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Fido makes it Mandatory for exhisting customers who upgrade to get a data plan

By on May 3, 2009 at 12:48pm in Asides, Fido News, Mobile News, Various News

fidonewlogoIf you’re with Fido and are looking to upgrade your current phone with your hard earned FidoDollars to a Smartphone or a internet device, starting Monday, May 4th it’ll be mandatory to get a data plan on a contract.

That’s right, if you have been waiting all this time to finally upgrade and actually use the FidoDollars incentive, you’ll now have to dish out a few extra bucks a month and go on a data plan with contract. DirtyJ in our Forum put it like this: “Customer X wants an 8gb iPhone and wants to use to his FidoDollars towards the purchase price. In addition to the 3-year voice plan, it’s mandatory to add a 3-year data plan now. If customer decides not to use FidoDollars, they do not have to have a data plan. Standard voice and data ECFs still apply.”

This comes fresh off the heels of Fido changing the Hardware Upgrade Program (HUP) from 420 days (14 months) to the new 180 days (6 months) from the expiration of your contract.

It certainly looks like the dog loves dictating from his new doghouse.
Have your say in our forum here

Thanks dirtyj!

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Discussion

4 comments for “Fido makes it Mandatory for exhisting customers who upgrade to get a data plan”

  1. Wow. Glad I just moved to Koodo, instead of Fido.

    Fido/Rogers execs, prepare for an exodus.

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    Posted by J | May 3, 2009, 8:45 am
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  2. It could be a lot worse, most people getting smartphones want a data plan anyway. This will probably affect very few customers, but it sucks for those it does affect

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    Posted by Ted Avery | May 3, 2009, 9:55 am
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  3. Koodo ….are you kidding me !!!

    The future is data and UNLIMITED CALL off WIFI,

    less voice plan, more data plan …so it balances out

    Didn't you guys read Rogers Q1 Report

    Smartphone with data plan every 3min

    on avarage 75 $ monthly

    Ditch your landline and your golden !

    :P

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    Posted by PhatPath | May 3, 2009, 12:49 pm
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  4. I'm not quite sure why you would want to buy a smartphone and not get a data plan for it anyways. Otherwise what is the point of having the phone when the majority of the features on the phone use data? You might as well just buy a regular phone instead.

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    Posted by theninjasquad | May 4, 2009, 7:33 am
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