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]]> By: rob vanmega http://johnbollwitt.com/2007/04/10/the-costs-of-cellphones-in-canada/comment-page-1/#comment-62183 rob vanmega Fri, 20 Apr 2007 18:19:16 +0000 http://audihertz.net/blog/2007/04/10/the-costs-of-cellphones-in-canada/#comment-62183 drivers for cell phone/wireless device costs in Canada: - low competition - only 3 carriers - low user base - CDN population is the size of California's, of which only about 60% use cell phones. Adoption elsewhere in the world averages in the 90% range. That's why I communicate almost exclusively through telegraphs these days. drivers for cell phone/wireless device costs in Canada:

- low competition – only 3 carriers

- low user base – CDN population is the size of California’s, of which only about 60% use cell phones. Adoption elsewhere in the world averages in the 90% range.

That’s why I communicate almost exclusively through telegraphs these days.

]]> By: John Bollwitt http://johnbollwitt.com/2007/04/10/the-costs-of-cellphones-in-canada/comment-page-1/#comment-62100 John Bollwitt Thu, 12 Apr 2007 19:13:30 +0000 http://audihertz.net/blog/2007/04/10/the-costs-of-cellphones-in-canada/#comment-62100 The summer of 2000 that I spent in Japan was a bit of an eye opener to this in a hindsight sort of way. So many people have phones, and now they are pushing the technology with video chat over cell phones. Then there were the boxes upon boxes of really awesome cellphones, but used completely up. You could by them for $10US and they would still work, but no one would buy them because they could get something for not much more that was new. And with how fast the tech changes, why buy old? US is brutal, but now that I'm in Canada, I appreciate what I used to have. The summer of 2000 that I spent in Japan was a bit of an eye opener to this in a hindsight sort of way. So many people have phones, and now they are pushing the technology with video chat over cell phones.

Then there were the boxes upon boxes of really awesome cellphones, but used completely up. You could by them for $10US and they would still work, but no one would buy them because they could get something for not much more that was new. And with how fast the tech changes, why buy old?

US is brutal, but now that I’m in Canada, I appreciate what I used to have.

]]> By: GZ Expat http://johnbollwitt.com/2007/04/10/the-costs-of-cellphones-in-canada/comment-page-1/#comment-62069 GZ Expat Tue, 10 Apr 2007 21:56:34 +0000 http://audihertz.net/blog/2007/04/10/the-costs-of-cellphones-in-canada/#comment-62069 The whole mobile phone business in the USA (and apparently, Canada) is a rip off. I am paying for phone service for expat daughter in the USA at around $75 per month. Here in Chiner, my cell phone coverage costs me about $50 and that is with numerous international calls to the USA and elsewhere in Asia. A text message which costs 10 cents in the USA costs me 1 cent here. To top it off, the whole deal with phones and how you acquire them is brutal. Here in Asia, cellphones are top notch and you can buy any phone you want...and then just slide in your sim card. In the USA, you have to take the locked phone from the company, which they give to you for 'free' or at a reduced priced. Well, that price is worked back into the monthly cost of the phone, ten-fold. I find it very frustrating when you cannot even buy a simple sim card for a phone you already have..but yet here in Asia, you can buy a sim card out of a vending machine. To top it off, the service that you recieve in the USA is brutal...weak signals, cut offs, etc. In Hong Kong, you can talk on a mobile phone anywhere. Including on the subway in the tunnel that goes under the harbor. It's a scam that people just don't realize is happening to them...but now you do! The whole mobile phone business in the USA (and apparently, Canada) is a rip off. I am paying for phone service for expat daughter in the USA at around $75 per month. Here in Chiner, my cell phone coverage costs me about $50 and that is with numerous international calls to the USA and elsewhere in Asia. A text message which costs 10 cents in the USA costs me 1 cent here.

To top it off, the whole deal with phones and how you acquire them is brutal. Here in Asia, cellphones are top notch and you can buy any phone you want…and then just slide in your sim card. In the USA, you have to take the locked phone from the company, which they give to you for ‘free’ or at a reduced priced. Well, that price is worked back into the monthly cost of the phone, ten-fold. I find it very frustrating when you cannot even buy a simple sim card for a phone you already have..but yet here in Asia, you can buy a sim card out of a vending machine.

To top it off, the service that you recieve in the USA is brutal…weak signals, cut offs, etc. In Hong Kong, you can talk on a mobile phone anywhere. Including on the subway in the tunnel that goes under the harbor.

It’s a scam that people just don’t realize is happening to them…but now you do!

]]> By: Jeremy Latham’s Blog » Blog Archive » Canadian Cell Phone Rates http://johnbollwitt.com/2007/04/10/the-costs-of-cellphones-in-canada/comment-page-1/#comment-62064 Jeremy Latham’s Blog » Blog Archive » Canadian Cell Phone Rates Tue, 10 Apr 2007 18:51:26 +0000 http://audihertz.net/blog/2007/04/10/the-costs-of-cellphones-in-canada/#comment-62064 [...] was reading a couple of my regular morning blogs today (darrenbarefoot.com / audihertz.net) and came across a cell phone rate comparison of Canada vs. a few other [...] [...] was reading a couple of my regular morning blogs today (darrenbarefoot.com / audihertz.net) and came across a cell phone rate comparison of Canada vs. a few other [...]

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