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Originally Posted by Azure
If Apple did that they would probably be the stupidest company in the world.
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How is getting the most $$ stupid?
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Originally Posted by Azure
How far does Rogers 3G service extend too?
Not very far. Telus on the other hand is covering virtually the entire province. How many of those people that can't use a Iphone(like me)...because they're not in range of a Rogers 3G tower would buy one if Telus, who does have 3G, or 4G towers in their area, and they got the Iphone?
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You don't require 3G service to use an iPhone, any GSM coverage will work, 3G is just faster.
Rogers' coverage is pretty good, not as much as Telus'
CDMA, but still good. If you made a count of the # of people that could get Telus's CDMA but could not get any GSM from Rogers, I would bet that # is pretty low. So the question is does that low # of people justify forgoing the extra $$ you get from an exclusivity deal?
Another thing to consider is when Telus rolls out their 3G network will it likely be to densely populated areas as well, just like Rogers. They aren't going to be able to magically convert their CDMA network into GSM, it's a whole new network.
GSM has a smaller maximum range than CDMA does (though it's not quite that simple, there are tons of variables, but under ideal conditions CDMA has a bigger range), so it could be that to get the same coverage they get currently with CDMA, they'd have to install a bunch of new towers.
Just like in the US, at&t didn't cover the entire US, there were some areas where people couldn't get an iPhone at all even though there was a GSM carrier in their area. It's not just about the coverage, it's about the $$.