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Hopefully the competition will get everyone to drop their data rates into the realms of "not a total f**king ripoff".]]>Oct 7th 2009 12:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/06/telus-joins-the-fun-gets-itself-an-iphone-this-november/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/06/telus-joins-the-fun-gets-itself-an-iphone-this-november/Oct 7th 2009 1:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/06/telus-joins-the-fun-gets-itself-an-iphone-this-november/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/06/telus-joins-the-fun-gets-itself-an-iphone-this-november/Oct 6th 2009 10:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/06/telus-joins-the-fun-gets-itself-an-iphone-this-november/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/06/telus-joins-the-fun-gets-itself-an-iphone-this-november/
I've even maintained a Bell EVDO connection traveling 4 1/2 hrs north of Toronto almost completely unbroken, whereas Rogers gets spotty (to be kind) right around Barrie.

If you travel within Canada and need reliable data, Rogers is absolutely the wrong choice, especially since they have peering agreements with Telus, MTS etc so you can still get data from competitor's towers. That and I pay $7 (seven dollars) a month for unlimited data, and often use my phone tethered to my laptop.

Not a FAN of Bell - kinda hate them really - but Rogers is absolutely hopeless if you're on the road even infrequently.

Second, Telus hasn't specifically stated that it will be November for the iPhone...
http://www.rgbfilter.com/?p=2003
Sure, it very likely is, but the sign-up page only references 'Coming Soon'...
http://promotions.telus.com/registration/
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Now we wait for the US to get this pot of copper]]>Oct 6th 2009 10:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/06/telus-joins-the-fun-gets-itself-an-iphone-this-november/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/06/telus-joins-the-fun-gets-itself-an-iphone-this-november/Oct 6th 2009 10:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/06/telus-joins-the-fun-gets-itself-an-iphone-this-november/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/06/telus-joins-the-fun-gets-itself-an-iphone-this-november/
Seriously, Bell and Telus going gsm is possibly the best thing that can happen to Canadian Consumers!
Competitive Over-Pricing anyone?!?!]]>Oct 6th 2009 10:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/06/telus-joins-the-fun-gets-itself-an-iphone-this-november/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/06/telus-joins-the-fun-gets-itself-an-iphone-this-november/Oct 7th 2009 8:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/06/telus-joins-the-fun-gets-itself-an-iphone-this-november/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/06/telus-joins-the-fun-gets-itself-an-iphone-this-november/Oct 6th 2009 10:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/06/telus-joins-the-fun-gets-itself-an-iphone-this-november/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/06/telus-joins-the-fun-gets-itself-an-iphone-this-november/Oct 6th 2009 10:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/06/telus-joins-the-fun-gets-itself-an-iphone-this-november/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/06/telus-joins-the-fun-gets-itself-an-iphone-this-november/Oct 6th 2009 11:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/06/telus-joins-the-fun-gets-itself-an-iphone-this-november/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/06/telus-joins-the-fun-gets-itself-an-iphone-this-november/
Take notes, Apple... feel free to try it in your home country next...]]>Oct 6th 2009 11:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/06/telus-joins-the-fun-gets-itself-an-iphone-this-november/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/06/telus-joins-the-fun-gets-itself-an-iphone-this-november/
Telus and Bell are not building a GSM network. They went directly to HSPA+, 21 Mbit/s. Rogers has already been rolling out their HSPA+ network in select markets. ]]>Oct 6th 2009 11:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/06/telus-joins-the-fun-gets-itself-an-iphone-this-november/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/06/telus-joins-the-fun-gets-itself-an-iphone-this-november/
The iPhone is gaining broad adoption. You can even get them on prepaid or for $0 upfront.]]>Oct 7th 2009 12:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/06/telus-joins-the-fun-gets-itself-an-iphone-this-november/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/06/telus-joins-the-fun-gets-itself-an-iphone-this-november/
Take notes, Apple... feel free to try it in your home country next...]]>Oct 6th 2009 11:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/06/telus-joins-the-fun-gets-itself-an-iphone-this-november/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/06/telus-joins-the-fun-gets-itself-an-iphone-this-november/Oct 6th 2009 11:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/06/telus-joins-the-fun-gets-itself-an-iphone-this-november/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/06/telus-joins-the-fun-gets-itself-an-iphone-this-november/
I have to tell Jack Bauer.
Maybe that will be season 8!]]>Oct 6th 2009 11:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/06/telus-joins-the-fun-gets-itself-an-iphone-this-november/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/06/telus-joins-the-fun-gets-itself-an-iphone-this-november/Oct 7th 2009 8:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/06/telus-joins-the-fun-gets-itself-an-iphone-this-november/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/06/telus-joins-the-fun-gets-itself-an-iphone-this-november/
heh. that would imply that the canadian carriers actually compete with each other, rather than working together to think up new ways to screw their customers.]]>Oct 6th 2009 11:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/06/telus-joins-the-fun-gets-itself-an-iphone-this-november/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/06/telus-joins-the-fun-gets-itself-an-iphone-this-november/Oct 6th 2009 11:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/06/telus-joins-the-fun-gets-itself-an-iphone-this-november/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/06/telus-joins-the-fun-gets-itself-an-iphone-this-november/
In practical terms, the only way this isn't GSM is that non-3G GSM phones won't connect to it.]]>Oct 7th 2009 2:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/06/telus-joins-the-fun-gets-itself-an-iphone-this-november/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/06/telus-joins-the-fun-gets-itself-an-iphone-this-november/Oct 6th 2009 11:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/06/telus-joins-the-fun-gets-itself-an-iphone-this-november/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/06/telus-joins-the-fun-gets-itself-an-iphone-this-november/Oct 6th 2009 11:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/06/telus-joins-the-fun-gets-itself-an-iphone-this-november/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/06/telus-joins-the-fun-gets-itself-an-iphone-this-november/Oct 7th 2009 12:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/06/telus-joins-the-fun-gets-itself-an-iphone-this-november/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/06/telus-joins-the-fun-gets-itself-an-iphone-this-november/Oct 7th 2009 1:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/06/telus-joins-the-fun-gets-itself-an-iphone-this-november/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/06/telus-joins-the-fun-gets-itself-an-iphone-this-november/Oct 7th 2009 1:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/06/telus-joins-the-fun-gets-itself-an-iphone-this-november/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/06/telus-joins-the-fun-gets-itself-an-iphone-this-november/
Good times.]]>Oct 7th 2009 2:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/06/telus-joins-the-fun-gets-itself-an-iphone-this-november/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/06/telus-joins-the-fun-gets-itself-an-iphone-this-november/Oct 7th 2009 2:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/06/telus-joins-the-fun-gets-itself-an-iphone-this-november/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/06/telus-joins-the-fun-gets-itself-an-iphone-this-november/
I've been using my Bell Touch as a cheap EVDO modem for almost 2 years now.

I just hope the new HSPA network is as robust as their EVDO data, because their EVDO coverage kicks Rogers ass (in Toronto, on the train corridor between Toronto and Montreal, in rural Manitoba and in NFLD).]]>Oct 7th 2009 10:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/06/telus-joins-the-fun-gets-itself-an-iphone-this-november/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/06/telus-joins-the-fun-gets-itself-an-iphone-this-november/Oct 7th 2009 2:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/06/telus-joins-the-fun-gets-itself-an-iphone-this-november/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/06/telus-joins-the-fun-gets-itself-an-iphone-this-november/Oct 7th 2009 6:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/06/telus-joins-the-fun-gets-itself-an-iphone-this-november/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/06/telus-joins-the-fun-gets-itself-an-iphone-this-november/Oct 7th 2009 7:48AM