Hi all, I recently learned that Fido (and Rogers) will be shutting down the 3G network soon. I’ve been told my current phone, the ASUS ZenFone 8 (model ASUS_I006D), will no longer be compatible—even though I consistently see a 4G or 5G connection on ...
If you have a Fido Pulse plan, Fido will have enabled (whether you wanted it or not) the Fido Roam plan. You might think you can just ignore it if you have no interest in using their roaming services but that is not the case. There are in fact a few ...
Thanks for the reply. I did manage to get VoLTE to enable after some fiddling so this SHOULD work unless Fido/Rogers specifically decides which devices will and won't be allowe on their network which is basically anti-competitive behaviour. We'll see...
For the record, this thread was originall called Beware of the Fido Roam Trap but the admins changed it and removed trap because they said "wwweellll it's not really a trap". Yes it is.Beware of it.
Press them harder for a refund. It took me a while but I had them refund me the difference of what the regular roaming charges should have been and what they were with Fido Roam. I made it clear that I had no issues paying for regular roaming charge...
Yep happened to me last year and judging by the number of posts about this, we are certainly not alone. Fido (and it's overlord Rogers) is well aware of this but don't expect them to provide and easy soloution such as being able to opt-out with a si...
I'm not buying it. I'm able to send and receive texts in near real time with anyone when I'm abroad there is no reason I couldn't get a text and/or email about Fido Roam kicking in moments after it does.
