Cell Canada

In the middle of the Rogers and Apple iPhone PR blitz and resulting Canadian consumer rebellion - as evidenced by www.ruinediphone.com’s 60,000-plus signatures - Bell and Telus announced they are going to begin charging for incoming text messages at 15 cents per message for customers not on bulk text messaging plans.
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The iPhone has finally arrived in Canada with an array of plan options, Bell and Telus have just announced new incoming text message charges, and there will be three new carriers vying for cellular customers by 2010.  It has been an unprecedented few weeks in the Canadian cellular market.  Though there has been a deluge [...]

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The story of Bell and Telus introducing a 15 cent charge for incoming text messages has been widely covered with the usual man-on-the-street interviews.
Hyperbole flies on either side.
The press finds lost soul txtrs that will see charges in the hundreds of dollars. Please someone tell these people that they can add unlimited texting to [...]

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