Registered: Oct 1999
Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada
Posts: 36

Remembering from previous posts about wireless on a palm/visor in Canada, I don't rememeber there WAS such an option... Today while surifing the net, I came upon Telus (Serving parts of Western Canadian provinces- Alberta and BC), I was kinda stunned to see that the service is here!

http://www.bctm.com/bc/wireless/unlimited.htm

I guess it must have been my ignorance and assumption that we would never get it in Canada. For $50, you get unlimited access with a Palm V Mintrel (Now my Main question is whether the Minstrel Visor will be supported)

Also tehre is an option for compression servcie for a one time fee $50

http://www.bctm.com/bc/wireless/compsoft.htm

I am not really sure what/how this works but I am sure some of the forum memebers living in the USA may shed some light on this?

I think the monthly fee and this "compression" fee is quite reasonable, now if I can only get them to say "we support the Minstrel S modem for Visor

Registered: Oct 1999
Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada
Posts: 36

As an update to my own post, after reading the info on their FAQ

http://www.bctm.com/bc/wireless/unlimitedhelp.htm


Looks like Visor support will be "in the future"

The modems are priced depending on if you sign up for 1 or 2 year plan. Also it is rather obvious from the faq that this "compression software" is only for the laptops.

Guess us poor visor owners will just have to wait.

Registered: Jul 2000
Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada
Posts: 415

that's good news(that wirelwess service is available at all in canada), and I'm a little more optomistic than you about the minstrel springboard. We're talking the same palm OS, and likely, the same basic hardware from Minstrel. I have my suspicions that 'visor will be supported in the future' is just an outdated faq from before the minstrel/s hardware became available.

here's hoping, anyhow

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Still Waiting

Still waiting for wireless in Canada.. SIGH

Registered: Oct 1999
Location: Vancouver, BC. Canada
Posts: 57

Here's an update to the still questionable topic of Canadian wireless for the Visor. I recently chatted with a Fido representative who had this to say:

"The VisorPhone being a GSM 1900 MHz handset, would work on our network. However, this device has not been approved yet by Fido, and is therefore not authorized.

With what's coming up in a short future, the GPRS technology for example, this type of handsets will be surely considered. you may refer to : http://www.microcelli5.com/en/BarPages/index2.php for additional information regarding our future network."

They're moving into an always-on GPRS system, presumably this year, with speeds up to 115 Kbps, so perhaps things will work out for us poor Canucks after all....

Registered: Feb 2000
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Originally posted by Rubberdemon


They're moving into an always-on GPRS system, presumably this year, with speeds up to 115 Kbps, so perhaps things will work out for us poor Canucks after all....

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Registered: Oct 2000
Location:
Posts: 15

I guess the best thing about waiting for wireless in Canada is that the U.S. goes through all the bugs first! Hey I don't mind, gives me a chance to rate the different wireless modules before they get here!

Registered: Dec 2000
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Yeah, I'm really anxious to hear about wireless in Canada too. Please keep us posted Rubberdemon!

I'd like to know how much are you Americans paying for your VisorPhone service?