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Tbaytel offers up a $50/month Unlimited Talk, Text and 6GB data plan

Ian Hardy — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 21:56:55 +0000

Carriers often come out with promos to sway a customer to sign up for a long 3-year contract. We’ve seen this happen over the past several years. The recent trend is to offer up Canadian long distance and some sort of data bucket, usually between 3-5GB. Well, way up north in Thunder Bay regional carrier Tbaytel is bringing back the glory days of the 6GB promo, plus have also decided to throw in unlimited Canadian talk and text. The price is a very respectable $50/month. It’s certainly something to think about… As usual, before you sign a contract with any carrier make sure you read all the fine print.

Source: TbayTel
(Thanks to everyone who sent this in!)

Bell targets Tbaytel customers, offers “the phone everyone is talking about for $0″

Ian Hardy — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 20:17:24 +0000

You think competition is heated in the central parts of Ontario, Quebec, or B.C.? How about the rolling city of Thunder Bay, Ontario? According to the Canada 2011 Census there’s only 108,359 residents and you bet everyone of them counts when adding up carrier subscriber numbers.

Bell has started a campaign to woo people away from regional carrier Tbaytel by offering them an incentive to switch “and get the phone everyone is talking about for $0.” With Apple’s strict advertising guidelines Bell, of course, could not directly say the phone that “everyone is talking about” is the iPhone 5… the separate ad on the other page does the talking. It could very well be another device, but if it’s the iPhone 5 then it’s a savings of $179 on a 3-year.

Bell recently went live with their LTE (Long Term Evolution) network in Thunder Bay.

(Thanks Denise!)

tbaytel to release the Samsung Galaxy Note, sans LTE speeds

Ian Hardy — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 20:34:15 +0000

The Samsung Galaxy Note is heading to Thunder Bay and surrounding areas, courtesy of the partnership between tbaytel and Rogers. Taking a look at this internal doc shows all the specs and pricing that we’re used to seeing with the Note, but one glaring omission is LTE. Currently tbaytel only has HSPA+ 4G speeds that’ll reach “up to 21Mbps”, so depending how the upcoming 700MHz spectrum auction pans out will/won’t see LTE (Long Term Evolution) reach them.

However, in the meantime this solid Android-powered device runs OS 2.3 Gingerbread and is on an upgrade path to OS 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. In addition, this comes with Samsung’s S Pen, 5.3-inch HD Super AMOLED display (1280 x 800), 1.5 GHz dual-core processor, 8MP Camera that shoots 1080p videos and a 2,500 mAh battery. The Note will officially be available on tbaytel on Monday, March 12th (tomorrow) for the following prices: 3-year is $199.99; 2-year term is $399.99; 1-year for $599.99 and the no-term is $699.99.

Make sure you check out our review of the Galaxy Note here and here.

(Thanks tipster!)

Galaxy Nexus now available at Tbaytel

Ian Hardy — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:04:54 +0000

Tbaytel has a network sharing agreement with Rogers which makes them receive the latest handsets in a very timely manner. The Northern Ontario-based company recently released the Motorola RAZR and now have made the Samsung Galaxy Nexus available. The price is currently set at $99.99 on a 3-year and if you’re thinking about scoring this Android OS 4.0 device make sure you check out our review here.

Source: Tbaytel

Tbaytel “to perform the next phase of Cellular network improvements” next week

Ian Hardy — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 18:51:57 +0000

For our readers who are customers on regional carrier Tbaytel you might experience some downtime next week. The company has posted a note on their site that shows they are improving their 4G HSPA+ network. According to the internal doc we received it states that “there will be improved call quality, increased capacity allowing faster and more responsive downloads, improved signal and reduction in dropped calls”. Overall, sounds like a significant upgrade. The list of when your area might be impacted is below and the downtime could last up to 4 hours:

Monday September 19th: Vickers, Court Street
Monday September 19th: Academy, Lithium, Riverview
Tuesday September 20th: Rosslyn, Hazelwood, Main Street
Tuesday September 20th: Wardrope, Current River, Neebing
Thursday September 22nd: Burwood, Shuniah

Source: Tbaytel
(Thanks tipster!)

Tbaytel rebrands network as “4G HSPA+”

Kate O'Brien — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 16:34:50 +0000

Northern Ontario based Tbaytel has joined other carriers by renaming their 3G network to “4G”. They network share with Rogers and their 4G HSPA+ network is simply a name change that Don Campbell, President & CEO Tbaytel, states is “for consumers to accurately compare Tbaytel’s network to those of other carriers, it is important for Tbaytel to follow suit and rename its network accordingly.”

Source: TBaytel
Via: CWTA

Tbaytel Nexus S pricing is cheap and expensive ($49.99 on 3-year)

Ian Hardy — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 01:17:00 +0000

The Nexus S is one of the first smartphones to be widely available across multiple carriers, thus creating a price war. The 3-year contract price ranges from $99.99 to $149.99 depending on who you get it from. In addition, the no-term pricing is the most heated from a low $425 to $525. We’ve forgotten to mention Tbaytel way up north who has an arrangement with Rogers for devices. They started to carry the Nexus S and have by far the greatest spectrum of price plans. They actually come in the lowest at $49.99 on a 3-year contract but skyrocket to the most expensive at $549.99 no-term. If you’re thinking no-term it’s probably best to make the trek a few kilometers to any one of the other carriers and save some money.

Source: Tbaytel

Tbaytel goes live with their HSPA network, offers over 25 new devices

Ian Hardy — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 17:51:23 +0000

Right on schedule… Tbaytel has gone live and has started to offer a whole slew of HSPA devices (thanks to Rogers). You can check them out here at their site but below is a complete list of their offerings (Smartphones, Cellphone and Internet sticks):

Acer Liquid, Apple iPhone 4 16GB or 32GB), Blackberry 9100 Pearl, Blackberry 9300 Curve, Blackberry 9700, Blackberry 9800 Torch, Blackberry 9780 Bold, HTC Magic +, LG Loop, Motorola Flipout, Motorola Quench, Nokia N97 Mini, Samsung Galaxy 5 Captivate, Samsung Wave S5800, Sony Ericsson X10, Sony Ericsson X10 Mini, * LG Shine Touch, LG Xenon, Motorola VA76R, Nokia 6750, Nokia 6790 Surge, Samsung Corby Pro, Samsung Corby Touch, Samsung A836 Rugby, Sony Vivaz Pro, Rocket Stick ZTE MF668 and the Novatel MiFi 2372R.

In addition, to celebrate this goodness they have thrown together a couple promotions that give you a couple months of free service (personal and share plan)

Check it all out here at TBayTel

TBayTel’s HSPA network going live November 15th, monthly plans revealed.

Ian Hardy — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 14:02:23 +0000

If you’re up in the Thunder Bay area then you’ll be thrilled to know that TBayTel will be going live with their HSPA network on November 15th. Their HSPA nework will expand through Norther Ontario and be completed December 2011). More importantly they will carry about 29 new devices (thanks to Rogers) that include the Apple iPhone 4 and 3GS, BlackBerry Torch 9800, Curve 9300, Pearl 9100, Samsung and Motorola devices. In addition, a quick search online reveals their upcoming monthly voice and data plans (View the PDF here).

We’ve got them all after the break
(Thanks Jonathan!)