Hello Warpslide!
** On Monday 01.03.21 - 17:45, Warpslide wrote to August Abolins:
Several years ago when I was at a Future Shop (remember them?),..
Do I. I remember the haggling style of the sales-persons. Hated
that.
I just read that in February 2001, as it was closing and
liquidating some it stores because of poor sales, it attempted
to acquire the Chapters book store chain in Canada, but failed
to come up with a reasonable offer.
It seemed that at some point, every company it touched or
acquired, soon went bust. But its first 10 years leading up to
2000 seemed to go well. I'm surprised that with the boon of
internet around that time, they couldn't do well.
..I got talking to the guy about cell phone carriers. He
asked me where I lived and then recommended that I go with
either Bell or Telus as "they're better in the country".
"Rogers", he said "is better if you're in the city,
especially the downtown core".
It could have something to do with with the positions of the
radio equipment on the towers?
I don't know if that's true in all places, but it's
certainly true here. At my last job, which was in the middle
of nowhere, I was on Fido (Rogers) when I first started
there. I got either No Service or one bar while inside the
facility.
Early on, Rogers seemed to have poor coverage. But its USB Stick
product worked reasonably well. And being my only choice at the
time and committed to its Stick solution to make the purchase
worthwhile for the long run, I didn't spend too much time
comparing any alternatives because everybody else was more
expensive.
Early in the game, I noticed that cellphone coverage was poor
passed 20 ft into my shop. Now it seems that people have no
trouble using their phones deep in the bowels of my shop. After
I inquire, most people have either Telus or Bell.
I switched to Koodo (Telus) and had 3 bars inside and 5 bars
outside.
I have sweetspots in my house with Lucky.
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