Comments on: The New Cellular Competition in Canada

By: Phil Collett

Phil Collett — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 18:13:30 +0000

The only thing I can figure so far, is that Bell has a different name on the network settings than the actual name (displayed on the home screen). Hence any non-Bell phone without special Bell software figures it is outside the service area (roaming). Bell will NOT help.

By: Darren Humphries

Darren Humphries — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 12:23:16 +0000

Actually, I have the same problem with roaming and haven’t found a solution for it. I’ve asked around and can’t find a solution so it must be something to do with Bell.

By: Phil Collett

Phil Collett — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 12:10:01 +0000

I have the same ATT unlocked phone with Bell. I have found all the settings you speak of in your article, but mine always has the roaming indicator on. I am curious as to what area you live since you did not mention the roaming when not roaming issue. I am in Huntsville, ON.

By: Darren Humphries

Darren Humphries — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:39:43 +0000

I took a look around and haven’t found the settings yet. My guess is that someone on Howardforums.com can help you out. Here is the Telus forum link:

http://howardforums.com/forumdisplay.php?s=7d74fef0c2ebf7bc76649a970aa10693&f=47

Hope that helps. Feel free to comment again with the settings if you find them.

By: A. Leung

A. Leung — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:51:55 +0000

Hmmmm … I dont’ suppose you have the settings for TELUS do you? I’m on a Rogers phone and I have the following fields for MMS:

Homepage:
Proxy 1:
Port 1:
Domain 1:
DNS 1:
DNS 2:
GPRS APN:
User Name:
Password:

Want to take a stab at it? Thanks

By: Darren Humphries

Darren Humphries — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:13:39 +0000

Well, not really. Edge for Rogers was there because it covers a wider area than 3G. Bell has said they will have HSPA covering 93% or the population. It sounds like their roll out of HSPA will cover every area their CDMA does, ostensibly a larger HSPA coverage area than Roger’s Edge coverage.

By: Mike Temporale

Mike Temporale — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:53:34 +0000

No Edge fallback? That’s crazy!!

By: Darren Humphries

Darren Humphries — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:16:58 +0000

BTW, I don’t think there is any “Edge” fall back. The phone NEEDS to be HSPA compatible.

By: Darren Humphries

Darren Humphries — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:16:22 +0000

Ya, the world phones were always meant to be CDMA mainly but European 3G for GSM. Luckily my phone is an AT&T Fuze with the right HSPA frequency support.

The CDMA networks that Bell and Telus have built up and very good – great coverage and speeds – so no real need to switch to their HSPA network unless you have an unlocked HSPA-capable phone you want to use.

By: Mike Temporale

Mike Temporale — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:02:18 +0000

A whole 4 hours eh?! It must have been murder waiting that long.

I like what Bell has done here, but I’m not about to switch networks. At least not until I see some real competition.

I noticed that the new “World” phones from Telus – Touch Pro 2 and Snap, while they support GSM, they left off their new 3G network. So the phones will only work on 3G GSM in Europe. If you want to use that device on their new network, remember the phone is only about a month old, you’re only going to see Edge speeds.