My plan: 100 minutes during week, 1000 weekends, unlimited incoming, and 100 free long distance minutes per month. (long distance counts incoming or outgoing and comes off the 100 or 1000 depending on when it was used)

However, I was not charged for long distance minutes in a month that I far exceeded the 100 minute limit - although it was all incoming and mostly on weekends.

Maybe the caller is also a Rogers customer and so those minutes were not counted as long distance? Or maybe incoming long distance is not counted, contrary to what the salesman said?

Does anyone have this plan or one similar? Thanks.

Incoming LD only gets charged to your plan when you are away from your base location. Just airtime minutes get charged. So the salesman was right just not specific.

That makes sense. Thanks for the info. How often does it happen that your bill is "less" than you expect!

........Or maybe incoming long distance is not counted, contrary to what the salesman said?

Does anyone have this plan or one similar? Thanks.

........ So the salesman was right just not specific.

yep., bingo!

Thats correct, it doesnt matter where someone else is located on earth, or heck, even on another planet and decided to call you while you were in your home area. The cellphone call would be considered an incoming call, regardless of where the other caller is. Now, if you live in Toronto and were Travelling to Vanculo and received a call, you will incurr what is known as IRM or Incoming Roaming Call, which is billed exactly the rates as an outgoing long distance call from your home area to the area you are receiving the call.

BTW, Bubble.Tea? your EveryWhere.

I have a question for City Fido, My friends account lists Unlimited Incoming LD as part of his Classic CityFido Plan package. What exactly does this mean? incoming calls are unlimited outside of your home calling area? or what?

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BTW, Bubble.Tea? your EveryWhere.
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lol...seemingly so are you.

Ah, then it can't be long before the plague of RFD makes its way over here following its champion...

I have a question for City Fido, My friends account lists Unlimited Incoming LD as part of his Classic CityFido Plan package. What exactly does this mean? incoming calls are unlimited outside of your home calling area? or what?It means that there are no airtime charges for incoming calls regardless of their origin as long as you are not roaming with your phone. The whole idea of this plan was to make it competitive with a landline for people starting out.

Rogers eliminated it because it was not making enough money. So all the plans are grandfathered from before the change. Rogers would rather sell you a landline service too.

Ah, then it can't be long before the plague of RFD makes its way over here following its champion...

I am humbled by your recognition of grandeur.:o

ya but doesnt ALL cellphone plans theoretically have unlimited incoming long distance? the regular air time rate comes out of the bucket of minutes, regardless if your bucket is unlimited, and if the incoming call is a long distance? so why would this code be on special plan such as city and country fido? and NOT present on other palns? and if its removed, it would not even make a difference, so there HAS to be another reason for its existance

ya but doesnt ALL cellphone plans theoretically have unlimited incoming long distance? .......

hmmm I'm lost-come again.

I'm no Fido expert., but COUNTRYFido was the only one with unlimited incoming LD. Hence., unlimited useage NATIONALLY.

CITYFido was unlimited within the NATIVE city it was created under. If you used the phone OUTside that city you'd pay per minute right?

Perhaps your friends plan is actually a COUNTRYFido?

ya but doesnt ALL cellphone plans theoretically have unlimited incoming long distance?

I believe the term "incoming long distance" would refer to the receiver of the call being outside of his/her home area, hence the incoming call would incur long distance charges. The location of the person that is calling you is always irrelevant. It's your location that determines if the call incurs a long distance charge.

I believe the term "incoming long distance" would refer to the receiver of the call being outside of his/her home area, hence the incoming call would incur long distance charges. The location of the person that is calling you is always irrelevant. It's your location that determines if the call incurs a long distance charge.


sweet. so ya i'll tell my friend to go to wasaga beach and test to see if he gets charged for the calls.

My comment was only on what the receiver of the call would pay. That is, if you're outside your home area and you receive a call, your cellco will charge you long distance to send the call from your home area to where you are. The location of the person calling you doesn't matter *for you*. The caller pays to get the call from where they are to your home area. If your not in your home area, you pay long distance to have the call find you.

My comment was only on what the receiver of the call would pay. That is, if you're outside your home area and you receive a call, your cellco will charge you long distance to send the call from your home area to where you are. The location of the person calling you doesn't matter *for you*. The caller pays to get the call from where they are to your home area. If your not in your home area, you pay long distance to have the call find you.

I see, otherwise unless its indicated on your plan that its included such as country fido, or unlimited incoming ld features, right?

Yes, those are specific plans where the cost of the long distance call is included in the plan fee.

you really got to keep your eye on ld charges for old city fido....it is supposed to not charge roaming in a triangle rougly boarded by Clarington in the east, Burlington in the west and Orillia in the north...

But over the past couple of months I have been charged roaming fees for some call in the free roaming area...guess the billing computer doesn't pick up the old fido or something...

They give me my $$$ back when I call to complain...although I was on the phone for 45 minutes to get a 45 cent reufnd this month

.....They give me my $$$ back when I call to complain...although I was on the phone for 45 minutes to get a 45 cent reufnd this month
hmmmm...a little ridiculous dont' you think? Were you just VERY bored and were talking to them on the hwy for fun?

I've started turning a blind eye to aberrant sub $3~$5 billis I mean come on...my time is worth WAY WAY more than $5/hr. Unless of course I'm REALLY bored on the hwy., then I'll call em up for a quarter :D

wait $0.45? hows that even possible? LD overages are 0.30/min? It's either 0.30 or 0.60???? oh...wait...what's FIDO's LD overage rates?

well BT you're right...I was kinda bored...was doing other stuff at the same time...anyway I hate Rogers and I hate them getting a dime of my money they are not entitled to...but really I thought I would be off the phone in tow minutes...but the CSR kept putting me on hold etc...although she was pleasant it is just another example of Fido/rhttp://www.fii-ca.orgoor customer service....keeping someone on the line for 45 minutes for 45hey I earned a penny a minute....the 15 cent charges is because Fido bills ld by the second...these were short calls