Cingular 8525/Herm100 with Fido - Canada??

[al8525wu]

Hi,

Does anyone use their Herm100 phone with the Fido network?

I was with Rogers and switched to Fido yesterday. Now my phone always displays the Roaming symbol at the top of the screen. I've called Fido numerous times and they can't really explain it to me other than say maybe it's an older phone.

When I was with Rogers, I never saw the roaming signal.

Has anyone encountered this?

Thank you,
al8525wu

[kekko]

Since Rogers bought Fido and combined networks, Fido now eternally roams off of Rogers. As long as you're in the original Fido footprint, or have subscribed to the enhanced coverage option, you aren't being charged any differently, and services will all work the same.

Another thing to note is that voicemail notifications will come from SMS now since that's how Fido works.

Lots of this info is posted on the http://fido.howardforums.com/ forum. Nothing to do with the TyTN really.

[al8525wu]

Thank you very much for the link. It essentially explains everything I wanted to know.

The only problem I can think of is when I'm in a roaming zone but won't actually know it. I have to be more careful then so I don't incur roaming charges when traveling outside the Fido footprint. I can't depend on the roaming symbol anymore since I'm always roaming now.

al8525wu

[kekko]

From Fido.ca under monthly plans at the bottom in the fine print:

* On the expanded network, incoming and outgoing local calls are just 25¢ per minute. Long-distance and other charges may apply. If you'd like to know if you're on the expanded network, call *#123#, free of charge, from your Fido. You'll then see a message on your display.

If you add the $5 expanded coverage option, it uses your daytime minutes when outside the basic coverage area. Meaning that with the $5 option, even if it's evenining/weekend time and you have unlimited, it will deduct from your daytime bucket of minutes.