[kwlug-disc] Leaving Bell

CrankyOldBugger crankyoldbugger at gmail.com
Mon Jul 21 15:57:59 EDT 2014


I used to have the Milestone too.  Not a bad phone, but way underpowered
for my needs.  Moved up to a Samsung Galaxy SIII; much happier now.

The contract on Wifeski's phone runs until Christmas of this year.  I'll do
the math on early termination but it's hard to put a price on how
frustrated we get with Bell.

Here's another example:  when we got her phone, the contract package says
"unlimited text and pictures texting" (or whatever the actual term was, but
it did say unlimited pictures).  BUT... we didn't get a data plan with this
package, so the pictures part never worked.  You can send a picture via
text message for free, but you have to have a data portion in your package.
 I just figured that we never had pictures because we never had data, so I
didn't really think about it much.  It wasn't until we talked to a Koodo
guy that we figured out what the problem was.  We phoned Bell back and sure
enough, that's what happened.  The fine print under the fine print says you
need data for pictures to work.  It's my fault for not bringing a nuclear
powered microscope with me to the store!




On 21 July 2014 15:35, Khalid Baheyeldin <kb at 2bits.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 3:19 PM, CrankyOldBugger <
> crankyoldbugger at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> We like the cellphone model so we wanted to unlock it and keep it with
>> the next carrier (probably Koodo, as I mentioned).  It's hard to find
>> phones with slide out keyboards anymore, outside of BlackBerries.
>>
>
> Before I moved to Android, my then current phone was a Windows CE phone
> (hate the OS), with physical keyboard (really good keyboard).
>
> So, when I tried going to Android (2010?), I was adamant on having a
> keyboard as well. The second generation was out, and the original G1 with a
> great slideout keyboard was underpowered and runs out of memory.
>
> So, I opted for the 'best' phone that had a keyboard (Motorola Milestone).
> That was such a disappointment of a keyboard, and the following year I
> moved to a Sony Xperia X10 with touch screen, and never bothered to look
> for keyboards again.
>
> So sometimes, it is just a matter of getting over the mental barrier, and
> getting used to something new. Perhaps worth a try.
>
>
>> So I'm at the point now where I think I will just cancelled the account
>> outright, pay whatever the early termination penalties are, take a boat to
>> the middle of the Atlantic and toss the phone overboard, then go start a
>> new account at another carrier, even with a less desirable phone.
>>
>
> Wouldn't you pay for the balance of the phone value if you cancel early?
> How much is that vs. getting the cost of getting the same phone new (or
> used)?
>
> All my phones have been bought via Kijiji. Most of them locally. Rarely
> from Toronto before I have a trip there. The majority of them were
> unlocked. Only one needed to be unlocked (via a now defunct web site and
> Paypal, so no credit card to a stranger). Take your SIM when you meet the
> seller and test it on the spot to make sure it is unlocked.
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