS use is that you have no real control over how many messages your non-blackberry using friends/family send you.

Dark times indeed for Canadian mobile subscribers.

By: BlackBerry Cool

BlackBerry Cool — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:02:00 +0000

@Zoomer,

Dark times indeed for Canadian mobile subscribers.

By: BlackBerry Cool

BlackBerry Cool — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:02:00 +0000

@Zoomer,

Dark times indeed for Canadian mobile subscribers.

By: Zoomer

Zoomer — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 19:50:33 +0000

Alternative = BlackBerry Instant Messenger and PIN to PIN messaging… I sure hope they don’t clue in and start charging for that traffic on a per message basis…

By: Zoomer

Zoomer — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 19:50:00 +0000

Alternative = BlackBerry Instant Messenger and PIN to PIN messaging… I sure hope they don’t clue in and start charging for that traffic on a per message basis…