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09-01-2010 at 08:27 AM
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.... and switch to someone more sweeter.
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lol. That's some pretty good grammar you've got there...
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09-01-2010 at 08:30 AM
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I got my plan with chatr for $ 35( unlimited province and unlmtd incoming msgds and 50 outgoing msgs) and i am pretty happy with that .the sweet thing with chatr is that its prepaid monthly plan ,incase you are doing something that is not in your plan you just run out of money and thats it .not like fido , rogers or bell that will keep on making huge mountain on bill at the end of the month .
chatr local zone is from Hamilton to Oshawa and you can call all over the province from this local area.
i hate rogers and its babies but still i went for chatr coz of the better hearing range as compaerd to wind .chatr uses the same towers that rogers use .I feel safe because now i can kick their butt anytime i feel and switch to someone more sweeter.
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That's the exact same coverage that Wind has (Hamilton to Oshawa). And the prepaid bills is the exact same as Wind as well.
Also, I don't have any reliable sourcing for this, but someone on the Wind Mobile community boards mentioned that after 3 weeks Chatr had only managed to get 87 customers. |
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09-01-2010 at 08:37 AM
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That's the exact same coverage that Wind has (Hamilton to Oshawa). And the prepaid bills is the exact same as Wind as well.
Also, I don't have any reliable sourcing for this, but someone on the Wind Mobile community boards mentioned that after 3 weeks Chatr had only managed to get 87 customers.
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87 Customers in 3 weeks sounds unlikely; they're covering an area that encompasses a few million people, they've been advertising quite a bit, they have good reception, good prices, and support for better phones than Wind. I assume the person on the Wind boards is just bitter.
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09-01-2010 at 02:19 PM
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You're probably right. He also didn't give a source, and I couldn't find anything else about it.
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09-01-2010 at 02:43 PM
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If Wind is successful, then I am sure Chatr will stick around.
If Wind fails, then I am sure Chatr will be slowly cut back until Rogers switches your account to Fido.
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09-01-2010 at 03:06 PM
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Originally Posted by zombiejesus
If Wind is successful, then I am sure Chatr will stick around.
If Wind fails, then I am sure Chatr will be slowly cut back until Rogers switches your account to Fido.
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Doubt it.
Wind has over 120k customers in about 8 months, Chatr is lucky if they even have 10k.
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09-01-2010 at 03:26 PM
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Originally Posted by blackdragon
Doubt it.
Wind has over 120k customers in about 8 months, Chatr is lucky if they even have 10k.
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What do you doubt? If Chatr does not control a large section of the marketplace, then Rogers will have to scale back or else they will be simply throwing money away by operating three different businesses with their own sales personnel, customer service staff, and retail space. Although, it wouldn't require additional maintenance costs since they use the same towers. Maybe I should have said "Rogers will probably axe their Chatr brand no matter the outcome of the smaller firms"
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09-01-2010 at 03:31 PM
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Update - Haven't noticed any signal differences between Chatr and my previous Fido while on campus or Hamilton. In other words, it's good.
I must be one of those 87 people 
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09-02-2010 at 12:11 AM
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just moved over today, just waiting for my number to get ported over. so far the signal seems to be pretty much the same as fido  |
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09-02-2010 at 06:30 AM
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Think of it this way - if the service sucks so bad that it renders the phone useless, WIND would not still have 120k+ customers.. most would have moved to koodo/fido/virgin..
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09-02-2010 at 08:15 AM
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Rogers is just kind of evil, guys. It's time we got used to it.
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porting a number from rogers to Wind
hey...i'm doing my part
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09-02-2010 at 08:33 AM
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just moved over today, just waiting for my number to get ported over. so far the signal seems to be pretty much the same as fido |
lol, so you have to port your number from one rogers subsidiary to another rogers' subsidiary haha...that's kinda weird IMO.
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09-03-2010 at 04:41 PM
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lol, so you have to port your number from one rogers subsidiary to another rogers' subsidiary haha...that's kinda weird IMO. |
LOL pretty much, what can I say, I'm in it for the long distance calling. Besides I'm not gonna lie, I'm loving the Wind Prices on the Rogers Network on my iPhone |
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09-03-2010 at 05:04 PM
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uhh so when you go outside the Chatr zone, does it switch to Rogers? how do you know if you're getting charged or not
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09-03-2010 at 05:25 PM
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Originally Posted by david.p92
uhh so when you go outside the Chatr zone, does it switch to Rogers? how do you know if you're getting charged or not
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Your never switched to rogers. Your with Chatr. Althrough Chatr is owned by Rogers, there is no rogers branding on it at all.
Basically how it works is if your in a zone that isnt covered by chatr, you phone will probably say something like "Away" or "Away Zone" or "Roaming" to tell you your not in a home zone, and thus will get charged extra
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