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globalWireless: Step Aside Rogers, Telus, Bell

Some scorned ex-employee decided to leak everything out. Oops.

http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2009/...arriers-plans/

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14 Handsets

Sony Ericsson TM506
- 7.2Mbps HSDPA clamshell. $29.99 on 24-month, $99.99 on 12-month and $199.99 monthly / pre-paid. Available in green, silver and red.
Nokia 5330 XpressMusic
- 384Kbps UMTS candybar. $59.99 on 24-month, $109.99 on 12-month and $207.79 monthly / pre-paid. Available in black and red.
Nokia 5730 XpressMusic.
- 3.6Mbps HSDPA candybar. $49.99 on 24-month, $99.99 on 12-month and $179.99 monthly / pre-paid. Available in black, pink, blue and red.
Nokia 6070 Classic
- 10Mbps HSDPA candybar with 5 megapixel camera. Pricing is unknown. Available in silver and black.
Sidekick LX 2009
- Radio information is unknown, though we’d wager 3.6Mbps HSDPA. Pricing is unknown and you can have it in any color you like so long as it’s black.
Sony Ericsson Xperia X1
- 7.2Mbps HSDPA Window Mobile 6.1-powered slider to be billed as the flagship device of globalWireless. $149.99 on 24-month, $249.99 on 12-month and $449.99 monthly / pre-paid. Look for it in black.
Global (HTC) G1
- Same thing as the HTC Dream and the T-Mobile G1 including the 7.2Mbps HSDPA radio. $129.9 on 24-month, $229.99 on 12-month and $429.99 monthly / pre-paid. Black only.
Global (HTC) M1
- Same thing as the HTC Magic aka T-Mobile G2. Pricing is unknown, though we do know it feature 7.2Mbps HSDPA and will be offered in white only.

Airtime Rates

$29.99 - 350 minutes, unlimited e/w, unlimited incoming
$39.99 - 650 minutes, unlimited e/w, unlimited incoming
$59.99 - Unlimited minutes and incoming.

Voice Add-Ons

$5 - Unlimited nights at 5PM
$8 - Unlimited mornings until 9am
$15 - Unlimited calls to the US

Included Services for Monthly Plans

Unlimited SMS (Canada and USA), Voice Mail, Caller ID, Name Display, MissedCall, Call Waiting, Call Conferencing and Call Forwarding

Optional Services

$4 - 500 international SMS
$7 - Unlimited international SMS
$5 - Video Mail

International Calling

$5 - 100 minutes to Asia
$10 - 250 minutes to Asia
$5 - 100 minutes to Philippines
$10 - 300 minutes to Philippines
$5 - 200 minutes to Eastern Europe
$10 - 350 minutes to Eastern Europe

US Roaming (T-Mobile)

$0.19 per minute without plan
$0.05 per SMS without plan
$0.40 per MB of data without plan

US Roaming Plans (T-Mobile)

$15 - 75 minutes
$25 - 200 minutes
$40 - 650 minutes
$10 - 250 SMS
$19.99 - 50MB of data
$29.99 - 250MB of data
$59.99 - 1.5GB of data

Data Access Rates

$10 - Unlimited email (20MB in reality), IM and “communities” (social media sites?)
$23 - 2.5GB data and unlimited email
$40 - Unlimited, plain and simple

Data Add-Ons

$8 - Unlimited browsing
$5 - Enables tethering
$10 - “100MB of global remote mobile storage”

SIM Cards

$0 on 12 and 24-month plan
$19.99 on 1-month contract
$29.99 outright
Will only work on a globalWireless handset

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any of that SAF crap? will they be canada wide?

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...the next big Canadian wireless provider that is building a UMTS / HSPA network with service planned for all provinces and territories excluding Québec...

Almost Canada-wide. Fourth quarter, 2009. No idea about SAF.

Fuck Quebec.

Time for some retention plan action from Telus when this comes out!

^ ahah true that :) either way if it comes without the saf i'm cautiously sold on this

my lips are sealed bwahahahahhaahhaha

i just had a quick peek on hofo and the dude that posted those pictures up stated they're gonna have some wicked features:

NO SAF and 911 Fees
Walkie Talkie across network
Fast TV Streaming
Unlimited US / Canada SMS
FREE Call Display and Name Display
etc.

However, you can not buy a new unlocked handset and swapping cards without informing the company. Also, no coverage in Quebec.

sucks that you can't easily swap sim cards in and out of phones...that's a deal breaker for me, everything else is pretty awesome

o well i guess i'll stick to my fido retention deal

also read on hofo that the phone is subsidy, and software locked
u can buy an unlock code for $49 after 12 months of service..

however, this just reminded me the 'leaked' rogers 2009 roadmap on hofo which was claimed to be fake
this 'leak' looks exactly the same as that rogers one... so its a little sketchy

Trade off between sweet plans or freedom hmm............

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Originally Posted by CT10 (Post 6429282)

however, this just reminded me the 'leaked' rogers 2009 roadmap on hofo which was claimed to be fake
this 'leak' looks exactly the same as that rogers one... so its a little sketchy

Hmm.... Globalive CEO Tony Lacavera speaks up:

http://mobilesyrup.com/2009/05/19/ce...-our-document/

shit... x1 for so cheap? I knew I should have waited...

^

jan-mar - q1
apr - jun - q2
jul - sept - q3
oct - dec -q4

lol how can they stop u from switching sim cards, thats stupid

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Originally Posted by AVS_Racing (Post 6429824)

lol how can they stop u from switching sim cards, thats stupid

becuz they can?

^ hackable always hackable LOL

they can..they can..imei block is possible
tho i have never seen it
always been told the stolen demo iphones can be imei blocked

cheap deals = awesome

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Originally Posted by darthchilli (Post 6430393)

they can..they can..imei block is possible
tho i have never seen it
always been told the stolen demo iphones can be imei blocked

don't know if possible with newer phones, but i've seen the option to change imei (illegal apparently) in flashing software before

They can allow only registered IMEI numbers to work on their network, hence preventing foreign IMEI's.

FYI all phone companies that claim no SAF will actually charge you another fee equal to the SAF but just call it something else (eg. Fido)

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Originally Posted by dragonone (Post 6431243)

don't know if possible with newer phones, but i've seen the option to change imei (illegal apparently) in flashing software before

Yup, that's pretty easy, but then how are you going to find a legit IMEI to change it to? :p