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TELUS: “Milestone is not available in Manitoba or Saskatchewan”
Remember when TELUS launched the iPhone back in November, all were incredibly excited that another carrier was getting the beloved device… all those except the people located in Manitoba and Saskatchewan. The reason for the delay for those clients is because their HSPA network was still being built-out.
It seems as though the same will go for anticipated Android Milestone. On Moto’s website there is a small box at the very bottom of the page that states: “Motorola Milestone Coming soon to TELUS. The Motorola Milestone is not available in Manitoba or Saskatchewan.”
Rest assured for all other Canadians… the device is coming very soon!
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Of course it won’t be available. Give a big thanks to the Peoples Republic!!!
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Of course it isn’t available. Telus doesn’t care about Manitoba or Saskatchewan. Elsewise, they’d have better service out there.
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Telus is dependent on Sasktel for their coverage in Saskatchewan since they have a roaming agreement. And from what I understand, it won’t be until the end of 2010 when Sasktel finishes their HSPA rollout.
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Well that just sucks. Can not say I am surprised though.
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This has nothing to do with TELUS- blame SaskTel and MTS.
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So do the phones just stop working when I am in through Sask/Man? I regularly travel from Calgary to Regina and Winnipeg. Would like one of these phones but if I can’t get any service on the road then they are pretty much useless.
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Sasktel will have HSPA starting this summer fully compleated by 2011.MTS is a different story they chose Rogers to build there HSPA network,MTS still haze no clue to when they will even start.Telus has there own towers in Winnipeg,But only in the city.
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why is it mts and sasktel’s fault telus didn’t build their own towers?
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@Sid
MTS and Sasktel are very protective of their markets. Historically they have not cooperated with either Bell or Telus to enter those markets (eg tower sharing or attractive roaming agreements). This has made it uneconomical for Bell or Telus to enter those markets in a meaningful way.
Now, in 2010, Sasktel and MTS have finally realized that they need to partner with others in order to build out large HSPA+ networks at a reasonable cost. Finally, there are signs that they will cooperate with others and bring competition.
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Telus and Bell claim to have the largest HSPA+ network in Canada, good luck driving through Sask and Manitoba with NO reception at all. I love the deceptive advertising they use. Only a very small portion of customers can even use HSPA+ as only mobile 3G USB devices can currently support HSPA+ and Bell, Telus and Rogers only carry one model each.There are currently NO HSPA+ handsets available on the market. For a true comparison Rogers HSPA (not +)network is as big or larger since they actually cover Manitoba and Sask, but they will never admit to that.
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