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Originally Posted by HOOT
Okay well first they would not have to add more towers to accomedate cell phone traffic in one specific area. They can place extra sectors on a single tower (which is A LOT cheaper) to hold more capacity. One sector can hold up to 7 GSM phone calls and up to 20 CDMA phone calls (this is why CDMA is the cheaper technology to put up and maintain).
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How many sectors can be added to a tower? Can a tower be "filled up" and another tower required?
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Originally Posted by HOOT
Regarding the $30 Unlimited with Telus/Bell, it is only on Blackberry Smartphones and covers all data transfers except for teathering.
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That seems to contradict the other post that I referenced above...
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Originally Posted by HOOT
To even say that the telecom companies in Canada don't take a hit to get your business is showing me you have no clue on what happens in telecommunications. We are spoiled in Canada with mobile phones!
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Spoiled? We now know who pays your salary!
I don't thikn that anyone has stated that telecom companies in Canada don't take a hit to get business.... they obviously do subsidize the price of the phone, with the catch that you stay with them for x years. Is making us spoiled? Not in the least. They're choosing to make the consumer pay less to get the phone and pay more for our plans. They could easily make us pay more for the phone and then they wouldn't have to boost the monthly rate as much.... but of course then it'd be a barrier to get us into the market to start with. Pick your poison.