Comments on: Bell offically takes over Virgin, goodnight Solo Mobile

By: Michelle

Michelle — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:31:00 +0000

Im sorry Sophia… I dont normally call people out – but what you said was the stupiest thing I have heard in my life. No offence. I have worked in the cell phone industry for 6 years now and YES i understand what you are saying about there only being 3 major players in Canada for cell phones… but thats the how money is made (hence the toilet paper comment). But to say that Bell is going to corrupt Virgin Mobile so that people are going to pay over 100 bucks a month… you are obviously on the wrong plan. You can go to almost any cell phone company and IF you are placed on a plan that ACTUALLY suits your needs – you will not be spending a 100 bucks.

And as for this entire article. Solo Mobile is definitely not going anywhere. Bell created and launched Solo. They then bought out Virgin. Why would they ever shut down Solo? As mentioned in another thread, Solo is sold 40% of the time in Bell stores alone. That is not something Bell is going to give up.

By: Goku

Goku — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 12:18:36 +0000

Well, Solo isnt going anywhere soon, Ive talked to my Sales Representative and some other ones and they say statistically, Solo Mobile is what the majority of their sales are from, As a result, Bell will keep Solo Mobile even after the 3G-4G transition in January of 2010, SO its not Good night solo, more like GOOD MORNING since solo will carry GSM phones as well, The iPhone a newer 3.5G model may be released on Solo, Although the definite fact is the 3GS will be released on Telus and the iPhone 3G would be slightly changed and taliored for Bells Needs.

By: Sophia

Sophia — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:09:14 +0000

WTF I liked Virgin because it was separate from the 3 big bad companies…. I hate Rogers, Bell and Telus and there evil little clones, now there is no way to stay away from there ridiculous over priced phone plans! Its just a matter of time before Bell rapes Virgin customers! Is there any hope for Canada to have a separate independent cell phone company now? I don’t care about the new fancy phones, I just want to be able to have cell service under a hundred dollars a month!

By: toyandme

toyandme — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:49:50 +0000

I don’t think Solo is redundant. This is very much like many products you find in grocery stores. Do we really need 37 types of bathroom paper? I’ll bet there are only 2 or 3 manufacturers. They just want to fill up as much shelf space as possible.

What concerns me though is that Virgin was rated No. 1 in last Jan. Consumer Report on Canadian cell phone providers, while Bell was at the very bottom –just below Rogers (if you can believe that!).

Will Bell take Virgin down to the gutter now that it is taking over? Time will tell.

By: Ted Avery

Ted Avery — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:44:24 +0000

You guys keep saying goodbye Solo, but do you have any actual evidence that it’s going away?

It might make sense to you for Bell to scrap Solo, but I’d imagine there would be quite a bit of work involved in switching over all the existing Solo customers to Virgin, handling all the existing Solo staff, existing Solo ads and branding, relationships with retailers selling Solo, etc.

Just because you think Bell doesn’t need two value brands doesn’t make it a for sure thing like you are acting as if it is.

By: theninjasquad

theninjasquad — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:51:05 +0000

And the competition gets less and less.