Comments on: Rogers HSPA+ announcement: “Bell is not concerned”

By: Dom

Dom — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 03:31:05 +0000

Who cares about HSPA+. The new Belus network will be 4G (LTE) capable, meaning look for up to 100Mbps download speeds not too far down the line.

By: x

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 16:54:19 +0000

Hype of data speed 2G/3G/4G or whatever doesn’t make a bit of difference if you just need to make a typical phone call.

By: theninjasquad

theninjasquad — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 17:57:53 +0000

I definitely do not doubt that. I just don’t think both companies should be using the 3G moniker when in reality they both mean different things to each company. Since they both use different cell technology, the speeds are different. Yet they never really advertise the speeds, they just say its 3G speeds which means what?

By: Reinhart

Reinhart — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 17:18:45 +0000

I have a co-worker with BB Bold and I have a new BB Tour from Telus, my data speeds are faster than his side by side. I’d say Rogers is the one fooling everyone.

By: Pierre

Pierre — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 17:03:45 +0000

Rogers has a history of over hyping and hoping customers dont notice. Sounds like they are up to it again. More marketing spin than fact at Rogers I am afraid. Time for consumers to notice.

By: theninjasquad

theninjasquad — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 15:53:23 +0000

Well Bell may be ‘3G’ but their version of 3G isn’t nearly as fast as Rogers 3G network. These companies are misleading the public with their 3G claims.

By: julienrl

julienrl — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 13:36:22 +0000

i switched from rogers to telus; I use to have no signal in random areas of the Ottawa downtown core (in fact, in the market, the hot place to be) as well as many random dead spots all over town. No such problems with Bellus.

By: toyandme

toyandme — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 01:19:43 +0000

This “plus” to Rogers (the UMA feature) won’t be exclusive to Rogers, on SOME of their phones, forever. Belus will have it by the end of the year, with much wider coast-to-coast coverage.

I have friends who are paramedics in Mtl. Their work takes them into every nook and cranny of the place. When they decided to get their own cell phone they went with Rogers because it was cheaper at the time. Long story short: they ended up using the work cells (Bell’s) a lot for their own personal calls and when their contract is up, it’s bye-bye Rogers. Btw, they vacationed in the Gaspe area and found that Rogers had ZERO coverage there. Bell’s service was great.

By: al

al — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 18:53:25 +0000

Although BELL usually gets bad press; ROGERS is clearly trying to take away from BELLs thunder..!!

The numbers don’t lie; ROGERS takes years from announcing to launching and even longer when it comes to making it available to all.

Awaiting to try out the new network, hoping it will coincide with fair pricing as well.

By: toyandme

toyandme — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 17:45:45 +0000

For those of us who live, work and travel through the Maritimes, Rogers has never been an option. Rogers’ idea of “coverage” has holes three quarters the size of Newfoundland.