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2. Consider implementing a CAPTCHA for the sign-up form, so that spam bots cannot sign up.

Hi Tony

Can’t that be impossible for you to launch in these terms?

For voice plan, why don’t you incorporate something like “MagicJack” which would go a whole year, unlimited North America for $40/year…?

And for Data, 10GB for $30 a month would be a great deal…

And within less than a year, you would easily achieve your 1.5 million target in Canada

Cheers
Arun

One thing that has concerned me about the test balloons that have been floated by globalive is the thought that only phones supplied by globalive will be allowed on the network (the reasoning being the special features that the services will offer need to be set up correctly).

This is discouraging for myself, as I’ve been waiting for a good combination of cell phone and plan before upgrading into a smart phone. So the lack of the existing companies meeting my phone/plan minimum requirements has stopped me from buying a more expensive data plan.

On a personal level, I’m looking for a great rate (still not available in my pricepoint) plus a phone that has specific needs: android and 5MP camera.

I’m pretty sure the globalive plans will be competitive and meet my price points. What I’m concerned is if my phone needs change, will globalive have the phone I personally want.

For example, I’m excited about the Samsung 7500i. What if globalive doesn’t offer this phone? What if there is a different phone by launch that I want, and that phone isn’t available.

Part of the user experience, especially when changing providers, is meeting both sides of the product equation: plan + hardware.

I am concerned that globalive is chancing, by locking in hardware to their choices, not to “any unlocked that runs on our hz”, will make the full user experience in changing provides but untenable, and also then not a supportable value proposition.

Don’t pollute your phones’ operating systems with unnecessary applications just as Rogers has done with their HTC Magic and Dream. They have taken one of the three available home screens and have added many Rogers applications, which serve no great purpose other than to promote the Rogers brand.

Hi Tony,

I do not text as much as I used to. Bell has increased their unlimited text messaging to $15. You can not justify paying the increase because the network is no longer better and it seems the text messages will always fail now.

Rogers now is charging USA as an international text packages which is ridiculous I can not believe they would do this .

Telus, I would not even touch text messaging there is too many network issues here.

I hope you guys include Unlimited Canada/USA text messaging in each plan it is good to have. Its a great way to keep in touch with family overseas however its now cheaper to pay someone across the world to read your text messages then to send and receive messages in Canada.

I don’t know why the CRTC allows the companies to gouge us like this but I hope Globalive will lower the cost of features which will benefit the majority of clueless Canadians who love to sign up for three year contracts and over pay for features because they believe this the norm.