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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
That is only relevant if we only want cell reception in that 4% of landmass. Personally I like having a cell phone that will actually work when I am away from the city and in most of the other 96% of the landmass.
As I said the new entrant make sense if you are a city dweller, but if you travel out of town lots then it makes less sense because you are always roaming anyways. There is a reason the new entrants don't include the areas outside the city and have not built the infrastructure its because it is expensive.
Once the new entrants start to build more towers and expand their coverage area their rates will go up accordingly. They are able to charge unlimited everything for $30 now because they know what they need to do to survive since they can't compete on network or devices so they have to compete on cost.
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81% of the country should not be paying excessive wireless rates so that 19% of the country can get one bar twenty miles away from a metropolitan area.
The solution to this should be pretty simple; charge people in cities less. This may inconvenience some people, but if you want to use the land-mass argument, you're paying extra for a service because it's more difficult to get to you. It's not difficult to supply coverage in Vancouver, Calgary, or Montreal; and there's a far larger population base to draw from. So why then do I have to pay the same rate as someone who lives out in the sticks? If it's a pain in the ass to provide coverage out there, charge more for rural plans. Seems simple enough to me.
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Originally Posted by Gobsgraham
Why is anyone here complaining about 3 year plans. Walk in to any cell phone provider and ask for a voice/data plan and they will give you one without a contract. If you want a free phone then sign on the dotted line. Don't bitch about something you are choosing to do. It is a waste of everyone's time in this thread. Bitch about coverage, monopolies the weather...fine but don't bitch about stuff that you have control over.
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Because if I want a free/discounted Galaxy S2, Google Nexus, a cheap iPhone 4S in America, the UK, Europe etc, I can sign up on a two year contract. And this way, I'll always have a phone that's relatively new, and by the time I get bored with it, usually around the 18-month to 2-year period, I get a new phone.
Look at any phone from two years ago. About the only one you'd reasonably want to buy today is the iPhone 3GS. That's less of a problem these days with a wide variety of good smartphones, none of which are designed by Blackberry. But the real point is this: I want a new gadget. I would prefer to continue with my carrier (Bell) at a reasonable rate. Switching is a hassle. If you want me to sign a two year plus an option contract, which offers a comprehensive upgrade program, fine. I'm more than happy to do that. But don't make me hold onto my phone until it's nothing more than a paperweight.
Assuming WIND is still around in 13 months, I'll be going with them; I need reception in the city. Bad rural coverage sucks, but it's rarely/never an issue for me.