Should I leave Bell to move to Rogers?

[Octavius]

Hello all,

I've been with Bell for 4 years this August. I *really* hate Bell as a company and nothing would make me happier than giving my hard earned money to a company other than Bell.

That being said, I've got a kick ass plan with Bell Mobility that nobody else is willing to match for the price (or even come close to for that matter).

Here's my cell phone plan (grandfathered corporate plan, hasn't been offered for quite some time now):

350 Daytime Minutes
Unlimited evenings and weekends at 6PM
Caller ID
Voicemail
Unlimited Textmessaging
Unlimited mobile browser
Unlimited phone calls to any 1 number
Callwaiting, Call forwarding, call conferencing
No SAF, No 911 charge

Total after taxes: $44.XX

The next phone that I want to get will be a blackberry. With Bell, I'll have to pay an additional $15.00 to get unlimited email/BB messenger. My total will end up being $55.XX after tax due to an automatic 20% discount I would get (part of my corporate plan benefit).


Here's what Rogers has offered me:

200 Daytime Minutes
Unlimited Evenings and Weekends at 6PM
Caller ID, Voicemail, Unlimited Textmessaging
Unlimited email/BB messenger
SAF Fee, 911 Fee

$55.XX


What should I do? I won't miss the extra 150 daytime minutes and the unlimited phone calls to 1 number won't be missed either (it's currently set to the wife's cell phone, but we'll be moving in together at the start of my new contract)

I like the fact that Rogers is GSM and Rogers appears to be much more willing to give out awesome retention plans then Bell.

Thanks in advance for people's input/advice!

[mr_raider]

What province do you live in?

[Octavius]

What province do you live in?

I'll be moving to Alberta at the start of my new contract.

[akademiks]

Moving from one multi-billion dollar POS company to another makes absolutely no sense.

[Zero1]

Moving from one multi-billion dollar POS company to another makes absolutely no sense.

That is the quote of the day for me.

But I agree. However you are still getting more with your bell plan compared to Rogers. Honestly I am not surprised that the bell plan is better seeing as how they have established a better history of this stuff compared to rogers.

How often do you change phones? If you don't do so then stick with bell and get like the BB Tour when it comes out or something (if you can hold off till july when they get it).

[Gee]

Moving from one multi-billion dollar POS company to another makes absolutely no sense.

It does, switching from CDMA to GSM is worth the price of admission.

If you are moving to Alberta, the big carrier there is Telus.

However, I would find someone with a retention plan and just take it over. Then port your existing number over or just get an AB area code.

It is still going to cost you $15 for BlackBerry email on Rogers.