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Article #45Re: Why GSM in such a big country like Canada ?
From: JF Mezei
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2001 13:46
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2001 13:46
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angus wrote: > > because canada is smart and realize the advantages of data transfer and > extra services on the gsm network Considering that FIDO was the last to officially make its data services available to customers (even though it was first in implementing it), the above statement is not true. Not only did FIDO suander its technological lead over the others, but it allowed the others to appear to be first with various technologies. Not only that, while Microcell was smart in separating its network from the service allowing many services to use the same network, it made valiant attempts to prevent SMS based services to work properly on its network (remember Martin Renter's service ?). And now that it has finally implemented its own equivalent (years later) it is useless due to the poor web site and problems with it. (Any news as to when sending email from a fidopro phone will again use the nickname in the from field instead of some "random" 4 digit code ?
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